Master in Tourism

The Master in Tourism contributes to the enhancement of the academic skills and professional performance of young graduates, who intend to expand their knowledge and direct their professional career, and of professionals, interested in developing scientific and technical skills in the field of tourism.

Objectives

• To develop scientific and technical skills in the fields of tourism, fundamental to an efficient, creative, and innovative professional performance
• To provide students with skills, behaviors, and techniques that enable them to manage, in an integrated way, the activities in the tourism domains and their relationship with other related activities
• To contribute to the exercise of functions of top director/manager, at the level of management of tourism operations, marketing of tourism products and services provided by companies, the management of tourism infrastructures, and the preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage, depending on some extent on the optional area selected
• Contribute to empowering professionals from other activity sectors associated with tourism

Admission requirements

Conditions of access

• Holders of Bachelor's degree (or legal equivalent)
• Holders of a foreign degree obtained in agreement with the principles of the Bologna Process
• Holders of a foreign higher education degree that is recognized by the Scientific Council as meeting the objectives of the Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area
• Holders of a school, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by the Scientific Council, as attesting the merit and ability to carry out this cycle of studies

Criteria for selection of the candidates

• Undergraduate degree in the scientific area of the master
• Undergraduate final grade
• Professional experience according to the specialization area
• Be proficient in Portuguese

Necessary documentation

• Application form
• Certificate of undergraduate degree
• Syllabus of the curricular units of the undergraduate degree (pre-bologna process), if applicable
• Proof of degree recognition, in the cases of foreign degree
• Proof of Portuguese language (minimum B1 level) for the applicants that Portuguese is not the mother language
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copy of passport or ID card
• Copy of fiscal number
• Proof of payment of the application fee

Scholarships & funding

As we are a public university, no studentships are available for Bachelor, Master, or Ph.D. degrees, independently of the students' nationality. Nevertheless, for the second academic year (thesis research) there is a possibility to apply for a studentship in research projects running in our science and technology centers. You can apply for a studentship while completing your first academic year of the Master but we cannot guarantee that there will be funding for all students for the second research year.

Tuition

• National Students: 3000 Euros (1st year - 2000 Euros; 2nd year - 1000 Euros)
• International Students*: 4000 Euros (1st year - 2500 Euros; 2nd year - 1500 Euros)
• Application Fee: 50 Euros
• Registration Fee and School Insurance: 175 Euros

Note: The tuition of this course can be paid in 10 installments, the first at the time of registration.

* in accordance with Decree-Law No. 36/2014, changed by Decree-Law No.62/2018, of 6th August, international students are nationals of a country that is not a Member State of the European Union and are not a legal resident in Portugal for more than 2 uninterrupted years by 1st of January of the enrolment year