Teaching of Music

Master Degree

Ano Letivo 2025/2026

Holders of a higher education degree in the field of music, with 120 credits in Instrumental and Vocal Practice, Musical Training, and Musical Sciences, and none with less than 25 credits, as specified in DL 79/2014, dated May 14. It is also a condition for access to this study cycle:

Candidates who have completed at least 75% of the required credits for the minimum training requirements (Article 18, Nos. 7 and 8 of the aforementioned decree-law) may also be admitted.

In accordance with Article 11, Nos. 3 and 4, candidates who have at least six years of service and have received a "GOOD" rating in their evaluation over the past ten years will only be required to submit the Supervised Teaching Practice (PES) report.

1. Oral and written proficiency in the Portuguese language and mastery of the essential rules of logical argumentation (cf. Article 17 of Decree-Law 79/2014 of May 14). This condition will be certified through a combination of a written Portuguese language test and an interview. In both, the candidate must obtain approval. The test is mandatory for everyone, regardless of their previous education or professional situation. The application can also be made by presenting a certificate of approval in both components, issued by another higher education institution, where the candidate has undergone tests for the same purpose (no more than two years ago), considering the conditions provided for in Decree-Law 79/2014 of May 14. The written test and interview to assess Portuguese language proficiency will take place on April 7 (1st phase), July 9 (2nd phase), and September 10 (3rd phase) of 2025, at a location and time to be announced.

2. Conducting a selection interview, including a specific access test (instrument/voice/composition); both the oral component of the interview and the specific access test (instrument/voice/composition) are eliminatory, and candidates who do not pass either of them will be excluded. The dates for the selection interview, including the practical test of specific vocational aptitude (instrument/voice/composition), will be as follows: April 3, 4 and 8 (1st phase); July 7,8 and 10 (2nd phase), and September 11 (3rd phase) of 2025, at times to be announced, at Colégio Mateus d'Aranda.

3. In the application documents, it is necessary to present a certificate of qualifications detailing the credits of each course unit, so that the minimum training credits set for entry to the course can be verified, as determined by the Legal Regime of Professional Qualification for Teaching in Pre-school Education and in Basic and Secondary Education (DL 79/2014 of 14 May, in its current version).