Holders of an MA degree can apply to this programme of studies. Other candidates include: students who have been approved in the curricular part of a specialised MA with the final average of at least Good with distinction; BA graduates in History by Portuguese Universities with the minimum final grade of sixteen; Holders of a legally recognized and equivalent non-Portuguese BA degree; and holders of a scientific curriculum that attests to the referred degree, and whose candidacy must be approved by the Scientific Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The doctorate in the branches of Art History and Heritage Sciences and Restoration Theory will be obtained after attending and passing the curricular component of the PhD programme and approval of the respective dissertation in a public examination.