Advanced Materials Innovative Recycling

Education objectives

The AMIR Master program was designed to attract high-level students, preferably in engineering sciences. The departments of Materials Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chemistry and Earth Sciences of NOVA FCT and their research centres, comprising more than 150 Ph.D. teachers/researchers, constitute the essential support of this master´s degree in academic terms and thesis framework.

It aims to provide knowledge on concepts and tools needed to evaluate the sustainability of products and processes and give them innovative capacities that will lead to sustainable production. It intends to harmonize learning at the level of advanced materials to develop intelligent production systems of goods and equipment, with the knowledge of complex engineering systems at the macro scale, which encompasses the evaluation of impact of decision making on environmental, economic and social dimensions. It is structured in order to: 

a) provide specific skills and knowledge essential to the exercise of a profession; 

b) provide the indispensable articulation between acquired knowledge and the needs of the labour market; 

c) ensure the development of a critical posture and creative autonomy; 

d) foster the skills of teamwork, leadership and entrepreneurship.

Career opportunities

The AMIR Master Program, being an innovative and pioneering program, where the vision that the graduates will have at the level of advanced materials and innovative recycling, will be especially suitable for employment in companies that value the recycling and sustainability component. The functions of the AMIR graduate are necessarily comprehensive and specialized, which include important social and economic dimensions, in the activities that advocate process optimization, materials design, plant administration, project management, etc., whether in the industrial field or public and governmental organizations. Possible sectors include information and communication technologies, building construction, energy, machinery and mobility. Graduates also obtain the necessary skills and knowledge to set up their own company. Further doctoral studies are another possibility and students may apply for Ph.D. programs in Europe.

General characterization

DGES code

1026

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Mestre

Access to other programs

Access to a 3rd cycle

Coordinator

Alexandre José da Costa Velhinho

Opening date

September

Vacancies

20

Fees

Portuguese students: 2000 €/year

Foreign students: 7000 €/year

Schedule

Daytime

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 2 years

Credits: 120 ECTS

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional
Materials Engineering EMt 57 0
Chemical Engineering EQ 6 0
Environmental Engineering EA  9 0
Industrial Engineering EI  3 0
Biotechnology Bt 6 0
Transferable Skills CC 3 0
Chemical Engineering or Geological Engineering EQ/EG 0 6

Materials Engineering or Chemical Engineering or Geological Engineering

EMt/EQ/EG 0 12

Materials Engineering or Environmental Engineering

EMt/EA 0 18
TOTAL 84 36

Conditions of admittance

Available soon

Evaluation rules

The evaluation of all UCs is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.

The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of three elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.

All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).

All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.

For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed: (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation; (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation; (iii) Summative assessment.

The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.

Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)

Structure

1.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
10617 Finance for Entrepreneurs 3.0
11508 Sustainability and Materials Selection 3.0
10138 Characterization, Monitoring and Recovery Techniques 6.0
7268 Clean Technologies and Green Chemistry 6.0
1.º Semester - Opção I
Code Name ECTS
Options
7289 Transport Phenomena I 6.0
12335 Nanomaterials and Energy 6.0
10822 Chemical Reactors I 6.0
12334 Mineral Resources to Circular Economy 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
1.º Semester - Opção II
Code Name ECTS
Options
7289 Transport Phenomena I 6.0
12335 Nanomaterials and Energy 6.0
10822 Chemical Reactors I 6.0
12334 Mineral Resources to Circular Economy 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
2.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
10826 Biocatalysis and Bioremediation 6.0
10380 Entrepreneurship 3.0
12339 Project in Innovative Materials Recycling and Sustainability 6.0
12338 Industrial and Entrepreneurial Seminars 3.0
12336 Advanced Topics in Materials Science and Engineering 3.0
12337 Waste Treatment and Recycling Technologies 3.0
2.º Semester - Opção III
Code Name ECTS
Options
12340 Mineral Processing and Sustainable Exploration and Mining 6.0
7319 Separation Processes I 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
3.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
12341 Dissertation Project 12.0
3.º Semester - Opção IV
Code Name ECTS
Options
10144 Composites - Materials and Applications 6.0
10375 Waste Management 6.0
10200 Polymer Processing and Recycling 6.0
10401 Waste Treatment Systems 6.0
7494 Surfaces and Interfaces 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
3.º Semester - Opção V
Code Name ECTS
Options
10144 Composites - Materials and Applications 6.0
10375 Waste Management 6.0
10200 Polymer Processing and Recycling 6.0
10401 Waste Treatment Systems 6.0
7494 Surfaces and Interfaces 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
3.º Semester - Opção VI
Code Name ECTS
Options
10144 Composites - Materials and Applications 6.0
10375 Waste Management 6.0
10200 Polymer Processing and Recycling 6.0
10401 Waste Treatment Systems 6.0
7494 Surfaces and Interfaces 6.0
O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção.
4.º Semester
Code Name ECTS
12342 Dissertation in Advanced Materials Innovative Recycling 30.0