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

1st year, 1st semester
A heritage of words: narrative, discourse and literature in Portuguese (10 ECTS)
Heritage is Development (10 ECTS)
Historiography and ideologies of overseas Portuguese heritages (10 ECTS)

1st year, 2nd semester
Theories and Research Methodologies: dissertation project (10 ECTS)
Option I (10 ECTS)*
Option II (10 ECTS)*

2nd year , 1st semester 
Option III (10 ECTS)*
Option IV (10 ECTS)*
Option V (10 ECTS)*

2nd year, 2nd semester
Report of qualification (30 ECTS)

3rd and 4th years
Thesis (120 ECTS)

* Optional curricular units

Area of expertise in Architecture and Urbanism
Antecedents of Portuguese spatial and constructive culture in the World (10 ECTS)
Deconstruction of the "Cidade Portuguesa": urbanization and concept (10 ECTS)
Heritages and Patrimonialization (10 ECTS)
Modern Migrations in the Overseas Portuguese Space (10 ECTS)
Seminar on research activities I (10 ECTS)
Seminar on research activities II (10 ECTS)
Seminar on research activities III (10 ECTS)
Spaces of Portuguese Influence: Dynamics and Legacies (10 ECTS)

Area of expertise in Cultural Studies
A trail of objects: South Atlantic artistic networks during the colonial era (10 ECTS)
Colonial Processes and Representations (10 ECTS)
Contemporary images: interdisciplinary dialogues (10 ECTS)
Cultural Studies, Mobility and Heritage: Critical Approaches and Perspectives (10 ECTS)
Film, media andcity in Portuguese speaking African countries (10 ECTS)
From Portuguese America to Brazil: territory(ies) and identity(ies) (10 ECTS)
From the Colonial to the Postcolonial: Processes and Legacies (10 ECTS)
New Brazils in Africa: History, Problems and Prospects (10 ECTS)
Post-colonialisms, Identities and Cultural Citizenship (10 ECTS)
Research Topics in Portuguese-Language African Literature (10 ECTS)
Seminar on research activities I (10 ECTS)
Seminar on research activities II (10 ECTS)
Seminar on research activities III (10 ECTS)
South Atlantic (10 ECTS)
The conflicted subject of Portuguese colonialism (10 ECTS)

Note: The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit