Health Care Programs in Portugal 2025

The Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine (MIM) at NOVA Medical School (NMS), is a 6-year program with a total of 360 ECTS, incorporating two complementary training cycles.

Psychology is the driving science behind most digital applications and generates a growing interest from recruiters. Designed by King’s College, this degree will provide you with a contemporary approach to the study of the human mind. You will gain a thorough understanding of human behaviour and learn to apply psychological science to a variety of contemporary and social challenges. There is an emphasis on quantitative and qualitative research methods and statistical analysis with content enriched by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. With academic direction from King's College, you will:

The Master in Management is a daytime master's program, lasting two years and taught in Portuguese, which seeks to offer participants the vision, concepts and instruments to respond to the main challenges facing companies in the 21st Century, in a global world , increasingly competitive and constantly changing.

European MSc Molecular Pathology. Personalized medicine presents new opportunities for patients with various diseases. Patient care and safety through tissue and biofluids investigation to the correct diagnosis and subsequent therapy is the mission of Molecular Pathology. However, many patients do not receive the most effective personalized treatments because of challenges associated with integrating predictive biomarker testing into clinical care.

This PhD Program in Emotion Psychology (the study of affective processes such as emotions, mood, feelings and its relation to attention, memory, decision, reasoning, creativity) is innovative and unique in Europe and combines knowledge brought by Psychology and several other fields of Science to provide an updated solid theoretical and methodological background in the study of emotional processes. It meets the exponentially growing interest of the last couple of decades in Emotion after the findings that emotion is key to decision-making and that affective processes in the brain create an implicit layer of influence on the most varied aspects of human mental activity, behaviour, and creations. A strong branch of research is focusing on emotion regulation and positive emotions, forming a strong basis for applied interventions towards psychological well-being and health as well as the betterment of the workplace, education, and human developmental contexts.

The Master's Degree in Health Management at the National School of Public Health NOVA is designed to train tomorrow’s health specialists. The Program aims to enable the students to enter the health sector workforce bringing with their advanced knowledge and skills in the field of health management.

This Master's is designed to provide the development of the skills required for a Master in One Health in a student-centered learning environment, adapted and supported by digital tools, in line with the European Union Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027.

The Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa lasts 4 academic years, divided into 8 semesters (240 ECTS). In northern Portugal, it is taught at the School of Nursing - Porto and grants the undergraduate degree necessary to obtain the professional title of nurse, essential for practicing the profession in Portugal or any other country in the world.

The Doctoral Program in Pathology and Molecular Genetics (PDPGM) offers advanced training in pathology and molecular genetics. Targeted at young graduates or those with a master's in life and health sciences, it focuses on basic and translational research, as well as molecular diagnostics in biopathology. Graduates will be equipped to lead scientific research

If you search for a deep understanding of microbial and other biological systems, driving from molecular and cellular organization of individual or community to apply in different areas (Environmental, Industrial and Biomedical) then come and seek your tools in the Microbial and Molecular Biology (MMB) Master Program.

The Biomedical Materials and Devices Master (BMDM) Program constitutes a specialisation which can follow a wide range of 1st cycle degrees. Although a natural choice for those with degrees in Materials Engineering, it is also intelligible for graduates from other areas akin to either Materials or Biomedicine.

The Master's in Applied Social Gerontology is aimed at graduates from Social and Human Sciences and Health areas who are already working or intend to work in the field of gerontology. It is an indispensable training for those who are in the process of or intend to occupy management/coordination positions in services and institutions for the elderly.

Promoting the practice of physical activity and improving the health of clients/practitioners.

The Masters Course in Medical-Surgical Nursing aims to ensure the acquisition and / or development of scientific, technical, relational, ethical and research to intervene in the provision of specialized nursing care in the clinical area of ​​medical-surgical nursing. The course also aims to enable students to integrate multidisciplinary teams on helping to promote the highest level of health of the population and enable the development of research in medical-surgical nursing, contributing to the creation of scientific evidence. Still want the school, in addition to promoting the development of good practice in the workplace, preparing nurses who can act in society, who are capable of intervening and coping with the social and professional changes in the future and contribute to the advancement the profession in order to meet the needs of the individual, family and community.

Cycle of Studies leading to the Master's Degree in Veterinary Nursing in Companion Animals, joint degree of the Polytechnic Institutes of Bragança, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Viana do Castelo and Viseu.