Master in Design and Multimedia

Multimedia Design favours a solid interdisciplinary formation, contemplating the knowledge, skills and basic competencies that will allow future masters to intervene creatively and innovatively in the various domains of exploration of new digital media.

The course prepares professionals who specialise in designing products and services for the new media, combining design training with information technology components. In this way, new masters are prepared to work in multidisciplinary teams, where they will be able to translate the various languages involved and effectively mobilise information technologies, adapting them to the way we communicate, perceive, think, or interact with the world around us. Of particular relevance to this course is training in areas related to interaction design, interface design, web design, and digital production.

The methodological plan favours a pedagogical approach centred on competencies, identifying in the different curricular units the generic and specific competencies relevant to the second cycle in Design and Multimedia. The methodological choices are naturally articulated with the curricular decisions underlying the definition of the course's organisation in order to guarantee a balance between instrumental, systemic and interpersonal competencies. An attempt has also been made to reflect these three types of competencies within each course unit in light of the course unit's objectives.

The Master in Design and Multimedia will be able to explore competences in the field of interaction design, as a source of added value and creativity in the design of innovative solutions. They will also be able to engage in dialogue and coordinate multifunctional project teams, bridging the gap with specialists in different areas.

Possible professional profiles include the following:
- Web Designer;
- Communication Designer;
- Digital content production specialist;
- Programmer;
- Information Systems Specialist;
- Researcher in Design and Multimedia;
- Games Designers

Required documentation
Workload and programmes of the curricular units already taken in the course of origin, if you want accreditation; (MANDATORY, except if the course of origin is a course taught at the University of Coimbra under the Bologna Process (after 2007/2008));

Letter of Motivation (MANDATORY)

Degree certificate with final average (diploma). If you want credit, you must include a certificate proving that you passed the course units taken, with the respective marks (transcript); (MANDATORY unless the course you are studying on was taught at the University of Coimbra)

Curriculum vitae, in EuroPass format; (MANDATORY)

Identification document (MANDATORY for foreign applicants only)

Official document issued by the institution awarding the degree, with the certified grade indicating the overall performance coefficient or weighted average; (MANDATORY for foreign applicants only)

Organised portfolio in PDF format. (MANDATORY)

NOTE: Submission of the original authenticated documents is required for placed students who enrol and register and must be done by 31st December in order to complete the student's individual file. The documents referred to above must be recognised by the local Portuguese consular agent and/or legalised by the Apostille system under the terms of the Convention on the Abolition of the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Acts (better known as the Hague Convention), signed in The Hague on 5 October 1961, with the exception of documents issued by Higher Education Institutions in European Union countries. However, if there is any doubt about the documentation presented, any applicant may be asked to have the aforementioned documents recognised or to provide additional documentation. Whenever the aforementioned documents are in a foreign language other than Spanish, French or English, a translation must be provided. The translations must be duly certified by the relevant authorities.

Admission Conditions for Applicants
1. The following are eligible to apply for access to the cycle of studies leading to a master's degree:

a) Holders of a bachelor's degree or legal equivalent in: Design, Computer Science, Communications and Multimedia and related degrees;

b) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree awarded following a 1st cycle of studies organised in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this Process, in the areas referred to in point a);

c) Holders of a higher academic degree obtained abroad that is recognised as satisfying the objectives of a bachelor's degree by the FCTUC Scientific Council;

d) In duly justified cases, holders of a scientific and professional curriculum relevant to attending this cycle of studies and recognised as such by the FCTUC Scientific Council;

2. The recognition referred to in paragraphs b) to d) of no. 1 only has the effect of granting access to the cycle of studies leading to the master's degree and does not confer on its holder the equivalence to the bachelor's degree or the recognition of that degree.

NOTE: Applications assessed on any criterion with a score lower than 9.5 will automatically be rejected.

Criteria for Grading Applicants
A. Quality of academic and professional career, (Weighting 2/3);
B. Commitment to the new course, (Weighting 1/3).

NOTE: Applications with a score below 9.5 in any criterion will automatically be rejected.

Other information
The application is subject to the payment of a fee of €50.00, which cannot be refunded, including in the event of invalidation of the application, non-placement or when the study programme does not open due to a lack of the minimum number of enrolments.
The enrolment and registration of the International Student is only confirmed after a single payment corresponding to 30% of the total basic tuition fee (3 monthly instalments), plus the registration fee.
For more information contact the Course Coordinator (coord-mdm@dei.uc.pt)

Recognition of prior learning
Prior learning can be recognised in accordance with the regulations of the University of Coimbra.

Tuition Fees
National Student or equivalent: €1063.47 (annual fee);
International student: €7000 (annual fee).

Learning Languages/Evaluation
Portuguese.

Qualification Legal Framework
Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of 24 March, amended and republished by Decree-Law no. 107/2008, of 25 June; Order no. 782/2009, of 23 July. The creation of the course and its respective syllabus falls under Order no. 7553/2008.