Doutoramentos

3rd phase:
19th August to 6th September

PhD Programmes

Applications 2024/25

  • Deadlines and places available – 1st phase (public notice – document in Portuguese)
  • Deadlines and places available – 2nd phase (public notice – document in Portuguese)
  • Deadlines and places available – 3rd phase (public notice – document in Portuguese)

Enrollment 2024/25

  • From August 1 to 2, 2024

APPLICATIONS

ENROLLMENT

FCT NOVA PhD Programmes

 

FCT funded PhD Programmes

PhD Programmes in partnership with American Universities

Documents required for online application

Portuguese students or students coming from EU Member States

  1. ID Card/Passport;
  2. Qualifications certificate with the obtained grades, duly authenticated (*) ;
  3. Curriculum vitae and professional career;
  4. Photo;
  5. Other(s) document(s) that may be displayed in the site of the respective PhD course. 

International Students

An International Student is a student without Portuguese nationality, that is not national from one of the EU Member States or others not legally living in Portugal uninterruptedly for more than two years.

For more details please consult following legislation: Decreto-Lei nº 36/2014 de 10 de Março.

Detailed information available at www.studyinportugal.edu.pt.

  1. ID card, which explicitly mentions the applicants nationality;
  2. Qualifications certificate with the obtained grades, duly authenticated (*);
  3. Curriculum vitae and professional career;
  4. Photo;
  5. Other(s) document(s) that may be displayed in the site of the respective PhD course;

(*) Required documents:

Degree certificates and transcripts including all grades. (Any certificate that is not issued in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English should be accompanied by an official translation to Portuguese or English. Certificates issued by non-Portuguese entities should be either validated by the competent consular services or affixed with a ‘Hague Apostille’).

Payment of application fee (non-refundable)

Value: 51 Euros/each application submitted.

Payment with MB Way, ATM reference and Bank card (Visa or MasterCard).

The ATM reference period for the payment of an application fee is 7 days from the day the candidate submitted his application and the ATM reference request can only be made up to the day before the payment deadline. Unpaid applications will be automatically excluded. See here how to pay application fees. The application process will only be evaluated if applicants have paid the application fee.

Results disclosure

By email, directly sent to the candidates. As the 3rd cycle coordinators conclude the placement of the selected candidates, they will receive an automatic message with all the necessary information. The non-selected candidates will also be notified electronically by the Coordinators.

Registration and enrollment of students placed in the 1st Phase

1st to 2nd August
Link for the enrollment: https://clip.fct.unl.pt/matricula

Knowledge Accreditation

The knowledge and academic or professional competences accreditation can be requested by the interested parties at the registration act.

FCT costs of knowledge accreditation (according to NOVA fees table)

FCT knowledge accreditation regulation

General regulation of FCT NOVA study cycles leading to a NOVA PhD degree

Fees 2024-2025

a) Fees are due at registration or enrollment act and can be paid in installments in accordance with the approved regulations.

b) The fact that students do not attend the course or drop out does not give them the right to the repayment of the paid amounts nor to debt cancellation.

Payment: MB Way, ATM reference and Bank card (Visa or MasterCard).

Registration fee

35 €

School insurance

1,40 €

General doubts

div.afa.doutoramentos@fct.unl.pt

div.aea.helpdesk@fct.unl.pt

Specific doubts

Please see the link of each course.