International Relations

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doctorate

Coordinator

Teresa Rodrigues

Opening date

September 2016

Vacancies

10

Fees

5 200 €/total = 1 300 €/annual*4

Schedule

Daytime schedule (to be available at http://fcsh.unl.pt/escola-doutoral/doutoramentos)

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) Have a Masters degree, or a legal equivalent; b) Have a first cycle degree (‘licenciatura’) and a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum which is recognised by the Academic Board of FCSH/NOVA as testifying to the candidate’s ability to undertake this cycle of studies; c) Possess an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognised by the Academic Board of FCSH/NOVA as testifying to the candidate’s ability to undertake this cycle of studies.

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 8 semesters. Total credits: 240 credits (60 from curricular units + 180 credits from the non teaching component). Non teaching component modalities: Thesis. Number of credits as free-elective optionals: 10 credits. The free-elective seminar can be chosen among curricular units from the postgraduate training offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH/NOVA), in other units of NOVA University of Lisbon, or other national or foreign Higher Education institutions under agreement or protocol.

Access to other courses

A Doctorate is a final qualification.

This course is recognized for career progression purposes of recruitment for teachers of group 200 and 400, as provided in the Statute of Teaching Career

Evaluation rules

The study course leading to the doctoral degree includes the completion of a doctoral program that consists of curricular unit aimed at training for research; the realization of an original thesis, designed especially for this purpose, appropriate to the branch of knowledge or expertise. The seminar curricular units type are classified on a scale of 0-20. The final classification of the PhD course is expressed by approved or not approved formulas. In case of approval, the final classification of the PhD course is expressed in the range 10-20 on a scale of 0-20, doing the arithmetic average of the marks in which the curricular units with 10 ECTS. The final classification of the thesis is expressed by formulas approved or refused by justified nominal vote with no abstentions.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
737321810	Metodologias em Relações Internacionais (not translated) - 1st semester	10
73218101	Problemáticas em Relações Internacionais (not translated) - 1st semester	10
73218109	Tese em Relações Internacionais (not translated)	180
73218109	Tese em Relações Internacionais (not translated)	180
7321809	Trabalho Final em Relações Internacionais (not translated)	20
7321809	Trabalho Final em Relações Internacionais (not translated)	20

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73218107	Seminário de Especialidade em Estudos de Segurança e Estratégia (not translated) - 2nd semester	10
73218108	Political Area Studies (Specialisation Seminar) - 2nd semester	10
73218106	Seminário de Especialidade em Globalização e Ambiente (not translated) - 2nd semester	10
73218105	Seminário de Especialidade em História e Teoria das Relações Internacionais (not translated) - 2nd semester	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
73218104	Opção Livre (not translated)	10
73218102	Seminário de Investigação em Relações Internacionais (not translated) - 1st semester	10