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:

*NOTE: In the context of the International Studies Programme, the student can only attend to a maximum of 6 ECTS (one course or two seminars) offered by the other Master's specialization areas, if they are lectured in English and have an international subject.