The PhD in Portuguese as a Foreign Language/Second Language allows for the development of original and in-depth research on the teaching/learning process of Portuguese as a Foreign Language/Second Language, training for the management and development of projects in the field of linguistic, cultural, literary and multicultural studies, in the scientific domain of Portuguese Language and Culture. This course is organized into six semesters (180 ECTS). It begins with the attendance of a two-semester doctoral course (60 ECTS), consisting of four mandatory and one optional seminars. This is followed by four semesters of autonomous research and writing of the doctoral thesis, under the supervision of one or more professors (60 ECTS).
Taught by a faculty specialized in the area and internationally recognized, it allows a close relationship with the research developed by several centers of the University of Lisbon: the Center for Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (CLUL), the Center for Classical Studies and the Center for Studies Comparatists (CEC, FLUL); and the Faculty of Arts and humanities of the University of Coimbra, the Center for the Study of General and Applied Linguistics (CELGA-ILTEC).