Postgraduate Courses
Healthcare Project Management
Focusing on public health case studies, students will learn about this sector’s specificities, develop critical thinking, strategies for maximizing opportunities and minimizing risks, and exercise the relevant skills for leading projects in this specific setting.
As well as hard skills the programme will also work on a set of soft skills, assertive communication techniques, and strategies for a great variety of contexts and audiences.
Throughout the degree, participants will be in touch with renowned scholars, project managers, program and portfolio managers, and heads of project management offices, they will learn about the dynamics of traditional organizations and project-oriented ones and understand the project management challenges in the healthcare sector. They will learn from renowned professors at the School – experts in their fields – and an extended group of speakers who are highly experienced in portfolio and project management.
The degree is structured in order to provide students with advanced training in project management; it builds from the best evidence available, and is highly supported by practical methodologies allowing for students with different levels of experience to reap dynamic opportunities for exercising and applying the knowledge they acquire during the programme.
The degree is organized so that students who wish so will be able to apply to an IPMA/APOGEP certificate in project management in the category of Certified Project Management Associate.
Who is intended for
This degree is vital for people working on projects in the public, private, and social sectors including, but not limited to, the following:
- Researchers, scholars, engineers, senior officials, healthcare professionals, hospital managers, and managers who are a part or wish to be a part of project teams, who exercise or wish to exercise the profession of portfolio, program, or project manager;
- Heads of project management offices;
- Advisers;
- Individuals working in project areas in any NGO operating in the healthcare or social economy sector;
- Managers in fields like patient safety, quality, risk management, and clinical trials.
Course Coordination | ||
Carolina Santos | ||
Faculty/Lecturers | ||
Abrão Kulaif / NOVA SBE | Gonçalo Mota / NOVA NSPH | Gonçalo Rijo / UNL |
João Pequenão / INETUM | Paulo Sousa / NOVA NSPH | Rui Santana / NOVA NSPH |
Susana Viegas / NOVA NSPH | Tiago Dias | |
- Duration: classes between January and July 2024. Specializations: May 18th to July 12th
- Schedule: Friday: 2:30 pm - 8:10 pm; Saturday: 9:30am-1:10pm
- Format: all classes will take place online and there will be a set of sessions whose in-person participation is mandatory (6 - 7 days of the course).
Curricular Unit |
Faculty |
Other faculty/ lecturers |
ECTS |
Hours |
Project Management Theory | Carolina Santos | 4 | 15 | |
Financial and Risk Assessment in projects | Rui Santana | Gonçalo Rijo | 3 | 11 |
Agile and project management tools | Carolina Santos | João Pequenão | 6 | 18 |
Individual and Organizational Skills in Project Management | Carolina Santos | João Pequenão | 5 | 18 |
International Cooperation | Carolina Santos | 2 | 6 | |
Software Project Management | Carolina Santos | Abrao Kulaif | 4 | 14 |
Sustainability Project Management | Susana Viegas | Tiago Dias | 4 | 12 |
International Project Management | Paulo Sousa | Gonçalo Mota | 4 | 14 |
Total | 32 | 108 |
The course is organized according to the European credit accumulation and transfer system (ECTS).
Obtaining the postgraduate final certificate depends on completing a minimum of 20 ECTS of the mandatory Curricular Units.
The curricular units “Software Project Management” (4 ECTS), “Sustainability Project Management” (4 ECTS), and “International Project Management” (4 ECTS), are not mandatory and do not depend on the issuance of the certificate of course, if completed, they will be certified, and the “Postgraduate Health Project Management” can count up to 32 ECTS, without additional fees, with the final course certificate being issued in accordance with the number of ECTS completed by the student.
Application Period: until December 11, 2025
Results Posting: December 13, 2025
Registration/Matriculation: from January 2 to January 3, 2025
(Registration can be completed during the application period upon acceptance.)
Course Start Date: January 10 (subject to confirmation after the application period)
Core curriculum (mandatory units): January 12 to May 16
Specializations (optional units): May 16 to July 12
Course End Date: July 12, 2025
Investment
- Application fee: 51€ (non refundable)
- Course fee: 2.200€
- Specialization fee: 120€ (per specialization)
This postgraduate degree allowed for high personal and professional development. Developing innovative work was challenging and allowed me to work with excellent professionals, with different backgrounds, who helped me not only grow in my learning but also as a person and creating bonds that will certainly last.
The project developed as part of the postgraduate course ended up being the winner of the Nova ImpACT Challenge, which ended up not only encouraging the group for the work carried out, but also demonstrating the quality of what had been developed to date.
This postgraduate degree was a learning experience that improved my soft and hard skills, and was undoubtedly a challenge that gave me tools to implement in my day-to-day work and better understand how we can optimize some processes.
The desire is now to move towards the certification promoted in Portugal by APOGEP!
My application for the Postgraduate Course in Healthcare Project Management aimed to deepen my skills in planning and executing a healthcare project. During my professional career, both as a Nurse, and especially working in the Research area in Angola, I had the opportunity to manage teams and monitor activities in the field in order to achieve the outlined objectives. For those who have worked in similar scenarios, you understand that solving logistical, human resources, financial and communication problems can be very challenging.
Therefore, participating in this course was a very positive experience, as the teaching staff gave us access to tools in the area of management that we were unaware of and which are fundamental in implementing a project, taking into account the time and budget available. The course is ideal for anyone who wants to consolidate their knowledge in this area in a short time. In our case, it was taught for approximately six months, which made the interaction between students and teachers from different professional areas more intense, also requiring greater dedication and commitment from each one.
Creating a health project during the course made perfect sense as it allowed, in some way, to go from theory to practice, thus making the learning process more challenging, interesting and effective! This is also the recommended course for those who want to later progress to the Certification process!