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Postgraduate Course in Globalization, Diplomacy and Security

Education objectives

The general objectives can be summarized as follows:
- Assess the great current risks and the possible balance in a global world, providing a high degree of theoretical and applied preparation, contributing to the qualification of candidates in the exercise of leadership, diplomacy or technical advisory functions in public structures of the State, companies, private bodies and within the framework of civil society in the current international system;
- Consolidate knowledge in a theoretical, practical and interdisciplinary framework on major national and international issues arising from the challenges and opportunities in a context of globalization and new security contours, enabling participants to better understand, debate the context of growing changes and risks in the contemporary world ;
- Provide participants with a set of knowledge and methodologies for simulation and prospective analysis, which allow a rigorous understanding of global, regional and national issues in the area of major international themes, in a multidimensional and multidisciplinary perspective, in a logic of connection between the areas of knowledge of International Relations and Military Sciences;
- Develop skills for applying knowledge to formulating, addressing and solving problems in diverse thematic contexts and complex situations, which result from the process of globalization and the current perception of risk and involve decision-making within the scope of international politics.

General characterization

DGES code

E018

Cicle

Postgraduate programmes

Degree

PG

Access to other programs

Not applicable.

Coordinator

Teresa Maria Ferreira Rodrigues, Daniel Filipe Roque Gomes

Opening date

2025-09-16

Vacancies

Available soon

Fees

2200 Euros/year or 2200 Euros/year (foreign students)

Schedule

Presencial Pós-Laboral

Teaching language

Portuguese Language

Degree pre-requisites

Total credits: 60 ECTS (50 credits based in the compulsory curricular units and 10 credits to be chosen in a set of elective optionals).

(1 ECTS - European Credit Transfer System = a 28-hour workload).

The NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), through the protocol established with the Military University Institute (IUM), with the collaboration of the Diplomatic institute (ID) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ensures the operation of the Postgraduate course in Globalization, Diplomacy and Security.

Conditions of admittance

Application and access conditions to the cycle of studies reflect the conditions established in the national legislation, namely: - To hold a degree (1st cycle), or legal equivalent; - To hold a foreign academic degree recognized by the Scientific Council (SC) of NOVA FCSH; - To hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae, recognized by the Scientific Council (SC) of NOVA FCSH. Applicants will be selected and ranked according to the criteria annually defined in the application edict.

Evaluation rules

The assessment regulations at the host institution is adopted. Each course describes the evaluation methods in detail. 1) For the attendance of the postgraduate curricular units, no mandatory precedence is required. 2) The assessment of knowledge is of an individual nature. In the assessment of knowledge, individual and group work, oral or written, carried out within the scope of the different curricular units under conditions to be defined by the respective teachers, will be considered. The result of the evaluation will be expressed on a numerical scale from 0 to 20 values. 3) The student who obtains a final grade equal to or greater than 10 points is considered approved in a curricular unit. 4) The classification of the course will be the arithmetic average, weighted according to the number of ECTS of each curricular unit.