This course lasts for six semesters and Students must attend during the first two a curricular component called 'PhD Course' (non-degree awarding), comprising of: a seminar - Theory and Integrated Cultural Heritage Management (20 ECTS) – which is common to all three branches and deemed relevant for its comprehensive contents facilitating reading and updating of global issues of Heritage Sciences; a CU (1st semester) - Thesis Preparation I – now with specification by Branch and designed to outline research leading to the thesis and which will be further developed during the 2nd semester Thesis Preparation II so that at the end of this first year the student has constructed a research proposal to be submitted to a jury, which will determine whether it is in a position toproceed.
At the beginning of the second year the student must register the thesis at the National Register of Doctoral Dissertations of the General Directorate of Statistics of Education and Science after the Scientific Council of the Faculty confirms the appointed Supervisor that will monitor the development of research relevant to the project – CU Thesis (biannual).
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences) and the Heritage Studies PhD lecturers have a consolidated list of contacts / protocols with universities as well as with national and international heritage protection institutions. In recent decades the Heritage Department has trained researchers coming not only from Portugal but also from the vast range of CPLP countries.
With this program, students are expected to:
Degree approved under Art. 54 of the Teaching Career Statute, regulated by Ordinance number 334/2008, of 30/04, for the groups: 200, 400 and 600 (Order of July 13th, 2023).This degree enables those who are already in the teaching profession to advance in their career, but it is not a teaching qualification degree.
Official Code: | 5891 |
Director: | Rui Manuel Lopes de Sousa Morais |
Acronym: | DEP |
Academic Degree: | Doctor |
Type of course/cycle of studies: | Doctoral Degree |
Start: | 2016/2017 |
Duration: | 3 Years |