Department of Philosophy
| Acronym: | DF |
| Person in Charge: | José Francisco Meirinhos |
| Description: | Departament: Tower B, 1st floor 1, room 180. The Department of Philosophy (DoPh) is an organic subunit of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto which is responsible for teaching 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle courses (conferring the degree of licenciate/bachelor, master and doctor, respectively) in the area of Philosophy, delimited by its history and by specific problems, objectives, methodologies and research methods.
Degree in Philosophy U.Porto: comprehensive training for socially relevant professions The Department of Philosophy is also responsible for continuing education courses (including teacher training) and/or free training. Coordination: Prof. Maria João Couto (For updated calendars see Educação Contínua/Áreas de Educação Contínua). The Department of Philosophy has ERASMUS student and teacher mobility programs (In and Out) with more than 30 European universities, in which students of any cycle can do periods of study, in countries like Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, among others. The University also has mobility agreements (In and Out) with several universities in Portuguese-speaking countries (namely Brasil, Mozambique). Coordination of the Erasmus program in Philosophy: Prof. José Francisco Meirinhos. International mobility is managed at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto by the International Relations Office. Certification of Philosophy textbooks for Secondary Education (10th and 11th years) The PhD has two teams accredited by the Direção Geral de Educação on June 23, 2020 and for a period of 6 years for the scientific certification of Philosophy textbooks for the 10th and 11th years of Secondary Education. For more information, publishers should contact the FLUP's service provision sector: unaps@letras.up.pt. Brief history of the Department of Philosophy The PhD resulted from the renaming, in 2000, of the "Philosophy Section" of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto and thus prolongs the history of the teaching of Philosophy at the University of Porto. The teaching of Philosophy was instituted at the University of Oporto with the creation of the Faculty of Arts itself on 27 August 1919, functioning until its closure in July 1931 as a consequence of the decree of extinction of 12 April 1928. With the restoration of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, by decree of August 17th 1961, the Degree in Philosophy was restarted the following year. In 1985 the first Masters degree (in Medieval Philosophy) began, and the following year another Masters degree (in Social and Political Philosophy) was created. At the beginning of the 21st century the Integrated Post-Graduate Program in Philosophy began, encompassing both Master's and Doctoral studies. In the 2007/2008 academic year, the study cycles were adapted to the Bologna Process (3-year BA, 2-year MA, 3-year PhD). Continuing the previous work in the integrated training of Philosophy teachers in Secondary Education since 1987/1988, in 2008/2009 the MA in the Teaching of Philosophy in Secondary Education began. The Master in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics) starts in 2023-2024. Research Unit Department Executive Committee:
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| Schedule: | Departments office Hours: 9h30-13h00 / 14h00-17h00 Email: secdep@letras.up.pt Phone: 220 427 658 (ext. 3216) Main Building, 2nd floor | Room 216 |
| E-mail: | df |
| Address: | Departamento de Filosofia Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto Via Panorâmica s/n (Torre B, piso 1, sala 181) |
| Postal Code: | 4150-564 |
| Location: | Porto |
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