Theatre
Master Degree
Ano Letivo 2026/2027

Course Overview

The Theatre Master benefits from the integration in the training offer in Arts at Évora University, enabling wide articulations. The teaching of the core components of the theoretical and practical training of the actor / director counts with the contribution of PhD professors in the area and professionals theatrical guests, actors and directors. Conceived from a predominantly practical concept of training / research, students are integrated the research fields developed by lecturer staff. The course aims to respond to the challenges of contemporary theater, offering the future actor / director, innovative components for the exercise of the profession, namely: theater of objects; theater and community; body, movement and theater; performance; theater, audiovisuals and multimedia; voice in theater; experimental dramaturgical research; collaborative and devised theatre; site specific creation. The course's lecture is based on a B-learning model in theoretical and practical-theoretical curricular units taught face to face or online, using the Moodle platform and Zoom web conference of the University of Évora. The laboratory curricular units, deployed in subprojects, only face-to-face, according to a schedule established with the students. Installed on the Leões College, the program offers good study conditions, with the proximity of the library / videographic library of the Jorge Araújo Library, specialized in Arts and studios prepared for the practical teaching of the theater, technically equipped for performance and assembly of public exercises or theater performances.

Specialization Areas:

Acting / Stage Directing

Organic Unit: School of Fine Arts

DGES Code: 0603/6371

Duration: 4 Semesters/120 ECTS credits (54 required and 12 optional in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: Presencial

CNAEF Areas:

Music and performing arts (212)

Study Plan

Career Prospects

The professional employment opportunities of the 2nd Cycle in Theater cover the artistic areas of the staging and interpretation in the theater and also at research I&D; artistic mediation; management, production and cultural/social/educational projects.

Specific Entry Requirements

i. Access and Admission Requirements
Admission requirements for the Master's degree program
The following may apply for admission to the second cycle of studies leading to a Master's degree:
- Holders of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent legal qualification;
- Holders of a foreign higher academic degree that is recognized as fulfilling the objectives of a Bachelor's degree by the competent scientific body of the higher education institution where they intend to be admitted;
- Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as demonstrating the capacity to undertake this cycle of studies by the competent scientific body of the higher education institution where they intend to be admitted.
Admission requirements for the study cycle at the University of Évora
Final year Bachelor's degree holders must, at the time of application, meet the conditions that guarantee the completion of their Bachelor's degree by October 30th of the year of admission. The admission and enrollment of these students are conditional upon completion of their Bachelor's degree by this date, and enrollment will be cancelled if they do not complete their Bachelor's degree within that period.

Access Routes and Applications

Students from EU countries

Initial Places: 6

International Students

Initial Places: 6

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Tuition Fees

Annual Tuition Fees

Students from EU countries

1050 €

International Students

2500 €

International Students with Merit Scholarships

1050 €

International Students with Cooperation and Development Grants

1250 €

deadlines and payment

scholarships

Course Committee

Director: Isabel Bezelga [imgb@uevora.pt]

Assistants:

Beatriz de Oliveira Sequeira Cantinho [bcantinho@uevora.pt]
Marcos Alexandre Freire dos Santos [mafs@uevora.pt]

teaching staff

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