The Doctoral Programme in Sociology – Cities and Urban Cultures has a 3-year duration (6 semesters), totalling 180 ECTS). The PhD thesis project defense occurs at the end of the first academic year. The Programme is lectured in Portuguese.

1^st year, 1^st semester 
Doctoral Seminar I (10 ECTS)
Dissertation Project I (12,5 ECTS)
Option I (7,5 ECTS)
     City and Citizenship: Contemporary Perspectives
     Urbanism, Territoriality and Public Space

1^st year, 2^nd Semester
Doctoral Seminar II (10 ECTS)
Dissertation Project II (12,5 ECTS)
Option II (7,5 ECTS)
     Cultural Policies and Urban Lifestyles
     Cities, Images and Heritage

2^nd and 3^rd years
Doctoral Dissertation (120 ECTS)