Overview

About Social Economics at University of Minho

Masters in Social Economics will thus hold technical skills to identify social problems, propose and implement answers to those problems, in diverse contexts, both institutionally and geographically. They will also have technical and analytical skills that will enable them to autonomously develop a critical and grounded reflection at the theoretical and practical levels that contribute to the definition of alternative and complementary innovative strategies that sticulate economic development. Finally, graduates in Social Economics will develop a set of transferable skills that allows them to adapt to different contexts,and get involved constructively and fully in their professional activities in this and related areas.

Careers

The main career opportunities are found in public and private institutions connected to the Third Sector, both at local and central levels. The skills acquired aill also enable students to consider the possibility of develop their own projects, either during the second year of the programme in the Project course unit, or after graduation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Economics of Intsitutions and the Third Sector

Methods for Social Economics

Social Economics History

Economics

Service Marketing and Management

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-15 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-04-22 00:00:00 , International

Language

Partially taught in English, Partially taught in Portuguese

Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

Blended

Disciplines

Economics Social Work Finance

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

Pre-Registration procedure
Fill in the application form
Learning Agreement for Studies, which needs to be signed and dated by the student and home institution [preferably, the template to be uploaded should be of the Online Learning Agreement (OLA), in case it is not possible to use this template, alternatively, the use of the template made available by UMinho or Home Institution is accepted] (pdf format)
Copy of ID card/Passport (pdf format)
Home Transcript of Records (pdf format)
Photo (jpeg format; max. 45kb)

Tuition Fee

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International

4500 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4500 EUR per year during 18 months.
EU/EEA

1250 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1250 EUR per year during 18 months.

Living costs for Braga

454 - 697 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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