Objectives
This PhD program proposed by the University of Porto and University NOVA Lisbon in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin, provides specialized training in the field of Digital Media.
The emergence of new applications in the area of digital media such as video games, interactive content on the web, interactive TV, video on demand, the emergence of educational software of high impact on the younger generation and, more recently, disclosure of information contents, marketing and leisure in mobile devices, show the importance of the study and research on this type of content and the study of their relationship with technology, the different areas of science and society in general. It is still a clear need for universities to form professionals in this area with the skills corresponding to the various levels of training and, in this case, to the graduate level.
The ultimate goal of this program is to train researchers, academics, and leaders in innovation processes in key areas and applied to Digital Media.
Study plan
Duration
The normal duration of the program is 4 years full-time (240 ECTS), corresponding to one year of curricular component (PhD course) and 3 years of research component.
The course is organized in following specialties: (1) Audiovisual Creation and Interactive Content; (2) Technologies; (3) Journalism; (4) Industry, and Public Markets. The curricular component common to the different specialties includes the following courses:
- History and Trends in Digital Media
- Media Lab
- Media Technology
- Communication Theory
- Research Methods
- Option I, II and III
Career opportunities
The PhD program aims to train researchers, academics, and leaders in innovation processes in fundamental and applied areas of Digital Media, ensuring that doctors are prepared to exercise a profession, which consists, generally, the ability to :
- Create, produce and distribute digital media, taking into account the target audience and the whole of the value chain associated with the field;
- Managing creative teams and producers;
- Pursue a specialized professional activity, breeding organizations, production and processing of content aimed at their distribution to various effects, from the mass media, to education, to leisure, to marketing, for videogames, and the corporate broadcasting;
- Apply knowledge, solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments and within multidisciplinary contexts to develop studies of analysis and synthesis and to develop research projects in the relevant participating scientific fields.
