Digital Media

Education objectives

This PhD program proposed by the University of Porto and Universidade Nova de Lisboa in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin, provides specialized training in the field of Digital Media.

The emergence of new applications in the area of ​​digital media such as video games, interactive content on the web, interactive TV, video on demand, the emergence of educational software of high impact on the younger generation and, more recently, disclosure of information contents, marketing and leisure in mobile devices, show the importance of the study and research on this type of content and the study of their relationship with technology, the different areas of science and society in general. It is still a clear need for universities to form professionals in this area with the skills corresponding to the various levels of training and, in this case, to the graduate level.

The ultimate goal of this program is to train researchers, academics, and leaders in innovation processes in key areas and applied to Digital Media.

Career opportunities

The PhD program aims to train researchers, academics, and leaders in innovation processes in fundamental and applied areas of Digital Media, ensuring that doctors are prepared to exercise a profession, which consists, generally, the ability to :

  • Create, produce and distribute digital media, taking into account the target audience and the whole of the value chain associated with the field;

  • Managing creative teams and producers;

  • Pursue a specialized professional activity, breeding organizations, production and processing of content aimed at their distribution to various effects, from the mass media, to education, to leisure, to marketing, for videogames, and the corporate broadcasting;

  • Apply knowledge, solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments and within multidisciplinary contexts to develop studies of analysis and synthesis and to develop research projects in the relevant participating scientific fields.

General characterization

DGES code

696

Cicle

PhD (3rd Cycle)

Degree

Doutor

Access to other programs

n.a.

Coordinator

Nuno Manuel Robalo Correia

Opening date

October

Vacancies

8

Fees

Portuguese students: 2 750 Euros/ year

Foreign students: 2 750 Euros/ year

Schedule

Daytime

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 4 years

Credits: 240 ECTS

Specialty in Audiovisual and Interactive Content Creation

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional

Communication Sciences

CCOM 202,5 -

Communication Technologies

TECCOM 15 -
Any Scientific area QAC - 22,5
TOTAL 217,5 22,5

Specialty in Industry, Publics and Markets

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional

Communication Sciences

CCOM 202,5 -

Communication Technologies

TECCOM 15 -
Any Scientific area QAC - 22,5
TOTAL 217,5 22,5

Specialty in Technology

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional

Communication Sciences

CCOM 22,5 -

Communication Technologies

TECCOM 195 -
Any Scientific area QAC - 22,5
TOTAL 217,5 22,5

Specialty in Journalism

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional

Communication Sciences

CCOM 202,5 -

Communication Technologies

TECCOM 15 -
Any Scientific area QAC - 22,5
TOTAL 217,5 22,5

Conditions of admittance

Available soon

Evaluation rules

Available soon