The Masters in Migrations, Inter-Ethnicities and Transnationalism was created in 2003 and since then has received students from all over the country, from Portuguese-speaking countries, from the European Union (through the Erasmus programme) and from other backgrounds. They can follow a more academic path, by elaborating a master’s dissertation, or a more practical one, by carrying out an internship in national or foreign institutions.

They may also conclude their training with the completion of a project, which may also follow a more academic path, leading to a doctorate, or a more applied one, leading to the application of the knowledge obtained in the realisation of a practical intervention.

Since the academic year 2013/2014, students interested in continuing their studies and embarking on a research career can deepen the knowledge obtained in the areas of the masters by enrolling in the PhD in Global Studies, a third-cycle programme offered jointly by the various Faculties of Nova University of Lisbon.

The summarised general goals of the study cycle are as follows:

1) To master the conceptual vocabulary, methodologies, theories and problems within the realm of migration, inter-ethnicity and transnationalism;

2) To train and deepen the ability to critically analyse professional discourses and practices in relevant social and institutional contexts (work, housing, justice, school, politics, local management, etc.);

3) To acquire the necessary tools to carry out rigorous diagnosis, design consistent intervention proposals, formulate scientifically sound opinions, as well as to evaluate projects of intervention and to monitor situations.