One of FMUP's internationalization initiatives is formalizing agreements with foreign Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) for co-tutored doctorates. Under these agreements, the student benefits from the possibility of obtaining two diplomas, one from the University of Porto and another from the HEI, where they will carry out part of their studies to complete their degree (or a single diploma, mentioning the two formative universities).

What is it?

• It grants the degree of Doctor in both institutions, enabling the exercise of professional activity in the countries in which this degree is recognized;
• It is a process regulated by U. Porto (U.Porto International Co-tutorship Doctorate Regulations );
• It implies that, during the first year of the doctorate (and up to the second year at most), an agreement is established between the two HEIs.

Recipients

3rd cycle (Doctorate) students at the University of Porto.

Mobility Period

To be considered for this program, the doctorate student must spend at least 9 months at one of the two institutions.

Funding Opportunities

There are no direct funding opportunities available for the international co-tutorship program.

The co-tutoring agreement must specify the amount of tuition fees to be paid to each institution, according to the periods of stay at each university and whether (or how) there may be a reduction or waiver of tuition fees corresponding to the period of work completed by the doctoral student at the other institution.

Eligibility of the foreign Higher Education Institution (HEI)

This is a situation in which the doctorate student is simultaneously enrolled at their University of Origin, as well as at another foreign HEI, as a regular doctorate student, going through the respective admission processes in the doctorate programs of each institution, and following the enrollment procedures in each of them.

Contacts for the international co-tutorship

The student must contact the Director of the Doctorate Program at each institution to determine if they meet the admission requirements, ensuring direct contact with the partner institution to define the final text of the co-tutoring agreement.

FMUP’s support services for this process are the Postgraduate Education and Academic Mobility Offices, in conjunction with the Rector’s Office of the University of Porto.