General Studies

School of Arts and Humanities

Goals

This cycle of studies is unique in Portugal and gathers disciplines of the various schools, combining a Core limited to various disciplines that the student chooses, according to his/her interests. This degree allows a unique combination of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, preparing students to continue their studies in a specialized area or to enter the labor market.

Career prospects

The degree in General Studies offers a complete and varied training that responds very flexibly to a rapidly changing job market, where professions constantly appear and disappear and where the ability to have ideas and think outside the box is stimulated. Former students our work today in activities as diverse as telecommunications, the arts, information and communication, or education and research.

Many of the graduates in General Studies continue to study. General Studies gives access to the Master's and Doctoral courses offered by the eight participating Schools (from Economics to Biology, and from Literature to Mathematics).