Doctorate Degree (PhD)

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6 Years
30 Jul 2020
Accreditation DGES
Initial registry R/A-Ef 1008/2011 de 18-03-2011
Contacts
School of Social Sciences
Application
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E05
candidaturas.ecsh@iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 016
9:30 - 18:00


PhD Management
Edifício Sedas Nunes (Edifício I), sala 2N9D

phd.antropologia@iscte-iul.pt

(+351) 210 464 057

Schedule by Appointement

No open candidacies for 2024/2025
Lectured in Portuguese
Teaching Type In person

Iscte is a pioneering institution in Portugal with respect to the creation of doctoral degrees in Anthropology: in 1991 it inaugurated the Doctoral Program in Social Anthropology (PDAS), and in 2003 the International Doctoral Program in Urban Anthropology (PRODAU).

Currently, the doctoral program in Anthropology (Bologna model) provides the basis for research directed towards the elaboration of an original dissertation, considered as a contribution to the advancement of knowledge. The duration of the degree program is 3 years, and is comprised of 180 credits (European Credit Transfer System – ECTS). 

During the first year (60 credits), doctoral candidates widen their general training and prepare a research project, which is submitted for approval by two specialists in the Department. This step is a prerequisite for acceptance in the program’s 2nd and 3rd years (120 credits), which are dedicated to fieldwork, library and archive research, analysis of results, and the elaboration of a thesis. 

The doctoral degree (Ph.D.) confirms a high level of competence. Some major fields of professional activity which have already been developed include the following: cultural policies, tangible and intangible heritage and the field of museum studies; human rights and humanitarian policies; development and international cooperation within the context of globalization; migrations and diasporas; the effects of culture on the environment.

Director(s) message

«"Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities", said Alfred Kroeber. Learning Anthropology means making the strange familiar and the familiar strange. Doctoral training at Iscte aims at preparing scientists who are capable of understanding, of interpreting, and of explaining to the wider society how human diversity is articulated in the contemporary world.»

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General information

Duration
3 years
Languages
Portuguese
ECTS
180
Schedule
Evening
Teaching Type
In person
Tuitions (€) *
1.stYear 2000.00
2.ndYear 1500.00
3.rdYear 1500.00
* Information for 2024/2025
Contacts
School of Social Sciences
Application
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E05
candidaturas.ecsh@iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 016
9:30 - 18:00
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