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Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies

Education objectives

In this master''s degree, Technologies for the Conversion of Biomass into Bioenergy, Biofuels, and Biomaterials are taught in an integrated manner, following a Biorefinery strategy. The approach is complemented with topics related to the Treatment and Valorization of Effluents and Waste, including technologies for the Capture, Storage, and Utilization of CO₂ as fundamental tools for promoting the Circular Economy.

The Master''s in Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies combines technical-scientific skills that enable the student to act in sustainable energy production fields and to develop new approaches to priority issues in Sustainable Development, which include industrial activity areas expected to grow in the coming decades.

Why this Master''s?

  • Interdisciplinary character;
  • Access to advanced Technologies and Equipment (some examples: Hydrothermal Carbonization and Pyrolysis; Combustion Technology, Fixed and Fluidized Bed Gasification, Anaerobic Digestion and Fermentation, Production of Biocomposites);
  • The dissertation is carried out in an industrial environment, technology transfer centers, or research laboratories according to the student''s preferences and career development prospects;
  • Possibility to complete the dissertation in companies or European laboratories through ERASMUS agreements;
  • High integration into the job market in the student''s field of study.

Career opportunities

  • Companies in Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Fuels and Biofuels;
  • Companies in Waste Management and Valorization;
  • Companies in the Forestry, Agricultural, Agri-food, and Manufacturing Industrial Sectors (projects for optimizing energy processes and valorization of effluents and waste);
  • Administrative entities and non-profit organizations in the energy and waste management sectors;
  • Universities and Technology Centers (R&D; technology transfer);
  • Consultancy in Bioenergy.

General characterization

DGES code

1124

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Mestre

Access to other programs

Access to a 3rd cycle

Coordinator

Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves

Opening date

September

Vacancies

20

Fees

Portuguese students: 1500 €/year

Foreign students: 7000 €/year

Schedule

Compressed time (three days a week)

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS

Scientific Area Acronym ECTS
Mandatory Optional

Renewable Energies

 EA 27 0

Biofuels Production

 PB 18 0
Residues Valorisation VR 6 0
Biomass Technologies TB 12 0
Geographic Information Systems SIG 6 0
Transferable Skills CC 3 0

Renewable Energies / Biofuels Production / Residues Valorisation / Biomass Technologies / Geographic Information Systems

 EA / PB / VR / TB / SIG 42 0
Any Scientific Area  QAC 0 6 (a)
TOTAL 114 6

(a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT, which includes units offered in a 2nd cycle of  NOVA FCT.

Conditions of admittance

  1. Holders of a Bachelor''''''''s degree (Bologna 1st cycle) in any area, or related fields, of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Exact Sciences with a minimum of 180 ECTS;
  2. Holders of a pre-Bologna Bachelor''''''''s degree in any area, or related fields, of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Exact Sciences;
  3. Holders of a foreign academic degree in required areas conferred following the 1st cycle of studies according to the Bologna Process;
  4. Holders of a foreign academic degree in required areas recognized as meeting the objectives of the Bachelor´s degree by the Scientific Council of the Master in Energy and Bioenergy;
  5. Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting the capacity to accomplish referred cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the Master in Energy and Bioenergy. 

Ranking:

  1. Course classification;
  2. Academic and scientific curriculum;
  3. Professional curriculum;
  4. Possible interview.

Evaluation rules

The evaluation of all UC 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 UC 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.)