Professional Master in Applied Management. Master Degree.

2nd Cycle of Studies. EQF level 7. ISCED 2011 level 7.

Candidates with basic training in the area of Management will be admitted. As this is a course awarding a master's degree, with 60 ECTS, aimed at promoting lifelong learning, a minimum prior professional experience of five years, duly proven, is a requirement for admission. As per legal requirement, the following may apply: a) Holders of a bachelor's degree or legal equivalent; b) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree awarded following a 1st cycle of studies organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by an acceding State; c) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of the degree by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education institution where they wish to be admitted; d) Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum, which is recognized as attesting the ability to carry out this cycle of studies by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education.

Following the implementation of the Bologna Process and the consequent legislation regarding the mobility of students among degrees and higher education institutions, prior learning must be recognized and credited. The prior learning concept comprises all the previous learning/training undertaken in other higher education study cycles in national or international institutions (crediting of certified training), as well as previous professional experience and any post-secondary school training or education. As such, the IPB promotes the crediting of the student’s prior learning when arriving at the institution. Aiming at a quick and full integration of the student in his/her new education programme, the recognition procedures must be submitted when enrolling at the IPB. For further enquiries on crediting and recognizing prior learning and training at the IPB (calendars, procedures and assessment criteria), please go to the pages https://ipb.pt/pt/estudar, https://ipb.pt/pt/estudar/estudantes/servicos-academicos and https://ipb.pt/pt/estudar/candidaturas/creditacao.

2 curricular semesters (1 year). 20 weeks of study, per semester, full-time (40 per year). 40 hours per week. 810 hours per semester (1620 per year). 60 ECTS credits (30 per semester), corresponding 1 credit to 27 hours. Includes a project work developed entirely in the workplace or an internship with a final report, corresponding to 30 credits.

The profile of the programme comprises the development of the technical-scientific knowledge and professional specialized skills in the study areas of

The degree of "mestre" (master) in Applied Management is awarded to those students that demonstrate, in this field, the ability to: 1) develop practical cross-cutting solutions aimed at the root of management problems/challenges; 2) use recent practical concepts; 3) discuss and evaluate advantages and disadvantages associated with each practical solution; 4) apply management tools to solve problems/challenges inherent in the daily life of companies/organisations; 5) find practical solutions to problems/challenges in a real context; 6) use knowledge that cuts across the various sub-areas of management; 7) communicate results/conclusions to decision-makers in structured and written practical reports, on the one hand, and have the dexterity to present them quickly and orally, on the other. As this is a course awarding a master's degree, with 60 ECTS, aimed at promoting lifelong learning, a minimum prior professional experience of five years, duly proven, is a requirement for admission. To complete the qualification, the student is required to pass all compulsory course units of the study plan.

The Master's in Applied Management has the following objectives: to intervene in society, training professionals in multifaceted management and leveraging past professional experience to develop new skills based on practical application; to make it possible to obtain a master's degree of an applicational nature; to restructure the active workforce, updating and improving their knowledge; to leverage practical and applied skills; to involve the IPB in the co-creation of applied management solutions in companies/organisations in a real context. To this end, this cycle of studies is organised based on prior consultation with cooperating partners with potentially interested collaborators who justify and feed into this professional master's degree.

The degree of "mestre" allows to proceed to 3rd cycle studies, according to the diagram of the Portuguese Higher Education System, provided by NARIC (http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Reconhecimento/NARICENIC/) and presented in section 8 of the Diploma Supplement.

Examination and assessment are regulated by the IPB general regulation, available in https://ipb.pt/pt/estudar/candidaturas/regulamentacao-academica, and by the School pedagogical regulation, available in www.estig.ipb.pt. Consult this Guide under the option “The ECTS at the IPB” for information on the grading and qualification system.

Full-time.

Accreditation by A3ES.