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Call for doctoral programs affiliated with CMU Portugal
ID 119 2025-05-12 / 2025-06-15
Description
Applications for the 5th edition of the CMU Portugal Affiliated Ph.D. Programs, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), run until June 15, 2025 and are aimed at awarding 12 doctoral Studentships for the 2025/2026 academic year, to study in Portugal and at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh.
The 12 doctoral Studentships are available at Portuguese universities in selected areas of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) related to CMU Portugal, including this year three new areas: Biomedical Engineering; Computational Cognitive Neuroscience and Materials Science and Engineering, the others being Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Engineering and Public Policy; Human-Computer Interaction; Language Technologies; Machine Learning; Mechanical Engineering; Robotics; Social Computing and Software Engineering.
Doctoral Studentships will fully cover tuition fees, in addition to a monthly Studentship for a maximum period of four years, including financial support during a 12-month research period at CMU. Upon completion of the doctorate, candidates will receive a diploma awarded by the Portuguese host institution.
The application period runs from 12 noon (Lisbon time) on May 12 until 12 noon (Lisbon time) on June 15, 2025. Information on applications is now available.
On May 22 (10:00 a.m. Pittsburgh time and 3:00 p.m. Lisbon time), the CMU Portugal Coordination Office will hold an Online Information Session to clarify all doubts about this Call. For more information on the application process, visit the Affiliated PhD Program page and the FAQ page.
The overall mission of the CMU Portugal Program is to promote industry-academia relations as a driver of change with economic and social impact in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).