Study Plan

The Doctoral Programme in Feminist Studies has a 4-year duration (8 semesters), totalling 240 ECTS). The PhD thesis project defense occurs at the end of the second academic year. The Programme is lectured in Portuguese.

1st year, 1st semester
Feminist Theories and Epistemologies (10 ECTS)
Women, Race and Ethnicities (10 ECTS)
Women in History (10 ECTS)

2nd year, 2nd semester
Gender, Language and Communication (10 ECTS)
Sociological Perspectives on Work and Family (10 ECTS)
Sexualities, Law and Gender Violence (10 ECTS)

2nd year
Thesis project (15 ECTS)
Research and discussion seminar (10 ECTS)
Thesis orientation seminar (30 ECTS)

3rd and 4th years
Thesis (120 ECTS)