Appointment of Dissertation Director and Choice of Dissertation Topic:

• Check: General Regulations on 2nd cycles of studies of the University of Porto, 22 October 2018 (available in Portuguese only).

Admission to Masters viva voce (public oral examination)- 2024/25

Deadline for submitting your Dissertation and for requesting an examination date (2nd cycle with 90 Ects):

• Regular exam period - up to 31 May;
• Supplementary period- up to July 31;
• Special period for conclusion of Cycles of Studies - enrolment from 1 to 29 July upon payment of ¤12 fee as per U.Porto’s Table of Fees. - Deadline for submission between 01 and 30 September 2025.

2nd cycle - MEBI (Master's in Teaching English in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education)

Deadline for requesting and submitting the Dissertation/Project (2nd cycle with 90 Ects):

• Normal Season - until 29 February 2024;
• Special Season - registration takes place from 25 to 29 March 2024 with a fee of 12 euros, according to the U.P. fees table - Deadline for submission of the final work - from 21 to 30 April 2024.

2nd cycle - MEBI (Master's in Teaching English in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education) - Cycle of studies of 90 ECTS Deadline for requesting and submitting the Dissertation/Project: Regular Period - up to 28 February 2025; Special Period—Registration takes place from 25 to 29 March 2025 with a payment of 12 euros, according to the U.P. fees table. The deadline for submission of the final work is 30 April 2025. 2nd Cycle - Master's Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics - Cycle of Studies of 90 ECTS Deadline for requesting and submitting the dissertation/internship report: Regular period - up to 28 February 2025 Supplementary period - up to 30 March 2025 Special period for conclusion of cycle of studies - up to 30 April 2025, with a fee of 12 euros, according to the U.P. fees table.     According to the General Council, students enrolled in a Cycle of Studies of 90 ECTS pay 50% of the tuition fee in the third semester. However, students who submit their dissertation/internship report after 1 May must pay another 50% of the tuition fee.     As for the length of the final dissertation/internship report texts, the FLUP Scientific Council has approved that they should be between 50 and 100 pages long.

Rules for submitting the application for admission to exams:

1. The student must have completed all the units that make up the study cycle plan, with the exception of the Dissertation/Internship Report/Project Work/Initiation into Professional Practice course unit;
2. Tuition fees situation regularised;
3. The final version of the work, the application for admission to the master's exams signed by the supervisor, the curriculum vitae, the declaration for publication and the document Juri_Classificação de "Projetos/Dissertações em "percurso académico - opção "Projetos/Dissertações/Teses" must be submitted to the information system. No changes are allowed after uploading.

To access the project/dissertation/thesis process consult the  Manual

Read the following documents:

• Template available on Sigarra (once authenticated;
• Manual to submit the thesis in the module “Projects, Dissertations and Thesis”.

Rules to request a dissertation viva:

1. Request for admission for viva voce examination signed by the dissertation director;
2. Upload on Sigarra of a digital version of the dissertation, as well as of the student’s curriculum vitae;
3. The student must have completed all curricular units within the course’s study plan, except Dissertation/Internship Report/Project/Introduction to Professional Practice;
4. Payment of tuition fees up to date;
5. Alongside the request for the viva examination, the student shall also upload the final version of their work on Sigarra, with no changes allowed after submission;
6. Procedures to publish the Dissertation/Internship Report/Project/Introduction to Professional Practice.

Dissertation formatting rules:

• 50 to 100 pages, Calibri font, size 12, 1.5 spacing between lines (excluding appendixes) as per the Deliberation of the Scientific Council of 15 November, 2017.
• Mandatory use of FLUP’s template standard format (including cover)..
• Mandatory use of the Orthographic Agreement of 1990.

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Doctoral Thesis

Admission to Doctoral viva voce, 2024/25 - Public Defense

Deadline for submission of Dissertation and for requesting an examination date:

• Regular Season - up to 31 May;
• Supplementary season - up to 31 July;
• Special period for conclusion of Cycles of Studies - Dissertation submission between 1 and 30 September 2025.

Dissertation formatting rules:

• 200 to 400 pages, Calibri font, size 12, 1.5 spacing between lines (excluding appendixes) as per the Deliberation of the Scientific Council of 15 November, 2017.
• Mandatory use of FLUP’s template’s standard format (including cover).
• Mandatory use of the Orthographic Agreement of 1990.

Rules to submit a Doctoral Dissertation:

The final version of the Dissertation/thesis, the request for admission to doctoral viva voce exam signed by the dissertation/thesis supervisor, the curriculum vitae, the declaration for publication and the document Juri_Classificação must be uploaded in the student’s page  in "academic pathway - option "Projects/Dissertation/Thesis”. No changes are allowed after uploading.
Payment of a 500 euros request fee.

Public viva exam

The student will be notified of the constitution of a jury and of the viva exam date.

Procedures after viva exam:

• Delivery of a paper and computerised version of the thesis to the National Library of Portugal.