Viticulture and Oenology
Master Degree
Ano Letivo 2024/2025

Course Overview

Viticulture is an activity of primordial importance in Portugal, namely for its potentialities for the production of quality wines. To increase its progress, it is essential to improve the chain of knowledge dynamization, through the training of highly specialized technicians. To this end, the Master in Viticulture and Oenology aims to prepare professionals capable of taking on responsibilities at the level of wine companies, in production, planning and design, quality control, commercialization and marketing, developing the capacity for initiative, innovation and integration of the various interdisciplinary knowledge acquired. This Masters aims to provide knowledge of the natural and technological factors that condition the characteristics of the raw material, as well as to conceive, plan and manage the different viticultural and oenological practices, according to the predefined characteristics of the final product. It also seeks to prepare students for a research career.

Organic Unit: School of Science and Technology

Duration: 4 Semesters/120 ECTS credits (78 required in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: Presencial

CNAEF Areas:

Crop and livestock production (621)

Study Plan

Career Prospects

Technicians in charge of viticulture companies; specialists in oenology and associated technologies; production technicians in viticulture; professionals in supplying industries in the viticulture sector; specialized distribution and commercialization; teaching and training in the viticulture sector; experimentation and research.