44 Master Programmes in Portugal for 2024

The Master in Human Nutrition and Metabolism integrates human nutrition and food with metabolism, aiming to train highly qualified professionals capable of systematically and comprehensively analyzing the main health issues related to inadequate lifestyles, particularly in terms of nutrition. The program focuses on strategies to promote healthy lifestyles from a perspective of Lifestyle Medicine.

The Egas Moniz Higher Institute of Health Science (IUEM) Integrated Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Science is one of the most renowned courses in Portugal at this time. It boasts a tradition of academic excellence in training professionals that goes back more than 20 years. We’ve trained more than 1,000 professionals in pharmaceutical science. According to the employability study (Nielsen) carried out among graduates in the last 5 years, we can see that our pharmacists have a 97% employability rate in the field of Pharmaceutical Science, and can achieve a stable contract after three months.

The Master's Degree in Health Management at the National School of Public Health NOVA is designed to train tomorrow’s health specialists. The Program aims to enable the students to enter the health sector workforce bringing with their advanced knowledge and skills in the field of health management.

If you search for a deep understanding of microbial and other biological systems, driving from molecular and cellular organization of individual or community to apply in different areas (Environmental, Industrial and Biomedical) then come and seek your tools in the Microbial and Molecular Biology (MMB) Master Program.

The Biomedical Materials and Devices Master (BMDM) Program constitutes a specialisation which can follow a wide range of 1st cycle degrees. Although a natural choice for those with degrees in Materials Engineering, it is also intelligible for graduates from other areas akin to either Materials or Biomedicine.

NOVA Biomedical Research is a master programme of NMS - Nova Medical School that will equip you with the core skills required for an outstanding career in Biomedical research. We offer a unique training programme that will prepare you to plan, conduct, publish and obtain funding to support a successful research career. The curriculum of the NBR is based on advanced training courses, seminars and tutorials that provide the core skills that are required to anyone wishing to pursue a career in science. Alongside you will also have the opportunity to specialise in one of the four branches of the course: Ageing and Chronic Diseases, Neurosciences, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine.

The Master's Course in Biostatistical Epidemiology and Health Research (EPIBIS) aims to provide participants with knowledge and epidemiological research methodologies that allow them to autonomously design and develop epidemiological research projects.

Egas Moniz Higher Institute of Health Science's (IUEM) Integrated Master’s Degree in Dentistry is currently one of the most renowned master’s in Portugal in this field. It is pioneering due to the introduction of the integrated practice in the last semester of the master’s and having maintained a strong clinical/practice component following the adaptation to the Bologna process. This offers our students a practical experience and an overall clinical vision of the patient, as opposed to the partial and mono-disciplinary vision that is often found in teaching Dentistry elsewhere.

The Master's in Applied Social Gerontology is aimed at graduates from Social and Human Sciences and Health areas who are already working or intend to work in the field of gerontology. It is an indispensable training for those who are in the process of or intend to occupy management/coordination positions in services and institutions for the elderly.

The Masters Course in Medical-Surgical Nursing aims to ensure the acquisition and / or development of scientific, technical, relational, ethical and research to intervene in the provision of specialized nursing care in the clinical area of ​​medical-surgical nursing. The course also aims to enable students to integrate multidisciplinary teams on helping to promote the highest level of health of the population and enable the development of research in medical-surgical nursing, contributing to the creation of scientific evidence. Still want the school, in addition to promoting the development of good practice in the workplace, preparing nurses who can act in society, who are capable of intervening and coping with the social and professional changes in the future and contribute to the advancement the profession in order to meet the needs of the individual, family and community.

Cycle of Studies leading to the Master's Degree in Veterinary Nursing in Companion Animals, joint degree of the Polytechnic Institutes of Bragança, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Viana do Castelo and Viseu.

The UCP Medicine course is an Integrated Master's Degree lasting six academic years. It has a highly innovative curriculum, resulting from collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Maastricht, an institution of great international prestige. It also has a partnership for the clinical component with the Luz Saúde Group, one of the largest private health groups in Portugal. The course is supported by modern pedagogies, with a strong technological base, and seeks to guarantee the humanization of the medical profession. The Medicine course will use student-centered teaching methodologies that foster learning autonomy, greater retention, and depth of knowledge, with proven clinical skills. The course is aligned with the Maastricht University teaching and evaluation model will have training at the best international level, with top teachers, and will be taught in English, with the clinical component in Portuguese. The course will allow access to international training mobility with other leading medical schools.

The creation of the 2nd cycle of studies in Gerontology aims to offer an interdisciplinary scientific training capable of providing future teachers with the theoretical, methodological and practical skills necessary to respond to the problems and challenges of old age and aging in Portuguese society and to promote the development of advanced research on aging, training and intervention with the elderly and their families, namely in close articulation with NEISES-C3I.

Mental health and related problems are one of the most sensitive areas of people's health. In fact, mental health problems constitute 13% of the global burden of diseases (WHO, 2001) and that 5 out of 10 of the causes that lead to disability are mental health problems (WHO, 2003).

Objectives: Contribute to the construction of a professional capable of promoting strong and motivating leaderships adjusted to the challenges faced by nursing care specialized in maternal health...