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Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto Law School PhD in Law
Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto Law School

PhD in Law

Porto, Portugal

4 up to 6 Years

Portuguese

Part time

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EUR 365 / per course *

On-Campus

* 1st Year (1st and 2nd Semesters) - 10 monthly payments - 340 €/month; | 2nd, 3rd and 4th Year - Full-time attendance regime - 30 monthly fees - €224/month; | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Year – Part-time attendance regime – 50 monthly installments - 170 €/m

Introduction

The PhD program in Catholic Porto aims to train quality researchers, contributing to the development of research in the Faculty, as well as to the critical and responsible construction of legal science in Portugal.

This program is intended for PhD students to acquire:

  • Competences, skills and research methods in Law;
  • Ability to systematic understanding in the field of legal science;
  • Ability to conceive, design, adapt and carry out a significant investigation respecting the requirements imposed by academic quality and integrity standards;
  • Skills to communicate with the scientific community and society in general on a specific area of law.

Benefiting from the creation of the Center for Studies and Research in Law | CEID - Catholic Research Center for the Future of Law, PhD students can be part of a research unit of the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University, which aims to innovate in the teaching of Law and encourage a change in the traditional paradigm of legal research in Portugal , promoting transnational, interdisciplinary and team research, as well as strengthening the relationship between academic knowledge and the needs of society.

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