International Relations
Cycle
Terceiro ciclo
Degree
Doctorate
Coordinator
Teresa Rodrigues
Opening date
September 22, 2014
Vacancies
10 vagas
Fees
1.200,00 /year
Schedule
After-work 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 FCSH Scientific Council; 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 FCSH Scientific Council.
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 8 semesters. Total credits: 240 credits (60 gained in course units of the study programme; 180 in the non-taught component). Type of non-taught component: Thesis dissertation. Number of credits from elective options: 10 credits, with the student opting for a research seminar in International Relations or an elective option seminar which may be chosen from among the post-graduate course units offered by the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH-UNL), by other organic units of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, or by any other national or foreign higher education institution through agreement or protocol.
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 mean of the grades in which the courses units awarded with 10 ECTS weights 1 and the Research Project weights 2. Research Project is 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 | ||
| 737321810 | Metodologias em Relações Internacionais (not translated) | 10 |
| 73218101 | Problemáticas em Relações Internacionais (not translated) | 10 |
| 73218109 | Tese em Relações Internacionais (not translated) | 180 |
| 73218109 | Tese em Relações Internacionais (not translated) | 180 |
| Elective option 1 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73218107 | Seminário de Especialidade em Estudos de Segurança e Estratégia (not translated) | 10 |
| 73218108 | Political Area Studies (Specialisation Seminar) | 10 |
| 73218106 | Seminário de Especialidade em Globalização e Ambiente (not translated) | 10 |
| 73218105 | Seminário de Especialidade em História e Teoria das Relações Internacionais (not translated) | 10 |
| Elective option 2 | ||
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 73218104 | Opção Livre (not translated) | 10 |
| 73218102 | Seminário de Investigação em Relações Internacionais (not translated) | 10 |