PhD in Information Management

Cycle

Terceiro ciclo

Degree

Doutoramento

ECTS Coordinator

Fernando José Ferreira Lucas Bação

Education objectives

The Doctoral Program in Information Management aims to promote knowledge and innovation in Information Management, particularly in the research of its impact on wealth creation, improving the performance of organizations and the development of new methodologies and decision making tools.

It provides advanced training through research, contributing to the progress of knowledge and the training of researchers, university teachers and highly qualified professionals. The research may follow a more theoretical trend or be developed in an applied context, allowing the knowledge transfer from academia to society.

This Doctoral Program aims to provide advanced knowledge for highly qualified researchers, teachers, technical staff and managers.

This cycle of studies in Information Management is designed to include five specializations:

• Information and Decision Systems
• Survey Methodologies and Marketing Research
• Statistics and Econometrics
• Geographic Information Systems
• Information Technologies

Applications - academic year 2017/2018
To complete the application, the applicant must register in NOVA IMS' Applications Portal, fill the form, upload their Curriculum Vitae and a letter of intent, and submit the application in the end, until May 11th, 2017. The selection process is based on the analysis of the applicant's academic and professional curriculum, and an interview.

Access conditions

To enter the Doctoral Program, applicants must meet one of the requirements set out in national legislation:

• Hold a Master's degree or equivalent, or a bachelor's degree, in which the number of credits is at least 240. In this case the final grade average must be at least 16 (out of 20);
• Hold a degree and a relevant academic or scientific curriculum and which has been recognized and approved by the Academic Board that declares that the applicant is able to carry out this cycle of studies;

Applicants must show proficiency (spoken and written) in English.

Degree pre-requisites

The admission process is based on:

• Final grade of the master's and/or the bachelor's degrees;
• Analysis of the academic and scientific curriculum;
• Analysis of the professional curriculum;
• Interview.

Access to other courses

Evaluation rules

Structure

1º year - Autumn semester
Code	Name	ECTS
300003	Research Seminar I	7.5
300008	Orientation Camp	1.0
300009	Interdisciplinary course	4.0
300010	Research Colloquia	1.0
300011	Joint Virtual Research Seminar	0.5