Applications for doctoral studies are open at the University of Madeira starting next academic year, 2025/2026

Application deadline:
Application: Permanently until the end of academic year 2025/2026*
Period of enrollment/registration: Permanently

Online application:
Applications are submitted online exclusively at https://candidaturas.uma.pt.
Further information and pre-check the online application process (recommended), please contact the lnternational Student Office (GEl), Penteada University Campus, First Floor, or through the email address estudante.internacional@mail.uma.pt.

Documents to be submitted:
Documents referred to in Article 9(2) of the 3rd cycle of studies Regulation (see Section Regulations on  http://www.uma.pt), namely:
a) Copy of the ldentity Card/Citizen Card/Passport;
b) Document proving that the applicant fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 7(2) of the UMa 3rd Cycle Regulation;
c) Updated curriculum vitae,including published or duly documented works;
d) Research plan, with indication of the scientific basis, methodology to be used and objectives to be achieved;
e) lndication of the proposed supervisor or supervisors, unless the applicant presents himself under his sole responsibility;
f) Statement by the thesis supervisor, agreeing to be responsible for this task, informing about the availability of appropriate material means for carrying out the proposed work or indicating, alternatively, national or foreign institutions that, having these means, agree to collaborate;
g) Other documents the applicant considers to be useful.
The documents presented in the application will be checked with the originals. The original documents of foreign origin must be legally authenticated, preferably through the Hague Convention Apostille, or with the possibility of electronic authenticity verification, under penalty of impediment of registration.

Doctoral Programmes - Vacancies
Biological Sciences - 10 vacancies
Electrotechnical Engineering - 05 vacancies
Computer Engineering - 10 vacancies
Physics - 05 vacancies
Atlantic lslands: History, Herítage and lnstitutional Legal Framework - 05 vacancies
lsland Literatures and Cultures - 10 vacancies
Chemistry - 10 vacancies

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