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The School of Arts and Humanities participates in a growing number of international master's and doctoral programmes. These international programmes are specifically structured so as to always involve attendance at foreign institutions.
Master's students interested in international programmes have the possibility to undertake:
(i) a Double Degree, which allows students to obtain two degrees from two higher education institutions, providing for periods of study in both institutions; or
(ii) an Erasmus Mundus Master, which presents a common course offer and requires a mobility period abroad in order to obtain a double or multiple degree (with the attendance of two or more universities).
Doctorate students who have already reached the thesis phase have the possibility to carry out this phase in an international cotutelle regime.
International Master's Programmes
Double Master's Degree in Philosophy, ULisboa and Université de Lille. France
The School of Arts and Humanities has established a double degree programme with the Université de Lille for the Master's Degree in Philosophy. This programme is intended for students of the Master's Degree in Philosophy of the School of Arts and Humanities who are interested in also obtaining the degree of Master mention Philosophie contemporaine, at the Université de Lille (and vice-versa).
Master students admitted to this double degree will attend the first year at the School of Arts and Humanities and the second year at the Université de Lille.
Erasmus Mundus Master – European Literary Cultures (ClE)
The School of Arts and Humanities participates in the international consortium offering the Erasmus Mundus Master in European Literary Cultures.
With an expected duration of two years, the Erasmus Mundus Master in European Literary Cultures - Cultures Littéraires Europeénnes is a full-time programme.
The consortium offering this programme is coordinated by the Università di Bologna (Italy), and integrates the Université de Haute-Alsace (France), the Université de Strasbourg (France), the Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), the Panepistimion Thessaloniki (Greece), the University of Mumbai (India), and the Université de Dakar (Senegal).
On completion of the degree, students in this Master's programme receive a double or multiple degree, depending on the number of universities in the consortium which they attend for at least one semester. The master's exams foresee an international jury.
European Masters in Classical Cultures
The European Master in Classical Cultures (EMCC) is an international and interdisciplinary master's program in Classical Studies, in which 14 partner universities from 10 European countries participate. In this program, students obtain a double or multiple degree awarded by at least two of the participating universities. The EMCC consortium includes the universities of Athens, Freiburg, Hamburg, Istanbul, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Münster, Nicosia, Palermo, Perugia, Poznan, Rome, Salamanca and Toulouse.
The EMCC's fields of study are Ancient History, Classical Philology and Archaeology. It is a two-year study program in which students must acquire a total of 120 ECTS. To complete the master's degree it is compulsory to choose a minimum of two universities and study at each of them for at least one semester, obtaining no less than 30 ECTS credits.
Knowledge of at least two modern languages (English and the language of the host country) is an essential requirement.
Applications are open in May.
Masters in Culture and Communication with Université Lyon III Jean Moulin
The Master in Culture and Communication is a joint Master's program in collaboration with the University of Lyon III Jean Moulin that confers a double degree: “Master in Culture and Communication” by the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and “Master en Communication Internationale des Entreprises et Administrations, Mention Langues Étrangères Appliquées (LEA)” by the University of Lyon III Jean Moulin.
This program offers a specialization in communication, complementing general language courses with professional courses focused on international communication careers, with the aim of improving language skills and intercultural knowledge in order to train multilingual professionals. To apply, knowledge of French and English is required.
All students will spend the first year of the master's program (M1) at the University of Lisbon, for the equivalent of 60 ECTS credits, and the second year (M2) at the University of Lyon III Jean Moulin, for the remaining 60 ECTS credits. Students are subject to the university regulations and rules of conduct of each university.
Applications are open between February and March.
Masters in Managing Art & Cultural Heritage in Global Markets
The MA in Managing Art & Cultural Heritage in Global Markets (MAGMa) is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Program (EMJM) that offers a unique and multidisciplinary approach to the fields of art and cultural heritage. It offers the opportunity to study at five European higher education institutions (HEIs) for two years and obtain multiple degrees. The master's degree is coordinated by the University of Glasgow and has the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon, ISCTE Instituto Universitário, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Institut d'Études Supérieures des Arts as partners.
The program is taught over 24 months and includes at least three periods of mobility over the four semesters: Lisbon (Semester 1), Paris (Semester 2), Rotterdam (Semester 3), and a fourth semester to be completed in one of the above-mentioned locations to finish the dissertation or in Glasgow. The course also offers two optional opportunities: a Summer School at the University of Glasgow and a Winter School in Mumbai.
For scholarship students funded by the Erasmus Mundus program, the scholarship is intended to cover the cost of tuition fees.
Applications for the master's degree with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship run from October to November, while there is an application period for the master's degree without a scholarship until July for international students and August for UK students.
International PhD Programs
Doctoral Programmes in Cotutelle
Doctoral students may request to write their thesis under an international cotutelle agreement, in order to carry out part of the doctoral program in a foreign higher education institution, under the supervision of at least one professor from each institution, and thus obtain the doctoral degree awarded by both institutions.
Doctoral theses under the international cotutelle agreement are carried out within the scope of an individual agreement established between the Universidade de Lisboa, the School of Arts and Humanities, the foreign higher education institution and the doctoral candidate.
The agreement must follow the requirements established in the Regulations for the preparation of doctoral theses under international cotutelle at ULisboa (2015).
The two co-supervisors monitor and oversee the work developed by the student, who will defend the thesis only once, at the School of Arts and Humanities or at the foreign higher education institution and will obtain the doctoral degree awarded by both institutions.