Doctorate Degree (PhD)

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6 Years
30 Jul 2019
Accreditation DGES
Initial registry R/A-Ef 1021/2011 de 18-03-2011
Update registry R/A-Ef 1021/2011/AL01 de 22-08-2014 | R/A-Ef 1021/2011/AL02 de 16-12-2020
Contacts
School of Sociology and Public Policy
Secretariat
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E03
secretariado.espp @iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 015
9:30 - 18:00

Tuition fee EU nationals (2025/2026)

1.stYear 2000.00 €
2.ndYear 2000.00 €
3.rdYear 2000.00 €
4.thYear 2000.00 €
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Lectured in Portuguese
Teaching Type In person

The course is structured around three central seminars: the History Seminar, the Security and Defense Studies Seminar, and the Theoretical-Methodological Seminar, which take place in the first two academic semesters of the doctorate.

The study plan also annually includes a Cycle of Multidisciplinary Conferences based on the collaboration of some of the most renowned national and international experts in the areas of History, Security and Defense, as well as a Project Seminar dedicated to the discussion and preparation of students' doctoral projects.

Programme Structure for 2025/2026

1st Year
History Seminar I
6.0 ECTS
Phd Conferences Cycle
6.0 ECTS
Studies of Security and Defense Seminar
6.0 ECTS
Project Seminar
18.0 ECTS
History Seminar II
6.0 ECTS
Methodological Seminar II
6.0 ECTS
Methodological Seminar I
6.0 ECTS
2nd Year
Phd Thesis in History, Studies of Security and Defense
180.0 ECTS

Recommended optative

Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.


2nd semester
03508 | History and Theory of International Relations (ESPP | His)

Contacts
School of Sociology and Public Policy
Secretariat
Sedas Nunes Building (Building I), room 1E03
secretariado.espp @iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 015
9:30 - 18:00
Apply
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