Accreditation by A3ESThe Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), at 17th of April, 2015, and in accordance with the recomendation and fundamentation produced by the respective External Review Team, decided to accredit MCI, without conditions, for a period of 6 (six) years. More information can be found in the reports made available by A3ES. |
Information Science at the University of Porto is member of the iSchools. |
The Master on Information Science (MCI) is the result of adapting to the Bologna Process the Master on Information Management (MGI), that FEUP has been offering from 1997/98 to 2006/07.
MCI is a joint initiative of the Engineering (FEUP) and Humanities (FLUP) faculties and aims at deepening the knowledge and competences of Information Science graduates towards a professional specialization as well as envisaging a research career.
It also enables graduates from other scientific areas who got approved in at least 30 ECTS credits, corresponding to a minor in an area relevant for Information Science (for instance, Information Management, Archivistic, Library Science), to develop competences towards a professional career in the area of information organization and management.
The MCI delivers a solid scientific education and technological training in the information field. It ensures an excellent preparation for the exercise of a profession based on the ability to discover, evaluate, organize, provide access to and preserve information, regardless of its format or support, in different contexts of use.
MCI provides training for professional activities that can be developed within the most diverse organizations, in the public or private sector, through close relationships with potential employers, via dissertations, projects, and other forms of collaboration.
MCI graduates are high-quality professionals with solid technical and social skills in the
field of information management. These skills allow them to solve problems and act in multidisciplinary contexts, work in teams and collaborative environments applying their specific skills, communicate effectively with expert and non-expert audiences, and reflect on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge.
MCI graduates are information managers. They are prepared for positions in existing information services (in libraries, archives, and documentation services), to integrate teams developing information systems, to conceive new information services (dematerialization, document management, process workflows, collaboration systems, social networks) and ultimately to become Chief Information Officer (CIO) in private and public organizations.
MCI is organized in two semesters with courses followed by one year devoted to a specialized project or to the preparation of a dissertation, which may be developed in institutions other than the faculties promoting the program.
Numerus Clausus
The numerus clausus is 25 students.
Tuition Fees
You can find information about tuition fees here. On the right-hand side options of that page, you can access a table with the "Tuition fee values" for Students not covered by the international student status, International students and Students from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
More information
Secretariado do Mestrado em Ciência da Informação:
Email: mci@fe.up.pt
Telefone: +351 22 508 2134
Official Code: | 6025 |
Director: | Carla Teixeira Lopes |
Assistant Director: | Alexandre Valle de Carvalho |
Acronym: | MCI |
Academic Degree: | Master |
Type of course/cycle of study: | Masters Degree |
Start: | 2007/2008 |
Duration: | 2 Years |