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The Master's in Education and Society is a unique course in Portugal. It trains education specialists able to develop answers to current problems in education with a strategic vision that integrates research and intervention practice. The programme provides expertise in planning, implementing and evaluating activities of an educational character.
Our collective future depends to a large extent on education. We are a highly qualified team of teachers with a strong link to research and intervention. The students have very diverse formative and professional origins and reveal a great mobilization to make a difference.
The curricular internship ensures the contact with the potential labour market. The International Cycle of Conferences integrates specialists with research and/or field work in order to ensure contact with the different educational modalities (school and non-school) present in contemporary societies.
2026/2027
| Unidades curriculares | Semester | ECTS |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Social Inequalities | 1 | 6.0 |
| Life Long Learning | 1 | 6.0 |
| Planning and Evaluation of Education and Training | 1 | 6.0 |
| Research Methods in Social Sciences Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Free Or Supplementary > 1st Year - 1st Semester | 1 | 6.0 |
| Sociological Theory Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Free Or Supplementary > 1st Year - 1st Semester | 1 | 6.0 |
| Sociology of Educational Achievement | 1 | 6.0 |
| Childhood and Youth: Transdisciplinary Perspectives | 2 | 6.0 |
| Comparative Education Systems | 2 | 6.0 |
| Learning Society | 2 | 6.0 |
| Research Design | 2 | 6.0 |
Recommended optative
The first year includes 8 compulsory and 2 elective curricular units. Electives may be freely chosen from those offered in this course (indicated below), or those offered in other courses at Iscte.
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
1st Year, 1st semester
Intervention in Non Formal Education Contexts: principles and methods
Descendants of Immigrants and Education
1st Year, 2nd semester
Evaluation of School Organizations
2nd Year, 1st semester
Education Policies
In the second semester, students will complete 2 elective curricular units (including possibility Traineeship in Education and Society) and a Dissertation or Final Project.
| Unidades curriculares | Semester | ECTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Cycle Internship Parte Escolar > Optional Courses > Free > 2nd Year - 1st Semester | 1 | 6.0 |
| Master Dissertation in Education and Society Final Work | 1 | 48.0 |
| Master Project in Education and Society Final Work | 1 | 48.0 |
Recommended optative
The first year includes 8 compulsory and 2 elective curricular units. Electives may be freely chosen from those offered in this course (indicated below), or those offered in other courses at Iscte.
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
1st Year, 1st semester
Intervention in Non Formal Education Contexts: principles and methods
Descendants of Immigrants and Education
1st Year, 2nd semester
Evaluation of School Organizations
2nd Year, 1st semester
Education Policies
In the second semester, students will complete 2 elective curricular units (including possibility Traineeship in Education and Society) and a Dissertation or Final Project.
2025/2026
| Round | Start Date | End Date | Vacancies | Application fee | Reservation fee | candidacy.reservation_fee_international |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st round | Mestrado/Master | 2025-12-15 09:30 | 2026-01-14 17:00 | 3 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |
| 2nd round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-01-15 09:30 | 2026-02-25 17:00 | 5 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |
| 3rd round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-02-26 09:30 | 2026-04-06 17:00 | 12 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |
| 4th round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-04-07 09:30 | 2026-05-13 17:00 | 12 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |
| 5th round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-05-14 09:30 | 2026-06-24 17:00 | 3 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |
See the admission and ranking criteria 2026/2027