Education Sciences

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doctorate

Coordinator

Carlos Ceia e Mariana Gaio Alves, António Domingos (FCT-UNL)

Opening date

Vacancies

20 vagas

Fees

2.750,00 €/year

Schedule

Education objectives

Access conditions

To be admitted to a doctoral programme of studies, the candidate should satisfy the conditions set forth in Portuguese legislation and in the normative conditions of UNL as well as fulfil at least one of the following requirements: a) Holders of the master degree or legal equivalent; b) Holders of a licenciado degree who have a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Committee; c) Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Committee.

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 3 years/6 semesters. Student must accomplish 180 ECTS including 60 ECTS in curricular units and 120 ECTS in a thesis and its public defense.

Access to other courses

A Doctorate is a final qualification.

Evaluation rules

The cycle of studies leading to a doctoral degree studies includes the completion of a doctoral program consists of course units aimed at training for research ; the completion of an original thesis produced especially for this purpose, appropriated to the branch of knowledge or expertise and that contributes to extending the frontiers of knowledge. Seminars are classified on a scale of 0-20. The final classification of the Doctoral Course is expressed by formulas Approved or Not Approved. In case of approval, the final classification is expressed in the 10-20 range on a scale of 0-20, doing the arithmetic average of the grades in which the courses units awarded with 10 ECTS weights 1 and the Research Project weights 2. Research Project and Thesis are defended before a jury. The final classification of the thesis is expressed by the formulas of Approved or Declined; in the case of the thesis have merited approval, the jury also will vote on a qualification that can be Good , Good or Very Good with Distinction.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73221101	Research Methods in Education	10
73221115	Monography	20
73221100	Issues and Problematics of Education	10

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73221113	Specialized Seminar in Management and Leadership in Education	10
73221107	Specialized Seminar in Adult Education and Training	10
73221104	Education, Society and Development	10
73221111	Specialized Seminar in Teacher Education and Supervision	10
73221110	Specialized Seminar in Literacies and Education	10
73221114	Specialized Seminar in Special Educational Needs	10
73221106	Specialized Seminar in Psychology and Education	10
73221108	Specialized Seminar in Technologies, Networks and Multimedia in Education and Training	10
73221105	Specialized Seminar in Curricular Development and Theory	10