EZ.Move
A Charging Module for Electric Vehicles
Júlio Teixeira
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Graduate in Design
Product Design
This programme enables students to design innovative products and services with a focus on the circular economy. Through advanced design processes, practical activities and stimulating laboratory exercises, students engage in real-world challenges and collaborate with industry. The programme works on design from a strategic perspective, emphasising emerging technologies, sustainability and user-centred approaches. By exploring different product typologies in various industrial sectors, students develop the skills needed to create critically-minded solutions capable of responding to society's emerging challenges.
Profile
Creative processes and tangible outcomes
Projects
Circular Economy in Product Design
Application in Footwear Design
Diogo Pimenta
BE 4.0
Advanced Concept
Jorge Carneiro
Critical, practice-based and contextual learning
Objectives
- Explore creative methods and tools for research and project development, articulating strategic thinking and critical vision.
- Integrate knowledge of materials, engineering processes and emerging technologies into the design workflow.
- Connecting with the professional context through projects within different sectors, internships and visits to companies, factories and cultural centres.
- Develop personal communication and teamwork skills.
- Build a solid portfolio based on practical experiences and direct contact with professionals and experts in the field.
Structure, content and learning progression
Curriculum
Year — 1
Contextual Studies 90 HC 9 ECTS
Product Project 240 HC 24 ECTS
Product Design Lab 90 HC 12 ECTS
Advanced Virtual Modelling 90 HC 9 ECTS
Product Engineering 90 HC 6 ECTS
Year — 2
HC — Contact Hours · ECTS — European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Dialogue between design, industry and culture
Ecosystem
Aligned with the latest professional practices, it allows students to collaborate annually with various companies and industries on projects, competitions, research incentives and internships within the curriculum.
Aloft Amorim — Top Series — Boa Safra — CEIIA — CITEVE — Everythink — Hamilton Conte — Koke — Pixartidea — Laboratório de Design Advançado — Limalha — Mesa Cerâmica — TMG Group — OpoLab — Precious Plastic Portugal — Vito
Committed to excellence
Our dedicated educators foster a stimulating learning environment to help you reach your design potential
Events
Specialization Courses
The Specialization Courses (60 ECTS) ensure access to the 2nd year of the Master's Degree in Design.
Enriching lives, opening minds
Erasmus+
Erasmus+, funded by the European Commission, is the EU's flagship program for education, training, youth, and sport. It aims to boost personal and professional development for all Europeans. This can involve student exchanges, vocational training placements, or even adult learning programs. Erasmus+ also encourages collaboration between organizations across Europe to share knowledge and drive innovation in these fields.
Graduate 2025–2026
Calendar
Atividades letivas
Graduate
● Ano letivo · 06.10.2025 — 30.06.2026
● Final — Unidades curriculares — 1.º Semestre (2.º ano) · 30.01.2026
● Final — Unidades curriculares — Anuais (1.º ano) · 30.06.2026
School closures
● Natal e Ano Novo · 22.12.2025 — 02.01.2026
● Carnaval · 16 — 18.02.2026
● Páscoa · 30.03 — 06.04.2026
● Queima das Fitas · 04 — 08.05.2026
● Sr. Matosinhos · 25 — 26.05.2026
Assessments
Publication
● 1.º semestre — Unidades curriculares — 2.º ano · 02 — 06.02.2026
● Anuais — Unidades curriculares — 1.º ano · 01 — 07.07.2026
Exams
● Unidades curriculares anuais · 08 — 09.07.2026
● Época especial · 03 — 04.09.2026
Work plan
● 1ª Época — entrega projeto/relatório de estágio/dissertação · 03.07.2025
● 2.ª Época — entrega projeto/relatório de estágio/dissertação · 20.11.2025
● Entrega de planos de mestrado para aprovação do Conselho Técnico-Científico · 31.01.2026
● Época especial — entrega projeto/relatório de estágio/dissertação · 19.02.2026
Statutes
● Pedidos estatutos especiais · 08 — 19.09.2025
● Pedidos de Estatuto de estudante praticante desportivo de alto rendimento ou de estudante-trabalhador · 06 — 31.10.2025
● Pedidos de Estatuto de estudantes com necessidades educativas especiais · 06.10 — 06.11.2025
● Apresentação do pedido de cancelamento da inscrição · 06 — 24.10.2025
Administrative Services
Contacts
For further information on applications, admission, or scholarships, please contact us.
Opening hours — Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. (In August, the morning opening time is 9:00 am.)
Graduate in Design
Craft Meaningful Experiences.
The Master’s in Design offers a high-quality education aimed at addressing complex and rapidly evolving social challenges. It integrates practice, research, and strong links to industry, with the participation of international guest speakers in conferences and workshops. It promotes specialisation and the consolidation of essential methodological, practical, and theoretical skills.