Physics and Chemistry Teaching in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Master Degree

Ano Letivo 2025/2026

I. The specific conditions for admission to this master's degree are regulated by the Legal Regime of Professional Qualification for Teaching in Pre-school Education and Basic and Secondary Education.
Those who comply with the following requirements can apply for this master's degree:
a) who holds a higher academic qualification referred to in subparagraphs a) to c) of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of Decree-Law nº 74/2006, taking into account the successive changes as stated in DL nº 79/2014, May 14th and in Decree-Law nº 9-A/2025, February 14th;
b) whoever meets the conditions referred to in paragraph d) of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of Decree-Law no. 74/2006, and has at least has at least 120 ECTS of training in both disciplinary areas (Physics and Chemistry) and neither of them with less than 30 ECTS;
c) who, having less than 120 ECTS of training in both disciplinary areas, have at least 90 ECTS of training (75% of the minimum requirements) and neither of them with less than 22.5 ECTS, and must obtain the remaining ECTS after enrollment.

II. A general admission condition is oral and written command of the Portuguese language and mastery of the essential rules of logical and critical argumentation, in accordance with the legislation in force for this purpose. This condition will be certified by combining a written Portuguese language test with an interview. In both cases, the candidate must obtain approval. The written test and interview are mandatory for everyone, regardless of their previous training or professional situation. The application can also be made by presenting a certificate of approval, issued by another institution. of higher education, in which the candidate has taken tests for this same purpose, considering the conditions set out in the legislation in force for this purpose. The written test and interview to assess Portuguese language proficiency will take place on April 7th (1st phase), July 9th (2nd phase) and September 10th (3rd phase) at a location and time to be announced.

III. In the application documentation, it is necessary to present the certificate of qualifications detailing the credits of each curricular unit, in order to be able to verify the minimum training credits established for entry into the Course determined by the Legal Regime of Professional Qualification for Teaching in Early Childhood Education and Elementary and Secondary Education (DL 79/2014 of May 14, in its current version)