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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN | 2026/2027
2nd Call: 02 March – 07 May 2026
Language: English
Location: Porto, Portugal
Classes are expected to begin on 14 September 2026
Merit-Based Master’s Scholarships Regulations
The International Studies Programme offered by the Porto School of Law of Universidade Católica Portugal is organized into 3 semesters. The first two semesters are academic. During the third semester students will submit their master's dissertation.
The Programme is concluded with the completion of 90 ECTS: 60 ECTS corresponding to the academic semesters, and the other 30 ETCS to the submission of the dissertation. Students must therefore complete 30 ECTS in each semester. In the academic semesters, students must complete 60 ECTS from the following subjects and seminars:
Autumn Semester
ECTS
| Semester-long | Territories under Threat: From Aggression to Secession | 3 |
| Semester-long | European Union Internal Market (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Artificial Intelligence and International Law (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Global Constitutional Law (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Strategy (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Online Free Speech, States, Regulation and Big Tech (Seminar) | 3 |
Spring Semester
ECTS
| Semester-long | Law of the Sea (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Towards a deformalization of the use of force (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Leading Cases of International Courts: The Vulnerables (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | International Criminal Jurisdictions (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | International Crimes (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | International and European Refugee Law (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Investment Treaty Arbitration (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Comparative Human Rights: United States and Europe (Seminário) | 3 |
| Semester-long | International Law Under Pressure: Conflict Settlement and the Law on the Use of Force from the End of the Cold War to Ukraine (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Universalism, Regionalism and Integration (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | EU Environmental Law (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | IHL in Action: ‘Eye in the Sky' meets Moot Court (Seminar) | 3 |
| Semester-long | Climate change and climate litigation in international law (Seminar) | 3 |
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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN | 2026/2027
2nd Call: 02 March – 07 May 2026
Language: English
Location: Porto, Portugal
Classes are expected to begin on 14 September 2026
Merit-Based Master’s Scholarships Regulations
Contacts
More Information
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN | 2026/2027
2nd Call: 02 March – 07 May 2026
Language: English
Location: Porto, Portugal
Classes are expected to begin on 14 September 2026
Merit-Based Master’s Scholarships Regulations
