Cycle of Studies

With the changes in the Higher Education decided by the European Union (Bologna process) we can distinguish three degrees: Bachelor (4 years), Master (2 years) and PhD (3 years).

• First Degree
• Masters Degree
• Doctoral Degree

Oferta de ciclos de estudo em 2025/2026:

• Fine Arts
• Bachelor in Communication Sciences
  Joint course with: FLUP, FEP, FEUP
• Drawing
• Communication Design

Oferta de ciclos de estudo em 2025/2026:

• Master in Art and Design for the Public Space
• Master in Fine Arts
• Master in Communication Sciences
  Joint course with: FLUP, FEP, FEUP
• Master in Image Design
• Master in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects
• Master in Product and Industrial Design
  Joint course with: FEUP
• Master in Teaching of Visual Arts for Teachers of the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and of Secondary Education
  Joint course with: FPCEUP
• Master in Art Studies
• Master in Illustration, Edition and Print
• Master in Multimedia
  Joint course with: FEUP, FCUP, FEP, FLUP

Oferta de ciclos de estudo em 2025/2026:

• Fine Arts
• PhD in Design
  Joint course with: UA
• PhD in Art Education
  Joint course with: FPCEUP, UL
• Doctoral Program in Digital Media
  Joint course with: FEUP, FCUP, DESC, FEP, FLUP, DESC, UNL
• Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health
  Joint course with: FEUP, FAUP, FCUP, FCNAUP, FADEUP, FDUP, FFUP, FLUP, FMUP, FMDUP, FPCEUP, ICBAS

Continuing Education

The FBAUP’s offer of lifelong learning includes Specialization programmes, updating programmes (less than 30 credits) and a wide range of Open Training Programmes and individual Training Units. Specialization programmes are linked to the degree-awarding training.

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto provides a diverse, innovative and relevant training offer in the current context of lifelong learning.

• Áreas de Educação Contínua
• Continuing Training Course
• Open Training Course
• Specialization
• Continuing Training Unit

Não foram definidas áreas científicas para 2025/2026.

Oferta de cursos em 2025/2026:

• Design, Edition and Management of Digital Publications and Online Communication
• Photographing Exhibitions
• Graphic Design Principles for Effective Communication
• Art Management

Oferta de cursos em 2025/2026:

• Intensive Course - Introduction to Drawing
• Painting Course - Intermediate
• Painting Course - Intermediate II
• Drawing Advanced
• Drawing for Beginners
• Introduction to Painting
• Aluminium Casting for Artistic Studios
• Glass Fusing in a Microwave Kiln
• Introduction to Life Drawing
• Sculpting the Face
• Body Casting

Study Programmes without edition em 2025/2026:

• Aluminium Casting for Art Studio - Gas Furnace
• Lost-Wax Technique in Kilncasting
• Alla Prima Workshop

Oferta de cursos em 2025/2026:

• Interaction Design, Web and Games
  Joint course with: FEUP
• Design of Health Technologies
  Joint course with: FEUP, FMUP
• Graduate Program in Scientific Illustration - Natural Sciences Illustration, University of Porto
  Joint course with: FCUP

Oferta de cursos em 2025/2026:

• The Human Body in Contemporary Painting
• Communication and advertising
• Visual Communication in Healthcare: Graphic Design Strategies for Patient-Centred Medical Environments
• Exhibition Context
• Body, Materiality and Objects: a History of Art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque
• Creating impactful graphical presentations
• Watercolour: Intensive Course
• Design and Image for Scientific Communication
  Joint course with: FCNAUP
• Online editorial design and the interactive digital reading experience
• Sculpture and Papier Mâché
• Making Documentaries
• Product Photography
  Joint course with: FCNAUP
• Graphic Design Principles for Effective Communication
• Graphical Abstracts in Scientific Publications: Communicating Research through Design
• Illustration for Beginners: from the Literary to the Visual Metaphor
• Introduction to editorial design
• Lab Color Sense
• Portfolio: Design of an Artistic or Professional Portfolio
• Paper and Filigree Production: Paper as an image carrier in and of itself
• Drawing/Project Critical Territories in Art, Architecture and Design

Study Programmes without edition em 2025/2026:

• Wordless Comics