This degree, a result of the Bologna Program, seeks a new type of education, counting on the support of the credit transfer and accumulation system, the diploma supplement and the European grading scale.

Among other goals, we seek the trust of employers as for diplomas and competences of our graduates. The degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures has been conceived with the purpose of a broad teaching of languages, cultures and literatures, as well as of subjects which problematize linguistic and literary phenomena, allowing a subsequent application to the teaching of languages and intercultural relations.

Its curricular structure also contemplates a linguistic and literary theoretical reflection and pays attention to the intersection of knowledge in the perspective of mentalities and cultural sensitivities.

The graduate in LLC may apply to the following Master’s degrees:

• Masters in German Studies
• Masters in Anglo-American Studies
• Masters in Literary, Cultural and Interart Studies
• Masters in Linguistics
• Masters in Portuguese and a Foreign Languages Teaching
• Masters in English and Foreign Languages Teaching
• Masters in Portuguese as a Second Language / Foreign Language

Education in Teaching will allow to teach Portuguese and Foreign Languages at the basic and secondary education, as well as teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language abroad.

Students who seek to attend this degree in Portuguese and Foreign Language variant or in English monodisciplinary variant with another foreign language component shall be capable, in the 1st year, to sign up for French B1.1 and German A2.1.

Students might also choose a more general education, through a broad choice of options on linguistic, literary and cultural fields, leading to several areas of activities:

• Research
• Higher education
• Public Relations in Communications Office
• Publishers

Employment Prospects

• International Relations
• Social Communication
• Tourism
• Publishing
• Human Resources and Cultural Animation
• Research

Information

No. of vacancies: 85
Access Requirements: 12th grade or equivalent
Entrance tests: German or Spanish or French or English or Portuguese
Main study areas: Portuguese, Foreign Languages, Literature, Culture and Linguistics

Contacts

Email (Bachelor's direction): llc@letras.up.pt
Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Telefone: 22 60771 82
Departement secretariat: 220427659 (ext. 3259)
Serviço de Gestão Académica: sga@letras.up.pt

General information

Study Plan

Certificates

Main Scientific Areas

Previous Courses/Cycles of Study