History: Change and Continuity in a Global World (PIUDHist)

History: Change and Continuity in a Global World (PIUDHist)

The Programa Interuniversitário de Doutoramento em História: mudança e continuidade num mundo global (PIUDHist) began in the academic year 2008-2009. With an innovative curricular organization, the programme includes four defined fields of specialization following a thematic criterion – social dynamics and political structures; institutions and economic development; empires, colonialism and post-colonialism; intellectual and sociocultural movements – definitively going beyond the traditional organization of PhDs in History in specializations bound to chronological periods. This favours a transversal and comparative training, articulated around medium and long-term approaches, which enhances the scientific quality of training and research.

In Portugal, PIUDHist is the first doctoral programme in History that is based on an interuniversitary parternship, bringing together five Portuguese university institutes:

Under agreements signed with other entities, students admitted to PIUDHist can apply for the following doctoral grants

The Doctor of History degree is awarded to students who obtain a total of 240 ECTS through a single document signed by the four partner Universities:

Obtaining the 240 ECTS is done over a four-year work program that is distributed as follows:

  • 60 ECTS in the first two academic semesters that award a Diploma of Advanced Studies in History and the respective diploma supplement, in a single document signed by the four partner Universities.
  • 180 ECTS in the remaining three years through the preparation, discussion and approval of a thesis, including participation in 6 biannual monitoring seminars and respective guidance.

 

 

1st YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Methodology Seminar 6 ECTS
Specialised Seminar 6 ECTS
Specialised Seminar 6 ECTS
Research Design I 12 ECTS

 

Specialized Seminar - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Social Dynamics and Political Structures I 6 ECTS
Institutions and Economic Development I 6 ECTS
Empires, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism I 6 ECTS
Intellectual and Sociocultural Movements I 6 ECTS

 

1st YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Specialised Seminar 6 ECTS
Specialised Seminar 6 ECTS
Research Design II 18 ECTS

 

Specialized Seminar - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Social Dynamics and Political Structures II 6 ECTS
Institutions and Economic Development II 6 ECTS
Empires, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism II 6 ECTS
Intellectual and Sociocultural Movements II 6 ECTS

 

2nd YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Monitoring Seminar I 6 ECTS
Thesis I 24 ECTS

 

2nd YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Monitoring Seminar II 6 ECTS
Thesis II 24 ECTS

 

3rd YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Monitoring Seminar III 6 ECTS
Thesis III 24 ECTS

 

3rd YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Monitoring Seminar IV 6 ECTS
Thesis IV 24 ECTS

 

4th YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Monitoring Seminar V 6 ECTS
Thesis V 24 ECTS

 

4th YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Monitoring Seminar VI 6 ECTS
Thesis VI 24 ECTS

 

A3ES Accreditation

Accreditation of New Study Programme (2014)

Applications

Information available on the Applications page.

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