The PhD Program in Information Science and Technology grants its students general research abilities in Information Science and Technology, as well as specific skills in the area in which they carry out their thesis. This thesis will include original research conduction with the supervision and general support of professors and researchers from the Department of Information Science and Technology, as well as from the technology research centers at Iscte.

The research carried out by doctoral students will benefit from the context of the important national and international research projects pursued by interdisciplinary teams within the Research Centers of the Department's network, at, for example, ISTAR, IT, and INESC-ID. Many of these team members come from Iscte's own Department of Information Science and Technology.

The PhD students will be trained as researchers with skills in various areas such as: information technology and project management, sensors, model development, simulation and experimental validation, information networks, internet of things, cloud computing, systems integration, distributed and competing systems, cybersecurity, information systems, decision support, artificial intelligence, mathematics, complexity, technology assessment and impact on society.

Iscte may award merit scholarships to candidates for this course.

The PhD Program in Information Science and Technology establishes a dual degree partnership with the University of Al Farabi, in Kazakhstan. This is the one of the most prestigious university that ranks 207 worldwide.