Part of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa’s Strategic Plan for 2012-2016, the main aim of the NOVA Escola Doutoral is to promote quality, interdisciplinarity and the internationalisation of all the university’s PhD programmes. The NOVA Escola Doutoral provides, amongst other things, complementary training to PhD students and supervisors, consolidating personal and professional development, and the organisation of scientific and academic activities that avoid the compartmentalisation of scientific areas and promote interdisciplinarity, creating an open forum for debate and creativity.
Attending the courses offered by the NOVA Escola Doutoral is voluntary and free. Additional credit will be given on a diploma supplement for Faculty PhD students who successfully complete one or more subjects offered by the NOVA Escola Doutoral.