Study Programme

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	Contemporary International Relations José Alberto Azeredo Lopes	6
Semester	International Trade Law Manuel Fontaine Campos	6
Semester	International Humanitarian Law Maria Isabel Tavares	6
Semester	Strategy (Seminar) António silva Ribeiro	3
Semester	The International Juridical Field (Seminar) Olivier Corten	3
Semester	Online Free Speech, States, Regulation and Big Tech (Seminar) Joan Barata	3
Semestral	European Union Internal Market (Seminar) Benedita Menezes Queiroz	3
Semester	Law of the Sea (Seminar) Armando Rocha	3

Spring Semester

ECTS

Semester	Leading Cases of International Courts José Alberto Azeredo Lopes	6
Semester	Arts, International Law and International Relations Benedita Menezes Queiroz José Alberto Azeredo Lopes Maria Isabel Tavares	6
Semestral	International Criminal Law Nuno Pinheiro Torres	6
Semester	International and European Refugee Law (Seminar) Benedita Menezes Queiroz	3
Semestral	Comparative Human Rights: United States and Europe (Seminar) Adam Dubin	3
Semester	International Law Under Pressure: Conflict Settlement and the Law on the Use of Force from the End of the Cold War to Ukraine (Seminar) Marc Weller	3
Semester	Universalism, Regionalism and Integration (Seminar) Paula Almeida	3