Applications for admission to the Master’s and PhD’s Programmes - 2nd phase
Deadline for submitting the application is from 24 august to 28 august,2013
Warning: you must submit one form and make one payment for each application. The mere indication of the order of preference doesn't candidate you automatically!
IMPORTANT: Please read all the information available on this page before submitting the application
Number of vacancies
Admission requirements
Tuitions fees
Application’s Procedures
Applications Fees
Evaluation Criteria / Selection Procedure
Ranking of candidates
Enrollment and registration
Tutorial for filling the application form
Vacancies
| Master course | Tuition period (semesters) | Vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Master in Economics (a) | ||
| Master in Innovation Economics and Management (a) | ||
| Master in Environmental Economics and Management (a) | ||
| Master in Modelling, Data Analysis and Decision Support Systems (c) |
(a) Programme taught in Portuguese
(c) Programme can be taught in English upon request of the students
| PHD’S | Tuition Period (semesters) | Vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Programme in Economics (b) | ||
| Doctoral Programme in Business and Management Studies (b) |
(b) Programme taught in English
Admission requirements
Candidates fulfilling the following conditions can submit applications for admission to the Master’s courses:
a) Graduates from Portuguese universities in any field of knowledge, graduates from foreign universities, who have been awarded a degree of first cycle, under the rules of the Bologna Protocol;
b) Graduates from foreign universities, with a degree considered as equivalent to the first degree of the University of Porto School of Economics;
c) Candidates presenting an academic, scientific or professional curriculum accepted by the Scientific Board of Economics Faculty as demonstrating good capacity to attend the courses;
d) Candidates that expect to graduate in the current academic year (until September 17) can apply conditionally. Applicants under these conditions, instead of the final degree, should indicate the arithmetic average weighted by ECTS in all grades already approved.
Candidates that expect to graduate in the current academic year can apply conditionally and if admitted should enroll between September 30 and October 04.
Those that not have completed the degree in this date are excluded from the first round of applications.
Please note: applicants who are not fluent in Portuguese language should be aware that FEP has programmes fully taught in English.
Candidates fulfilling the following conditions can submit applications for admission to the PhD’s courses:
a) Holders of Masters degree (or those with the equivalent qualification from foreign countries);
b) Holders of Honours degree (or those with the equivalent qualification from foreign countries), and with a relevant curriculum that certifies solid capabilities to pursue the doctoral course;
c) Holders of a relevant curriculum that certifies solid capabilities to pursue the doctoral course.
Please note: The doctoral programmes are taught in English so applicants should be fluent in English.
Tuitions Fees
Annual fee:
| . | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
|
Master’s Courses |
1.250,00€ |
937,50 € |
| Doctoral Programme in Economics | ||
| Doctoral Programme in Business and Management Studies |
Part-time Enrolllment corresponds to a registration at the maximum of 37,5 ECTS per academic year.
The main entity responsible for granting scholarships to students of PhD Programmes at FEP has so far been FCT (Science and Technology Foundation). www.fct.pt
Application Procedures
Applications must be submitted on-line at www.fep.up.pt
Masters
Applicants to Master’s Programmes can apply for up to three masters. Each applicant should consider that FEP has masters fully taught in Portuguese as well as masters fully taught in English. The "order of preference" is compulsory so all candidates should indicate the order of preference of the courses intended (1st / 2nd or 3 rd. option / preference). Will be not accepted applications that indicate the same order of preference in more than one course.
Candidates admitted to more than one master course will be placed in that one which was indicated with the highest preference.
PhD’s
Candidates for the PhD in Business and Management Studies, and only them, should attach a document with a maximum of five pages, written in English, describing:
a) Their areas of interest or (if applicable) research and
b) Their ideas for, if possible, the theme they have for the thesis project
Fees
For the submission of the application to a course of study is due to pay the application fee in the amount of 55 €. The application to n ≤ 3 cycles of study involves the payment of the amount of n x 55 €.
Foreign candidates should send an e-mail to admissions@fep.up.pt
requesting all the information’s about the procedures to follow to do the payment of application fee by bank transfer.
Only be considered the application’s that have been paid.
Evaluation Criteria / Selection Procedure
Masters
The selection and ranking of candidates will be made by the following criteria:
a) Grades of undergraduate and other (s) degree (s) or Diploma (s) graduate obtained by the applicant;
b) Academic and/or scientific Curriculum;
c) Working experience.
Can be subject to evaluation: motivation, knowledge of foreign languages and availability of time. In assessing applications an interview can be used with eliminatory status.
Detailed criteria for ranking and weights are:
Master in Modeling, Data Analysis and Decision Support Systems
1) 40% Average mark (undergraduate degree, other degrees or graduation diplomas); Scientific knowledge in Statistics and/or Computation and/or Mathematics as preferential criteria;
2) 30% Academic CV or Scientific; research activities, publication of papers, participation in projects, conferences as preferential criteria;
3) 30% Professional CV; professional activities linked with forecasting, data analysis and decision support as preferential criteria.
Note: presentation of GMAT results will also be a preferential criterion.
PhD
Candidates will be ranked on the basis of marks obtained in the courses of first and second cycle, as well as postgraduate courses and by assesment of their academic, scientific and professional CV. Can be carried out interviews to evaluate motivation, knowledge of foreign languages and availability of time. The interview can be used as a screening method with eliminatory status.
Doctoral Programme in Business and Management Studies
A - 1st cycle degree - bachelor ( it will be use the final grade of first cycle programme and adequacy of the 1st cycle degree to the doctoral program in business sciences)
B - 2nd cycle degree - master´s ( adequacy of the 2nd cycle degree to the doctoral program in business sciences)
C - scientific CV
D - Letter of Intent written in English, in which the candidate expresses his/her motivation for carrying out a PhD in Business and Management Studies; his/her ideas for research and the thesis theme and project
Final Rate = 0,35 A + 0,35 B + 0,15 C + 0,15 D
Doctoral Programme in Economics
Rate = (final mark of bachelor degree on a scale of 0 to 20 values) + (between 0 and 2 values for completion of a doctoral program) + (between 0 and 2 values for frequency and / or completion of a Master's degree) + (between 0 and 2 values for assessment of educational and professional background) + (between 0 and 2 values for GRE or GMAT marks).
Note: GRE/GMAT - Optional nature
Publication of the ranking of candidates
September 04, 2013
Enrollment and registration
Candidates with a Bachelor's degree:
04 to 06 September 2013.
Finalists:
September 30 to October 04, 2013.
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