THIS PHD WON'T OPEN NEW ADMISSIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2025/2026.

The PhD in Anthropology consists in a solid, current and compromised teaching programme  of Anthropology, reflected in ethnographic practices and methodologies and counting with collaboration of two Research Units: CRIA and IHC.

The variety of specialty areas also allows the acceptance of prospective students of many academic background and professional paths.

The programme provides skills in the areas of research and public intervention as well as in the areas of material and imaterial heritage, tourism, visual and artistic cultures, environmental studies, restoration, colonial archives and social policies. The research experience of the faculty also promotes the development of research in national and international cultural contexts.

This PhD wagers simultaneously in the interdisciplinary aspect provided by the ambience of the school the programme is set in, an evironment that benefits the adaptation of specific itineraries in line with the areas prospect students are interested in. 

Structurally, the programme is based on a common framework of seminars, also having optional courses in the first academic year. Then, followed by an advisor, the student will integrate courses of project development, whose approval in a public exam will allow for the sustained progression towards the Final Dissertation. 

General:

• to provide in-depth theoretical, conceptual and methodological elements for the study of Anthropology;
• to provide students with the conditions for debating fundamental themes appropriate to the level of advanced training;
• to develop critical thinking skills;
• to equip students with the skills necessary for research;
• to enable students to carry out independent work.

Learning:

• ability to research independently;
• competence to debate complex issues by developing the capacity for synthesis;
• a grasp of the concepts, theories and methodologies inherent in the development of research work in Anthropology;
• extension of the contributions of anthropology to other areas.
• ability to present complex intellectual problems clearly and coherently in writing or orally;
• ability to undertake documental research, fieldwork and write long documents;
• capacity to understand and relate complex phenomena in different social and geographical contexts.