The following subjects are expected to be available in English language for Erasmus+/exchange students. In addition, all Erasmus+/exchange students can attend a Portuguese Language Course for Foreigners, worth 6 ECTS credits.

To check the summary, number of credits and semester availability of each of these subjects, please click on the name’s link.

These subjects are available for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

You can choose any subject (up to 30 ECTS per semester) from the Faculty your course at UFP belongs to.

The list can have some changes for next academic year. Please be advised that some changes may happen with the programs, number of credits and semester availability of each of these courses.

Contents

1 FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1.1 Architecture (Integrated Cycle)
1.2 Computer Systems Engineering (1^st Cycle)

2 FACULTY OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
2.1 Business Sciences (1^st Cycle)
2.2 Communication Sciences (1^st Cycle)
2.3 Criminology (1^st Cycle)
2.4 Cultural Studies (1^st Cycle)
2.5 Political Science and International Relations (1^st Cycle)
2.6 Psychology (1^st Cycle)

1. FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1.1 Architecture (Integrated Cycle, plan 1203)
Courses offered during Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Drawing I (1^st year, 6 ECTS)
• Project I (1^st year, 12 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture I (1^st year, 3 ECTS)
• Project III (2^nd year, 12 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture III (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)
• Project V (3^rd year, 12 ECTS)
• Structural Systems (3^rd year, 3 ECTS)
• Urban Intervention Project I (4^th year, 12 ECTS)
• Landscape Architecture (4^th year, 6 ECTS)

Courses offered during Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Drawing II (1^st year, 6 ECTS)
• Project II (1^st year, 12 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture II (1^st year, 3 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture IV (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)
• Project IV (2^nd year, 12 ECTS)
• Digital Tools II (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)
• Analysis of Architectural and Urban Space (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)
• Project VI (3^rd year, 12 ECTS)
• Territory Arrangement and GIS (3^rd year, 3 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)
• Theories and Practices of Rehabilitation (3^rd year, 3 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)
• Urban Intervention Project II (4^th year, 12 ECTS)
• Infrastructure, Mobility, and Urban Networks (4^th year, 6 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)

Departmental Coordinator for Architecture and Urbanism: Prof. Sara Sucena – ssg@ufp.edu.pt

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1.2 Computer Systems Engineering (1^st Cycle, plan 1093)
Courses offered during Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Applied Statistics
• Introduction to Algorithms and Programming
• Mathematics I
• Information Systems (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Algorithms and Data Structures I (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Numerical Analysis
• Computer Architecture (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Programming Languages I (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Digital Systems (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Databases (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Software Engineering (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Programming Laboratory (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Multimedia I (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Computer Networks I

Courses offered during Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Systems Analysis (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Applied Electronics (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Physics
• Mathematics II (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Client Side Web Lab
• Algorithms and Data Structures II (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Hardware and Sensors (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Operational Research
• Programming Languages II (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Operating Systems (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Integrated Project Laboratory (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Multimedia II (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Computer Networks II (please check the Requirements for this course)
• Distributed Systems (please check the Requirements for this course)

Departmental Coordinator for Computer Science: Prof. Nuno Ribeiro – nribeiro@ufp.edu.pt
Requirements for Computer Systems Engineering Courses

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• Companies Management
• Financial Markets and Products
• Corporate Strategy
• Operations and Logistics Management

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• International Trade and Globalization
• Statistics and Quantitative Methods in Management
• Information and Communication Management (3 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)

Departmental Coordinator for Business Sciences: Prof. Sandra Bernardo – sbern@ufp.edu.pt

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2.2 Communication Sciences (1^st Cycle, plan 1111)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Theory and History of Communication and Journalism
• Multimedia Communication
• Theory and History of Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing
• Marketing: Techniques and Strategies
• Information Sources and Bibliography OR Television Laboratory
• New Media, Innovation and Creativity in Communication

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Digital Communication
• Communication Grammar IV (Editorials and Articles)
• Graphic Design and Web Communication
• Public Relations and Assessorship of Communication

Departmental Coordinator for Communication Sciences: Prof. Rui Estrada – restrada@ufp.edu.pt

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2.3 Criminology (1^st Cycle, plan 1178)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Sex Crimes and Gender
• Ethics and Professional Deontology
• Methodology of Social Sciences
• Organized Crime

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Crime and Addictions
• Sociological Perspectives of Crime
• Psychopathology and Crime
• Contemporary Violence and Mass Media

Departmental Coordinator for Criminology: Prof. Ângela Fernandes (angelaf@ufp.edu.pt)

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2.4 Cultural Studies (1^st Cycle, plan 150)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Urban Processes and New Social Movements

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Anthropology of the Body, Health and Disease
• Pop Art and Culture
• Culture and Media
• Minorities: Gender, Sexualities and Ethnicities

Departmental Coordinator for Cultural Studies: Prof. Paula Mota Santos – pmsantos@ufp.edu.pt

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2.5 Political Science and International Relations (1^st Cycle, plan 1142)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Theory of International Relations
• Communication Grammar – political discourse
• Theory of State and Public Administration
• Political Economy
• Political and Economic Diplomacy
• International Public Law
• Population Policy and Migration Movements
• Introduction to Political Science
• Cultural Anthropology
• Compared Contemporary Political Systems (6 ECTS) (please contact the coordinator about this subject)

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Portuguese Constitution and the European Union
• Political Marketing
• Democracy and Citizenship
• Political History and International Relations
• International Organizations
• International Political and Economic Order: Globalization and Glocalization

Departmental Coordinator for International Relations: Prof. João Casqueira – jcasq@ufp.edu.pt

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2.6 Psychology (1^st Cycle, plan 1138)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Psychology of Motivation and Emotions

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2025-26)

• Ethics and Deontology in Psychology
• Research Methods in Psychology
• Psychology of Deviant Behavior

Departmental Coordinator for Psychology: Prof. Ângela Fernandes – angelaf@ufp.edu.pt

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