The Master in Aquaculture and Fisheries has two specializations: one in Aquaculture and another in Fisheries.

Provide students with the knowledge and training required for the assessment, management, conservation and sustainable exploitation of living resources.

Provide students with the knowledge and training required for the production of species in different aquaculture production systems.

Training of professionals for aquaculture and fisheries.

Provide skills that enable lifelong learning in a self-oriented or autonomous manner. Create the competencies during the Masters to enable progress to a higher level of specialization at the PhD level.

To train professionals able to communicate their knowledge to the scientific as well as non-scientific public.

Degree in Biology or related field by a Portuguese university

Holders of a foreign higher education degree equivalent to a 1st cycle of studies organized in accordance with the Bologna Process by a state adhering to this process

Holders of a foreign higher education degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of the degree of “licenciado” (bachelor of science)

Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum attesting to the ability of the candidate to carry out the Master of Science in Aquaculture and Fisheries

The acceptance of a candidate based on criteria is the responsibility of the Scientific Council (Conselho Científico) of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia) of Algarve University and does not confer to the candidate formal recognition or equivalency to the degree of “licenciado” or any other academic degree.

Professional, scientific and academic curriculum;

Possibility to interview candidates to clarify information provided in point 3;

Curriculum Vitae (with personal data, academics and professionals);

Certificate of Qualifications, with the discrimination of the classifications obtained in each unit;

Admissions Option 2

As we are a public university, no studentships are available for Bachelor, Master or PhD degrees, independently of the students nationality. 

Nevertheless, for the second academic year (thesis research) there is a possibility to apply for a studentship within research projects running in our science and technology centers. You can apply for a studentship while completing your first academic year of the Master but we cannot guarantee that there will be funding for all students for the second research year.

Scholarships and Funding Option 2

 The tuition of this course can be paid in 10 installments, being the first at the time of registration.

* in accordance with Decree-Law No. 36/2014, changed by Decree-Law No.62/2018, of 6th August, international students are nationals of a country which is not a Member State of the European Union and are not a legally resident in Portugal for more than 2 uninterrupted years by 1st of January of the enrollment year

Program Tuition Fees Option 2

Master

Life Sciences

Agricultural Science

Aquaculture and Fisheries

The University of Algarve, located in the south of Portugal, is a young public university, with a student population with more than 8,000 and employs over 700 academics. In these last three decades, the University of Algarve has consolidated the link established with the regional business and with the public and private organizations, encouraging the transfer of knowledge and contributing to sustainable development, with a positive impact across the community.

Master in Aquaculture and Fisheries

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Master in Aquaculture and Fisheries

Admissions

Scholarships and Funding

Program Tuition Fee

About the School

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