The Master's Degree in School Administration prepares its students to work as school directors and coordinators, as well as in school administration bodies or other educational roles. The skills developed in this course may be applied in public and private institutions at various levels of education: pre-school, basic, secondary or higher.
The students of this MSc acquire deepened knowledge about the policies of the education sector in Portugal. Furthermore, they learn to manage educational organizations and their human resources, as well as to make pedagogical plans and evaluate performances and skills.
The course is intended for professionals that work or wish to work in school direction, management, coordination of subject groups or class direction. Other potential applicants might include leaders, candidates for leadership, and service experts in higher education institutions, the Ministery of Education, municipal education department and institutions with educational functions. The course is also open to applications from students in other areas who wish to deepen their knowledge in the areas of school administration and management.
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This Master's operates with a team of highly qualified professors who are strongly connected to research in the areas of public policy, sociology, psychology, public administration and management.
We seek to provide our students with a learning environment of debate and diversity. For this purpose, we organize an International Conference Cycle with specialists in various topics in education.
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