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The Master's in Studies and Management of Culture furnishes students with the knowledge and skills to consider cultural and creative activities from a critical perspective, as well as manage these activities with the appropriate tools .
This course produces professionals with analytical capacities and cutting-edge knowledge who are prepared for work in various areas, including culture, heritage and cultural communication organizations.
The course adopts a pluralized and inter-disciplinary model covering multiple scientific fields, disciplinary perspectives and schools of thought, combing theoretical reflection with an applied perspective.
The MSc includes four specialization areas:
2026/2027
The study plan is composed of a set of six compulsory curricular units, which represent the information considered fundamental to the course. Beyond these, the students may construct their own course of study, opting to complete one of the pre-determined specializaitons (cultural management, museology, heritage and cultural projects, entertainment and creative industries), or to combine various curricular units which focus on more specialized issues. During the second year, students will attend a dissertation/final project seminar with the objective of supporting their realization of this cumulative work.
| Unidades curriculares | Semester | ECTS |
|---|---|---|
| Art History * | 2 | 6.0 |
| Cultural Audiences, Consumptions and Fruitions * | 1 | 6.0 |
| Cultural Management * | 1 | 6.0 |
| Cultural Theories * | 2 | 6.0 |
| Globalization, Art and Culture * | 2 | 6.0 |
| Heritage Cultural Projects * | 2 | 6.0 |
| Management Control for Cultural Organizations * | 2 | 6.0 |
| Organizations, Professions and Creativity * | 1 | 6.0 |
| Portuguese Contemporary Culture * | 1 | 6.0 |
| Public Policies of Culture * | 2 | 6.0 |
| Research Design * | 2 | 6.0 |
Recommended optative
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
1st Year – 1st semester
01977 | Accountability and Finances for Cultural Organizations
00774 | Inventory and Analysis of the Urban Heritage
01976 | Cultural Marketing
01986 | Digital Storytelling and Transmedia Entertainment
1st Year – 2nd semester
02123 | Management Control for Cultural Organizations
00846 | Heritage Cultural Projects
01724 | Globalization, Art and Culture
2nd year – 1st semester
01174 | Cultural Entrepreneurship
01984 | Portuguese Contemporary Culture
| Unidades curriculares | Semester | ECTS |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Cycle Internship * | 1 | 6.0 |
| Inventory and Analysis of the Urban Heritage * | 1 | 6.0 |
| Master Dissertation in Studies and Management of Culture * | 1 | 48.0 |
| Master Project in Studies and Management of Culture * | 1 | 48.0 |
| Portuguese Contemporary Culture * | 1 | 6.0 |
Recommended optative
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
1st Year – 1st semester
01977 | Accountability and Finances for Cultural Organizations
00774 | Inventory and Analysis of the Urban Heritage
01976 | Cultural Marketing
01986 | Digital Storytelling and Transmedia Entertainment
1st Year – 2nd semester
02123 | Management Control for Cultural Organizations
00846 | Heritage Cultural Projects
01724 | Globalization, Art and Culture
2nd year – 1st semester
01174 | Cultural Entrepreneurship
01984 | Portuguese Contemporary Culture
2025/2026
This MSc represents a unique specialization opportunity; its simultaneously theoretical and practical nature corresponds to the needs of this multi-faceted professional area and its growing value. According to the most recent studies, the cultural and creative sector represents 2.8% of the Portuguese GDP and shows growth and employment rates greater than most sectors of the economy. However, this sector currently faces an important challenge: expanding the synergies between creative activities and other economic sectors. Thus, the primary goal of this course is to develop tools and strategies that may maximize that interaction. In the broadest sense, the organizations that belong to the cultural and creative sections include those active in the domains of culture, heritage, museology, the visual arts and the performing arts, as well as the industries of communication, publishing, audiovisual media and content production for cultural and entertainment purposes.
| 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 | 70 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |
| 2nd round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-01-15 09:30 | 2026-02-25 17:00 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € | |
| 3rd round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-02-26 09:30 | 2026-04-06 17:00 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € | |
| 4th round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-04-07 09:30 | 2026-05-13 17:00 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € | |
| 5th round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-05-14 09:30 | 2026-06-24 17:00 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € | |
| 6th round | Mestrado/Master | 2026-06-25 09:30 | 2026-08-26 17:00 | 70.00 € | 350.00 € | 500.00 € |