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1st Application Phase - Master's in Industrial and Product Design

From 01/03/2024 to 05/04/2024

Admission requirements

The following may apply for a cycle of studies leading to a Master's degree:

a) Holders of a Bachelor's degree or legal equivalent;
b) Holders of a foreign higher education degree awarded after a first cycle of studies structured in accordance with the Bologna Process by a State that implemented this process;
c) Holders of a foreign higher education degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of a Bachelor's degree by the statutory competent scientific body.
d) Those with an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognized as attesting to their ability to carry out the cycle of studies by the statutory competent scientific body.


- Master in Product and Industrial Design (15 places) | Application HERE

 

Documents Required

- Graduation certificate of a higher education degree (mandatory); *

- Curriculum vitae (mandatory);

- ID document (Citizen Card /ID Card / Passport) or declaration containing the identification data (mandatory);

- Portfolio (mandatory);

- Letter supporting the application.

 

*Important notes:

- If the graduation certificate (Bachelor’s Degree Certificate) does not have final quantitative average, it is necessary to attach a statement from the institution with this information (it may be the transcript of records).

- When providing foreign documentation or documentation issued in a foreign country during the application process, the applicant must submit a copy of the original documents authenticated by the official education services of that country and recognised by a diplomatic or consular Portuguese authority or, in the case of countries that have adhered to the Hague Convention, with the Apostille of the Hague Convention. 

- Applicants who do not send documents / certificates issued in a foreign country, legalized through the Hague Apostille or diplomatic/consular Portuguese authority /or do not present the original documents, cannot complete registration. The deadline for submitting legalized documents is 24/05/2024).

 

Fees

Application is subject to the payment of a non-refundable fee of 55 euros.

- Only applications paid by the deadline (05/04/2024) will be considered.

 - Applicants who make the payment outside Portugal, should be aware that the payment of the application must be processed by the Faculty until the deadline for payment.

- Payment of the application fee can be paid by ATM (Portuguese accounts), PayPal (international accounts) or in person at the FBAUP Treasury.

Tuition fees

		Full-Time	Part-Time Number of ECTS credits of the part-time registration	Part-Time
Masters	Regular Students	1 250,00 ¤	Up to 18 ECTS credits	437,50 ¤
			From 19 to 37.5 ECTS credits	875,00 ¤
	CPLP (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries) International Students	1 925,00 ¤	Up to 18 ECTS credits	673,75 ¤
			From 19 to 37.5 ECTS credits	1 347,50 ¤
	Regular International Students	3 500,00 ¤	Up to 18 ECTS credits	1 225,00 ¤
			From 19 to 37.5 ECTS credits	2 450,00 ¤

The tuition fees of each school year can be paid

1. Once, upon registration or
2. In ten monthly instalments, the first due upon registration and the remaining in the months following the beginning of the school year until the last day of each month.

 

 Glossary

1 – Full-time student

Student who registers up for more than 37,5 ECTS credit and a maximum of 60 ECTS in a particular study cycle.

2. Part-time student

Student who signs up to a maximum of 37,5 ECTS, in a particular study cycle.

Note: The frequency regime (full-time or part-time) is selected at the time of registration, and cannot be changed later.

3. International Student Status effective on the date of the Notice

 According to the University of Porto regulation and Portugal law:

“1 — For the purposes presented in this decree, an international student is a student who does not hold Portuguese nationality.

2 — The following groups are excluded from the above definition:

1. a) Citizens of another European Union Member State;
2. b) Family members of Portuguese or European Union Member State citizens, independently of their nationality;
3. c) Those who are not citizens of a European Union Member State and are not included in the above point but who have legally resided in Portugal for over two years, uninterruptedly, on 1 January of the year in which they intend to enroll in higher education, as well as any children who legally reside with them;
4. d) Those who, on 1 January of the year in which they intend to enroll in higher education, are beneficiaries of a status of equal rights and duties conferred under an international treaty signed between the Portuguese State and the State of which they are citizens; [...]”

“Not included in the International Student Statute are ‘family members of Portuguese or European Union Member State citizens,’ with ‘family member’ defined in accordance with Law no. 37/2006 of 9 August, namely:

1. i) The spouse of a European Union citizen;
2. ii) The legal domestic partner of a European Union citizen, or with whom the European Union citizen maintains a permanent relationship that is duly certified by the Member State where they reside;”

Note: If you are an international candidate living in Portugal for more than two years (cannot be for study purposes), you must attach to your application a declaration from SEF proving this situation.

 

Information and contact:

Academic Services - Postgraduate Office

E-mail: posgraduacao@fba.up.pt

Presencial service: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10 am / 12 noon; Tuesday and Thursday: 14 pm / 16 pm                      

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