About the Doctoral School

Mission

Contributing to the excellence of the doctoral training at NOVA. Sharing best practices in doctoral programmes and promoting cross institutional cooperation, at both national and international level.

Vision
NOVA University name recognition.
Become a national and international reference as a Doctoral School and in the training
offer.

Values
Nova Doctoral School values are excellence and best practices in doctoral
programmes, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, institutional cooperation and
network creation/ collaborations between students and professors at NOVA.

In 2024, NOVA Doctoral School will expand its horizons, extending its training offer to
PhD candidates from other institutions.