Applications
2026/2027 Applications
1st Call:
- Application submission: 16 February to 27 March 2026.
- Registration period: 5 to 14 August 2026.
2nd Call:
- Application submission: 1 June to 17 July 2026.
- Registration period: 5 to 14 August 2026.
3rd Call:
- Application submission: 19 August to 4 September 2026.
- Registration period: 14 to 16 September 2026.
4th Call (2nd semester admission):
- Application submission:14 December 2026 to 8 January 2027.
- Registration period: 25 to 29 January 2027.
Places: 30
Places will be filled as applications are evaluated and approved, therefore places are not guaranteed for all calls.
Applications must be submitted through the FCT-UNL platform.
For national students: https://clip.fct.unl.pt/candidatura/terceiro_ciclo
For international students: https://clip.fct.unl.pt/candidatura/terceiro_ciclo_internacional
Application Fee: 51,00 €
Requirements
The following may apply for admission to the study cycle:
- Holders of a master's degree or equivalent in the areas of social sciences and humanities, physical and natural sciences, and engineering;
- Holders of a bachelor's degree or equivalent, with a particularly relevant academic, scientific, or professional curriculum recognized by the Doctoral Scientific Committee as demonstrating capacity for qualification for the doctoral degree;
- Holders of an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum recognized by the Doctoral Scientific Committee as demonstrating capacity for qualification for the doctoral degree.
Applications must include the following documents:
For National Students or Students from an EU Member State:
- Identity Card/Passport or Citizen Card;
- Certificate of qualification detailing the grades obtained, duly authenticated (*);
- Curriculum vitae and professional trajectory;
- Photograph;
- Other document(s) that may be required on the respective course page.
For International Students:
An International Student is a student who does not have Portuguese nationality, who is not a national of a Member State of the European Union, or others who have not legally resided in Portugal continuously for more than 2 years. For more details, consult Decree-Law No. 36/2014 of March 10.
Detailed information available at https://www.study-research.pt/en/research/phd-degrees/
- Personal identification document, which expressly states the candidate's nationality;
- A declaration, under oath, that the candidate does not have Portuguese nationality nor is covered by any of the conditions that, according to the International Student Statute (paragraph 2 of article 3 of Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of March 10), do not confer upon them the status of International Student, translated into Portuguese or English, whenever it is not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish; (Declaration template: PT; EN)
- Certificate of qualifications specifying the grades obtained, duly authenticated (*);
- Curriculum vitae and professional trajectory;
- Photograph;
- Proof of residence issued by the country where the candidate is domiciled (*)
- Other document(s) that may be required on the respective course page.
(*) IMPORTANT: Documents must:
- be translated into Portuguese or English, unless they are issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish;
- certified by the Portuguese consular service or presented with the Hague Apostille, issued by the competent authority of the State where the document originates.
