No edition since 2007/08
Program approved according to the Bologna Process: Here

Access requirements:

• first degree in Psychology with the minimum final average grade of 14 values (Portuguese evaluating scale: from 0 to 20)
• To have a suitable curriculum vitæ
• To be approved to fill a vacancy in a Master course
• The Scientific Board of our Faculty can, in exceptional cases, accept the application of a student that achieved less than 14 values in his first degree (Licenciado). However, in these cases, the students must prove to have acquired sufficient scientific knowledge and to show a suitable curriculum vitæ.

The Master courses last 4 semesters:

• 1st and 2nd semester - academic course
• 2nd and 3rd semester - writing the dissertation

Student’s Scientific Competences:

Students of the Master Course, under the orientation and supervision of a doctorate, should be able to:

• Search, critically analyse and systematize relevant information about theoretical and methodological frames in a certain Psychological domain, in order to respond to a research question;
• Elaborate a design of a search and adequate collecting and data management methodologies to the research aims;
• Do an analysis and a strict discussion of the research results, having in mind his/her strength and limitations;
• Present the different steps of the research development, in a structured, coherent, clear and articulated way, in order to allow its diffusion.

Student’s Academic Competences:

• To knowledge the state of art in a certain domain;
• To understand in a deepen way some research methodologies in psychology;
• To know how to evaluate, in a critical way, other research works using similar methodologies;
• To be able to pass to others this type of knowledge.

Professional Contexts:

• Research;
• Teaching in Higher Education Schools (Polytechnic Schools and Universities);
• Access to more skilled functions in institutions where students carry out the psychological practice.

Information

For information, please contact:

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - Porto University
Rua do Dr. Manuel Pereira da Silva 4200-392 PORTO
Telef.: 351 22 607 97 00
Fax: 351 22 607 97 25

> Psychology Postgraduate Office
Telef.: 351 22 606 18 91 - 351 22 607 97 00
gpgpsi@fpce.up.pt

> Projects and Public Relations Office
Telef.: 351 22 606 18 81 - 351 22 607 97 00
gprojectos@fpce.up.pt

> Academic Department
Telef.: 351 22 606 58 87 - 351 22 607 97 00
dacademica@fpce.up.pt

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