PhD in Geology

The doctorate continues advanced geology training at Ciencias ULisboa, building research skills and a sound professional base. It follows internationally recommended qualification descriptors for the third cycle of higher education, and it aims to secure graduate employability while supporting national and international mobility, comparability and assessment. Specialisations include stratigraphy, palaeontology and sedimentary geology; environmental geology; economic geology and metallogeny; engineering geology and hydrogeology; marine and coastal geology; mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry; and tectonics, structural geology and volcanology. The four-year, 240 ECTS programme runs during the day at the Campo Grande campus. Selection is based on the academic and professional CV.