Management and Enhancement of Historic and Cultural Heritage
Master Degree
Ano Letivo 2025/2026

Course Overview

The Master in Management and Enhancement of Historical and Cultural Heritage (GVPHC) is a 2nd Cycle degree offered by the History Department of the University of Evora in collaboration with other Departments of the same Institution.The Master aims at deepening theoretical, conceptual and technical knowledge in Historical and Cultural Heritage, in its various aspects, associated with the mastery of methodologies and techniques of inventorying, preserving, enhancing and managing the same Heritage. It also aims to provide skills that will enable the recognition of the value of the various types of Heritage, through the study of their historical contextualisation and the various ways of valuing it in contemporary societies.
Based on a multidisciplinary and integrative vision, the training profile designed for the Master's aims for its graduates to be agents for boosting the historical and heritage legacy of the regions, placing them at the service of their development. This Master's Degree, provided by Professors with experience in the areas of Cultural Heritage, History, History of Art, Museology, Landscape, Environment and Planning and Chemistry, seeks to ensure the training of specialists capable of safeguarding and managing Historical and Cultural Heritage in the Contemporary World, as well as betting on Heritage as a form of sustained development and cultural promotion of different regions and countries.

The 2nd Cycle in GVPHC aims to respond to the request of students for a complementary training in the area of Heritage, as well as to respond to the training demands of the labour market. The existing branches aim to respond to the requests of specialists in the areas of Heritage and Art History, Heritage and Environment and Scientific, Technological and Industrial Heritage on the part of municipalities, foundations, museums and institutions linked to Heritage and its valorisation and safeguarding. The Master's degree may be awarded by means of a dissertation or an Internship Report, with the aim, in the case of the Internship, of providing more practical training and ensuring better integration into the labour market. The training objectives are fully achieved when we see a growing number of students from the Portuguese-speaking world, which can guarantee the creation of a strategic platform by the University of Evora in the field of Historical and Cultural Heritage.

Specialization Areas:

Specialisation in Artistic Heritage and Art History
Heritage and Environment

Organic Unit: School of Social Sciences

DGES Code: 0604/6154

Duration: 4 Semesters/120 ECTS credits (72 required and 18 optional in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: Presencial

CNAEF Areas:

History and archaeology (225)

Study Plan

A3ES Accreditation

Career Prospects

Public and private institutions dealing with the safeguarding, conservation, management, reuse and enhancement of Historical and Cultural Heritage (Museums, Foundations, Libraries, Archives, Municipalities, among others). State institutions and public and private companies in the Heritage area. Production of textual support in the historical and heritage field for communication and advertising companies, creative and design tourism agencies, wich extended to the production of content for digital format.

Specific Entry Requirements

1. Conditions of access to the cycle of studies leading to a master's degree:
The following are eligible to apply for admission to the second cycle of studies leading to a master's degree:
- Holders of a bachelor's degree or legal equivalent;
- Holders of a foreign higher academic degree that is recognised as meeting the objectives of a bachelor's degree by the competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted;
- Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognised as attesting to their ability to complete this cycle of studies by the competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted.

2. Conditions of access to the cycle of studies at the University of Évora:
Graduates of the bachelor's degree at the time of application must meet conditions that guarantee completion of the bachelor's degree by 30 October of the year of entry. Admission and enrolment of these students is conditional on completion of the degree by this date, and enrolment will be cancelled if they do not complete the degree by this deadline.
During the 1st phase, students who have a maximum of 6 UC or 36 ECTS missing to complete the course can apply for the 2nd cycle; in the 2nd phase they can apply if they have 3 UC missing and in the 3rd phase if they have 1 UC missing.
The above does not apply to students who have a curriculum vitae showing professional or scientific experience that can be recognised by the competent scientific body, attesting to their ability to complete the master's/postgraduate course, provided that they request this recognition when applying.