You may apply:

If you hold a Master’s degree in Sociology, or in another field of the Social Sciences and Humanities;
Should you not fulfil the previous condition, if you hold an academic, scientific and professional curriculum with enough quality to attest to your ability and skills to carry out a doctorate in Sociology.

In order to apply, you will need digital copies of:

• Your ID or passport.
• Official certificates of your higher education degrees, with final grades, in either English, Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese. If in any other language, an officially certified translation is required, into English or Portuguese.
• Your academic, scientific and professional CV in any of the above languages.
• Either a research project written according to the form used by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology in the applications for doctoral studentships (see the FCT’s Application Guide, point 3.9: “Work Plan”), or a paper up to 1,500 words long, plus an abstract up to 150 words, stating your proposal for a sociologically relevant research theme or problem, in any of the above languages.
• A short motivation letter, in any of the above languages.
• Copies of all the above documents should be submitted in the on-line application form, as .pdf files. If accepted, you will later be required to provide the original degree certificates and translations.

Should you have any doubts, do not hesitate to contact us.

Applications for the school year 2021/22

1st round: January 25 to March 12

2nd round: April 4 to July 2

3rd round: July 26 to September 3

Online applications in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon on the Inforestudante platform. If you don’t already hold a NOVA FCSH student password, register here to apply.

Duration: 4 years (240 ECTS)

Yearly tuition fees: 1375 Euros. Yearly payments may be broken down in installments.