Degrees can offer all vacancies in the first phase or distribute them by phase. Vacancies not taken up in a phase are carried over to the next phase. The opening of the next application phase is subject to the existence of vacancies

Requirements

The applicant for Doctoral Program in Information Science and Technology must meet one of the following conditions:

• Holder of a master's degree or legal equivalent in a national or foreign institution;
• Holder of a bachelor's degree, as well as a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized as attesting to their ability to undertake this level of study by the Iscte Scientific Commission on Information Science and Technology*;
• Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as certifying their ability to undertake this course of study by the Iscte Scientific Commission on Information Science and Technology. *

* This recognition only provides access to the course leading to the doctoral degree and does not confer on its holder the equivalence to the degree of Bachelor or master’s degree.

Applications are valid only if the applicant has an advisor, monitoring committee and a research proposal (see Application Procedures) with which the advisor agrees. In addition, the applicant must meet the legally established criteria in DL 74/2006 for admission to the third cycle of studies.

Valid applications whose research proposals are likely to lead to a doctoral degree are accepted.

See the admission and ranking criteria here.

The opening of the application phases depends on the existence of vacancies. 30 vacancies are available for each year.

Application procedures

The specific application process for the PhD Program in Information Science and Technology, as indicated in Article 8 (1) of the specific regulation of this course, requires the submission of documentation through two separate paths simultaneously:

1. Application online at Fenix ​​portal:

• Curriculum vitae;
• Copies of certificates of all qualifications with their ratings;
• Digital photograph;
• Copy of the citizen card or equivalent document, if the applicant is Portuguese, or passport, if the applicant is foreign;
• Copy of tax payer card or equivalent document;

2. Complementary mandatory documentation to be attached when applying

• Supervisor/es acceptance document (model);
• Research proposal (model).

Application procedures