DEGREE PROGRAM SELECTION PROCESS
2nd SEMESTER 2025
ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM
MASTER’S PROGRAM
Selection Process Phases
TEST OF PROFICIENCY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (MASTER’S)
Date: July 19th, 2025, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. .
Address: to be provided.
Note: The chosen foreign language cannot be changed after the application.
NB: A single copy of a conventional, non-electronic, single-language dictionary without a glossary for Portuguese terms will be allowed. No test review will be allowed.
Proficiency options (Master’s and Doctorate): English, Spanish, French, Italian.
The test involves translating a text into Portuguese.
3 – STATEMENT OF INTENDED RESEARCH (Document to be attached to the application form)
The Statement of Intended Research must be included with the online Application Form online. Absence of the Statement implies disqualification from the selection process. Name a PDF file with the applicant’s full name.
Essential elements to the Statement of Intended Research:
- Name of applicant
- Title of research study
- Investigation target (research topic) and justification for choice
- Relationship between research topic and at least one of the Program’s research lines
- Research question and objectives
- Intended research method (procedures)
- Some authors that may comprise theoretical frame of reference
Number of pages of the Statement of Intended Research: 2 or 3. Do not include a cover page. If the number of pages differs to that required, the applicant will be disqualified from the selection process. Research Interest Statements sent to the Program’s e-mail address will not be accepted.
4 – REFERENCES
Not indicated.
5 – INTERVIEW
The list of applicants selected for interviews will be published on May 19th, 2025.
DEGREE PROGRAM SELECTION PROCESS
2nd SEMESTER 2025
ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM
DOCTORATE
Selection Process Phases
TEST OF PROFICIENCY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (DOCTORATE)
Date: July 19th, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m..
Address: to be provided.
Notice: The chosen foreign language cannot be changed after the application.
Notice: A single copy of a conventional, non-electronic, single-language dictionary without a glossary for Portuguese terms will be allowed. No test review will be allowed.
Proficiency options (Master’s and Doctorate): English, Spanish, French, Italian.
The test involves translating a text into Portuguese.
3 – DRAFT RESEARCH PROJECT (Document to be attached to the application form)
The following structure is recommended:
1. Title
2. Research line: Modern and Contemporary Architecture, representation and intervention; or Modern and Contemporary Urbanism, representation and intervention.
3. Research problem and initial hypothesis/hypotheses
4. Objectives (general and specific)
5. Subject and delimitation (temporal and spatial)
6. Justification and social relevance
7. Theoretical frame of reference
8. Method
9. Abstract
10. References
4 – REFERENCES (DOCTORATE)
Not prescribed.
5 – INTERVIEW (DOCTORATE)
The list of applicants selected for interviews will be published on May 19th, 2025.