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.

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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 2026-27)

• Drawing I (1^st year, 6 ECTS)
• Project I (1^st year, 12 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture I (1^st year, 3 ECTS)
• History of Art and Architecture (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Geometry (1^st year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Project III (2^nd year, 12 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture III (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• History of Architecture II (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Digital Tools I (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Architecture, Ecology and Environmental Health (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Project V (3^rd year, 12 ECTS)
• Theory of Architecture II (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Structural Systems (3^rd year, 3 ECTS)
• History of Architecture III (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Compatibility, Coordination and Project Management (3^rd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Urban Intervention Project I (4^th year, 12 ECTS)
• Landscape Architecture (4^th year, 6 ECTS)
• History of Architecture V (4^th year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Urban Sociology (4^th year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

Courses offered during Spring semester (academic year 2026-27)

• Drawing II (1^st year, 6 ECTS)
• Project II (1^st year, 12 ECTS)
• Construction Systems in Architecture II (1^st year, 3 ECTS)
• History of Architecture I (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Social and Urban Anthropology (1^st year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Construction Systems in Architecture IV (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Project IV (2^nd year, 12 ECTS)
• Theory of Architecture I (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Digital Tools II (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Analysis of Architectural and Urban Space (2^nd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Project VI (3^rd year, 12 ECTS)
• Territory Arrangement and GIS (3^rd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Theories and Practices of Rehabilitation (3^rd year, 3 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Urbanism Theory (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• History of Architecture IV (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Theory of Architecture II (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Urban Intervention Project II (4^th year, 12 ECTS)
• Infrastructure, Mobility, and Urban Networks (4^th year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Diffuse Urbanization Territory (4^th year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Sustainability, Inclusion and Resilience (4^th year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

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 1211)
Courses offered during Winter semester (academic year 2026-27)

(we are updating the Requirements for some of these subjects – please come back to this page by the 26^th of March)

• Mathematical analysis (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Software Engineering (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Applied Statistics (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Programming Principles (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Digital systems (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Algorithms and Data Structures (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Human Computer Interaction (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Operational Research (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Object Oriented Programming (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Operating Systems (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Multimedia Encoding and Representation (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Mobile Applications Programming (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Server-Side Web Programming (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Ethical Responsibility and Sustainability (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Computer Science Safety (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

Courses offered during Spring semester (academic year 2026-27)

• Linear Algebra (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Algorithm Analysis and Design (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Computer Architecture (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Physics (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Imperative programming (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Data Analysis and Visualization (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Databases (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Hardware and Sensors (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Client-Side Web Programming (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Computer Networks (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Integrated Project Laboratory (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Systems and Network Security and Administration (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Information Systems (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Distributed Systems (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

Departmental Coordinator for Computer Science: Prof. Nuno Ribeiro – nribeiro@ufp.edu.pt
Requirements for Computer Systems Engineering Courses – to be updated until the 26^th of March

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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) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

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 2026-27)

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

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2026-27)

• 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 1210 & 1142)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2026-27)

• Political History and International Relations (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Introduction to Political Science (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Methodology of Social Sciences (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• International Public Law (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Political Economy (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Theory of State and Public Administration (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Political and Economic Diplomacy (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Population Policy and Migration Movements (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Area Studies: Africa and Middle East (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Compared Contemporary Political Systems (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2026-27)

• International Organizations and Global Governance (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Theory of International Relations (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Political Speech and Protocol (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Globalization and Regional Clusters (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Public Policy and Sustainability (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• European Union: Policy and Law (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Political Marketing (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Democracy and Citizenship (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

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

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2.6 Psychology (1^st Cycle, plan 1138 & 1215)
Courses offered during the Winter semester (academic year 2026-27)

• Research Methods in Psychology I (1^st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Psychology of Motivation and Emotions (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Social Psychology (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Models and Methods in Psychological Intervention I (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)

Courses offered during the Spring semester (academic year 2026-27)

• Research Methods in Psychology II (1st year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Psychosociology of Communication (2^nd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Models and Methods in Psychological Intervention II (3^rd year, 6 ECTS) (if you need information about this subject, please contact the Coordinator)
• Ethics and Deontology in Psychology

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

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