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The Master in Multimedia provides specific training to develop both creative and technological skills in order to solve the challenges that the creative and cultural industries face in an increasingly competitive and global market.
This master programme is promoted by the five faculties and is organized according to the Bologna Process Agreements, taking into account both its global aims and pedagogical modifications.
It provides specific training for a broad set of backgrounds in four specializations:
- Culture and Arts: Provides skills to understand the articulations of contemporary media, information technology, and design for cultural and artistic production, recognizing areas of opportunity for the development of new practices, methods, or media.
- Education: Provides skills to understand information technology and design for the production of multimedia materials for use in educational contexts and the use of advanced means of communication for the promotion of learning communities.
- Interactive Music and Sound Design: Provides skills to develop advanced work in the area of interactive musical systems, including design, creation, and operation of these systems in various application contexts, including (but not limited to) games, interactive installations, and other applications. Develops the ability to develop advanced work in the area of sound design for film or other audio-visual solutions, as well as digital games.
- Interactive Technologies and Digital Games: Provides skills to design and implement systems and multimedia applications and to innovate in the design of new products, processes, and services based on emerging technologies.
Objectives
The master program has the following goals:
- To provide solid scientific training, essential to professional practice in the scientific fields of Communication Technologies, Visual Arts, Economy and Business Administration, Education Technology, and Musical Technology.
- To provide solid professional training that enables the conception, project, and development of products, processes, and services based on Multimedia Technology, offering the possibility of four main specialization areas: Interactive Technologies and Digital Games, Arts and Culture, Education, Interactive Music, and Sound Design.
- To promote the development of non-technical skills, such as the development of creative skills, teamwork, and leadership.
- To promote the acquisition of an entrepreneurship attitude, risk evaluation, and creative opportunity recognition and exploitation.
This master programme also aims to develop skills in media, strengthening not only students’ acquired knowledge during their first-cycle of studies, but also the discussion of different knowledge between multidisciplinary teams, which are constituted in the course units and workshops.
Taking part of a master programme with this configuration is the most adequate choice regarding the development of dissertations, specialization and research of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary projects, since the teaching staff is composed by professors of five faculties.
Employment Prospects
The Master in Multimedia provides a broad set of professional careers in the area of Digital Media where there is a demand for solid skills for the Conception, Project and Development of products, processes and services based on Multimedia Technology.
More specifically, this master programme provides skills and knowledge for emergent areas such as:
- Transmedia storytelling
- User experience design
- Interactive media
- Digital (Serious) games
- Virtual and Augmented reality
- Mobile and ubiquitous Computing
The Master in Multimedia has a logical follow-up in the
Doctoral Programme in Digital Media.
Information
Applicants interested in applying for the Master’s in Multimedia should pay attention to the deadlines defined by FEUP’s Academic Services, available on the following page.
It is essential to review all the information related to the application phases, including the opening and functioning of each phase. Applications are assessed based on specific criteria and subcriteria, detailed in the "Information for Applications" document, which can be accessed here.
While other documents are required for the application, we highlight the following:
- Portfolio: Works completed in professional, academic, or personal contexts
- Motivation letter.
- Preliminary research proposal: Must be written according to this [guide], with a maximum of 5 pages.
The preliminary research proposal aims to evaluate the applicant’s focus, motivation, and ability to design, structure, and justify a research project proposal. This document will serve as the foundation for the development of the future Master’s Dissertation.
Check the Schedule and the Academic Calendar.
Contacts
Secretariat of the Master in Multimedia
Email: mmult@fe.up.pt
Phone: +351 220 413 904
Opening Hours:
- Morning: 10:00 - 12:00
- Afternoon: 14:30 - 16:30