Master's degree Occupational Health and Safety
Trindade, Portugal
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Portuguese
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This Master's in Occupational Health and Safety at The Higher Institute of Information and Administration Sciences (ISCIA) trains senior staff to develop, coordinate, and control activities to prevent and protect against professional risks in various sectors. The programme covers occupational hygiene, risk assessment, reliability, noise and vibration, lighting, ergonomics, legislation, standardization, and builds skills in analysis, research, equipment use, techniques, and procedures. Graduates can access doctoral studies (admission to the 3rd cycle) directly.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work as Workplace Safety Service directors, occupational safety and hygiene managers, consultants and auditors, trainers, researchers and academics, and pursue doctorates (3rd cycle).
Training of senior staff providing them with the knowledge, skills, and capacities to develop, coordinate and control activities to prevent and protect against professional risks in the various sectors of social and economic activities.
Professional Opportunities
The direction of the Workplace Safety Service (Occupational Safety and Hygiene) in public or private organizations
Consultancy and auditing in occupational health and safety
areas Professional training in the aforementioned areas
Research and teaching in public or private institutions
Skills
Analysis, research, and development in specific areas of occupational hygiene and safety, as well as the respective specialization in the use of equipment, instruments, techniques, and procedures.
Intervention in specific areas such as risk assessment, reliability, noise and vibrations, lighting, ergonomics, legislation, and standardization, among others.
Admission to the 3rd cycle of studies leading to a doctoral degree.
