Program Overview

Introduction to the Doctoral Program in Artistic Education

The Doctoral Program in Artistic Education is a joint doctoral program between the University of Porto and the University of Lisbon, through their respective faculties: the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto, the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, and the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon. This program establishes dialogues and transitions between the different institutions at the level of organization of academic periods, work seminars, conferences, and publications.

Program Overview

• Credits: 180 ECTS
• Duration: 6 semesters
• Regime: Presential
• Language of Instruction: Portuguese

Presentation

This doctoral program falls within the epistemological and ontological field of artistic education, opening spaces for questioning the naturalized narratives around the arts and their relationships with education. It offers a space of plurality and difference where students are invited to rehearse singular gestures, informed by their inscription in terms of an international state of the art, thinking about the dialogical relationships between artistic practices and educational practices. The program enables advanced research work in the field of visual arts, performing arts, educational work in artistic and cultural institutions, and art teaching.

Objectives

The program aims to develop in-depth knowledge in the domain of Artistic Education (AE) and systematic research competencies, both from a theoretical-epistemological and methodological point of view, allowing for the resolution of critical problems in the area of research and/or innovation or the expansion and redefinition of existing knowledge or professional practices in a territory that, assuming an autonomous space, involves the area of Art and Education Sciences.

Expected Outcomes

With the completion of the program, students are expected to acquire the following knowledge and competencies:

• Know the field of research in AE, at national and international levels.
• Develop a critical understanding of AE.
• Develop action/research practices in the scope of AE with implications in community, cultural, educational, and social contexts.
• Implement and deepen an integrative research culture, characteristic of the Arts, Education Sciences, and associated knowledge disciplines.
• Contribute to defining research profiles at an advanced level in the field of AE and Artistic Research.
• Define research criteria and thesis formulation in AE and disseminate their products.
• Act as excellent researchers and professionals, contributing to the epistemological and scientific progress of AE and improving the quality of the educational system in this area.
• Integrate into (inter)national research groups and/or networks working on similar research lines and projects.

Organization

• The course is organized into two poles, one at the University of Porto and the other at the University of Lisbon, corresponding to two groups of students, with a functioning that privileges student mobility and the sharing of professors.
• The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon constitute, respectively, the administrative headquarters of each pole.
• The course consists of 180 ECTS credits.
• The conclusion of the course implies enrollment and payment of tuition fees for a minimum period of three years (six semesters), in a full-time or part-time regime.
• The first curricular year, consisting of 60 ECTS credits, corresponds to a non-degree granting course titled "doctoral course" under the terms of Decree-Law No. 74/2006, of March 24, as amended by Decree-Law No. 115/2013, of August 7.
• The course also includes 25 ECTS credits corresponding to the curricular units supporting the writing of the thesis, organized in the 2nd and 3rd years, and the thesis itself (95 ECTS credits).

Recognition

This cycle of studies is recognized, in its different areas of specialty, for the purposes of counting time for career progression in the teaching career (under the terms of Ordinance No. 344/2008, of April 30). This information does not dispense with the reading of the legislation in force, and it is suggested to consult the page of the DGAE (Directorate-General for Higher Education).