You can now choose to study at your own pace and complete your master’s or doctoral degree on either a full-time or part-time basis.
This option is available for master’s and doctoral programmes worth 90 ECTS credits or more.
Tuition fees are calculated according to the number of ECTS credits in which you enrol.
Please refer to Article 16 of the Academic Regulations or contact the relevant services for further information.
Course formatIn-Person
DegreeMasters
Semesters4
Credits120
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Entry requirements and conditions
Entry requirements and conditions
The following may applly for the Master' s degree: a) holderes of a bachelor's degree in law; b) holderes of a foreign academic degree in law awarded after a 1 st study cycle in Law, organized according to the Bologna bachelor's degree in law; c) holderes of a master's degree in law; d) holderes of a foreign academic degree in law awarded after a 2 st study cycle in Law, organized according to the Bologna master's degree in law; e) holders of a scientific or professional curriculum in criminal law area acknowledged by the due body of ULP certifying the capacity to obtain the present study cycle.
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Seriation Criteria
Seriation Criteria
- 70% - Mestrado - Habilitação Anterior
- 10% - Mestrado - Experiência Profissional
- 10% - Mestrado - Carta de Motivação
- 10% - Mestrado - Formação complementar/Atividades Extracurriculares
Candidatos sem classificação da habilitação anterior
- 10% - Mestrado - Produção Científica
- 10% - Mestrado - Entrevista
- 10% - Mestrado - Formação complementar/Atividades Extracurriculares
- 70% - Mestrado - Apreciação curricular/Curriculum profissional
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Technical and professional skills that I will acquire
Technical and professional skills that I will acquire
* Understand the subjects of the different UCs and apply the knowledge acquired in solving legal-practical problems and reflect on them critically; - to deepen the understanding of the penal-legal norms, according to the general theory of the criminal infraction and all that concerns the Portuguese punitive system; - to intensify the guiding principles of criminal proceedings, especially as regards evidence and appeal, in order to deal with and reflect on such matters in legal practice; - Understand the importance of Portuguese contraordenacional law and its dogmatic principles and categories, as well as the European sanctioning system; - Know the problems of international criminal law and know how to solve them according to its norms and be aware of a set of human rights and their importance. * Develop the capacity for legal reasoning on the issues taught; * Deepen the oral criminal-legal discourse in the same argument.
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Study plan and curriculum structure
Study plan and curriculum structure
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1º Ano / Common Core
- [1º Semestre]
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Constitutional Theory for Criminal Procedure
7.5 ects -
Criminal Procedure Law
7.5 ects -
Penal Law
7.5 ects - Option
- [2º Semestre]
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Law for Administrative Offences
7.5 ects -
International Criminal Law
7.5 ects -
Legal Methodology and Research
7.5 ects -
Punitive System
7.5 ects
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2º Ano / Common Core
- [Anual]
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Dissertation
60 ects
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1º Ano / Common Core
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Options
Options
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Option
- European Sanctions Law (Option)
7.5 ects - Human Rights (Option)
7.5 ects
- European Sanctions Law (Option)
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Option
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Course Team
Course Team
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Career opportunities and career prospects
Career opportunities and career prospects
The training acquired provides the skills and knowledge necessary for a successful entry into the labor market, in different areas of activity, such as jurist, jurisconsult. It provides a high degree of training to students who intend to join the Bar Association and the Center for Judicial Studies.
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What master's or postgraduate degrees can I pursue afterward?
What master's or postgraduate degrees can I pursue afterward?
The cycle of studies ensures adequate preparation for students interested in continuing their academic training in the PhD in Law at ULP and ULHT.
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Infrastructure and Equipment
Infrastructure and Equipment
Classes will take place in a classroom equipped with a state-of-the-art multimedia system, at the facilities of the Universidade Lusófona do Porto. Students have at their disposal a library, a research room for the master's degrees, a canteen and bar and have tutorial and advisory support from all teachers.
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Scientific areas of the course
Scientific areas of the course
Direito
Porto | Faculdade Direito e Ciência Política
Current Application Dates
Course Direction
Secretariat
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Telephone extension3150
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Location9H45 às 13H00 - 14H00 às 17H45
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Service hoursPólo 1
Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior
Graduation Requirements
Have completed a total of 120 ECTS.
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