8,705 Doctoral Degree Programs

All doctoral programs in mathematics are consolidated within the Hadamard Doctoral School of Mathematics (EDMH), co-accredited with Paris-Saclay University and PSL University. This training ranges from pure mathematics to the most applied mathematics, including subjects at the interface with mathematics: particularly with economics, IT, mechanical engineering, physics, engineering, and life sciences.

Questions around communication, its relationships with the social, political, cultural, and economic spheres, have acquired crucial importance in recent decades and driving a highly significant expansion in the interest and relevance of research undertaken in the field of the Communication Sciences. In parallel, changes in interpersonal, intergroup, and public communications practices, which have come to impact on contemporary societies, have driven the still greater relevance of educating and training highly qualified specialists able to develop fundamental and applied research projects correspondingly able to reply to the different communications challenges prevailing and expanding our knowledge about communication across its most diverse and different facets.

On a more advanced level (Doctoral studies) students are encouraged to collaborate with us in our fields of expertise, i.e. the Contemporary French Novel, Autobiography; Contemporary French Theatre, and Francophone Literature in order to develop their capacities for research and critical thought. The French Department’s Doctoral Degree is designed for dedicated researchers and mainly consists of a dissertation.

The need for doctoral training for graduates in degrees related to the Social and Legal Sciences is defended both in the academic and professional fields, where the need to continue researching and advancing in knowledge, techniques and methods is confirmed, this training being doctoral the main way of training researchers.

TSM Doctoral Programme offers five in-depth fields of study, for a curriculum of unusual richness and breadth. Since the programme enrolls only 10 to 20 new Ph.D. students each year, doctoral students thrive in an atmosphere of intellectual rigor and creative collaboration among students and faculty.

This three-year applied doctoral program in Management and Leadership Research focuses on organisational management and leadership. It also offers an additional Master of Research award alongside the doctoral degree, recognising the completion of the one-year coursework for students who wish to hold it as a separate academic credential.

The Doctoral Business Administration is for business leaders, executives and professionals to link corporate experience to organisational theory and rigorous research. It connects the business and research communities to enact change and fosters progress through original and publishable research.

The Doctoral in Accounting is a center for advanced scholarly inquiry, designed to equip graduates with holistic skills for the 21st-century global workplace. The curriculum is meticulously crafted to produce independent and innovative researchers capable of developing transformative knowledge.

The Doctoral School of Educational Sciences focuses on educational research where features of schools, human aspects, and professional methodology meet with contemporary and historical art and educational considerations.

The Doctoral Program in International Business Taxa­tion (DIBT) offers an excellent doctoral education to outstanding students from all over the world, fully preparing them to conduct research on international business taxation.

The Doctoral Program in Animal Science (PDCA) aims to promote, through research, the sustainable production of terrestrial and aquatic animals, focusing on genetics and on improving, in morphology and physiology, nutrition, production systems and animal product technology.

The Doctoral Program in Nursing Sciences, a partnership between ICBAS UP and ESEP, equips nursing professionals with advanced qualifications. Focused on nursing practice, research, and teaching, it emphasizes scientific knowledge re-contextualization, preparing students for a key role in multidisciplinary health teams.

The Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences (PDCB), established in 1986, offers advanced training in Biomedicine with a focus on Biological, Medical, and Health Sciences. It provides flexible, individualized training through expert guidance, ensuring both specific and transversal skills to students ranging from recent graduates to professionals.

The Doctoral Program in Medical Sciences focuses on advanced training in Medicine and Dental Medicine, fostering research in basic, translational, clinical, or population science. Open to graduates, specialized doctors, and interns, it aims to develop technical skills and autonomy in research, integrating it into the medical profession.

On the MPhil/PhD African Studies supervision is provided for research leading to MPhil and PhD degrees within the broad general area of African studies. Research topics such as the study of a language (from a descriptive, comparative, philological or textual point of view), of literature (whether author-based, thematic or comparative)

The Doctoral Program in Gerontology and Geriatrics (UP/UA) specializes in training professionals for direct intervention, policy-making, service planning, and research with aging populations. The program focuses on analyzing aging and longevity, acquiring research skills, addressing health, psychological, and social needs, and conducting original research to advance knowledge in the field.

The Doctoral Program in Culture Studies is part of a network hosted by the Lisbon Consortium that brings together the academy and the art world through a partnership between the MA and PhD Programs in Culture Studies at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and prominent cultural institutions in Lisbon (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Museu Nacional do Teatro e da Dança, Culturgest, Fundação Oriente, Centro Nacional de Cultura, Oceanário de Lisboa, Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua, Fundação EDP, Fundação Millennium BCP, Fundação Amélia de Mello and Câmara Municipal de Lisboa).

The Doctoral Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology (PDBMC) offers advanced training, equipping students with solid scientific knowledge and technical skills. Graduates will be prepared for academic and industrial research, addressing key aspects of molecular and cellular biology with expertise in both fields.