1. May I apply?
Yes! If you have a master degree or a five years university degree in engineering.
If you do not have a degree in engineering or only a bachelor degree, your case must be specifically analysed to see if with the approval of a specific bridging program you may be afterwards accepted for the PhD.
2. Find a Supervisor
To become a PhD student you need to have a supervisor from IST.
a) Contact directly any professor from the list;
b) Contact the PhD Coordinator, indicating your research areas preferences and he will appoint you a supervisor;
c) Send always the “first contact form” to the Secretariat of the Course;
d) If you do not get a contact from a potential supervisor within a week, please contact the Secretariat.
3. Do you need a scholarship?
To live in Lisbon you need around 1000Eur/Month and the PhD fees are around 2750Eur/Year.
If you need a scholarship you should indicate it to your potential supervisor that will help you to apply for a scholarship (see scholarships entities sites).
Presently it is difficult to get scholarship for foreign students unless they are exceptional students.
4. Application
To formalize the application, you must complete the form, attach the documents indicated in the form and submit the file through the following address.
