The doctoral programme has an open approach by design. It nurtures other areas in interface and in collaboration with existing doctoral programmes at FEUP, FCUP, Porto University or abroad.
| 1st Semester | |||
| Code | Acronym | Name | Credits |
| PRODEF028 | TMNF | Micro and Nanofabrication Techniques | 6 |
| PRODEF027 | E | Essay | 12 |
| PRODEF029 | EMP | Entrepreneurship | 6 |
| Group of optional units of study* |
| 2st Semester | |||
| Code | Acronym | Name | Credits |
| PRODEF026 | TS | Thesis | 144 |
| PRODEF028 | TMNF | Micro and Nanofabrication Techniques ** | 6 |
| PRODEF027 | E | Essay ** | 12 |
| PRODEF029 | EMP | Entrepreneurship ** | 6 |
**Alternative to the 1st semester
*Group of optional units of study - minimum 12 credits and maximum 14.5 credits:
| Code | Acronym | Name | Credits | Period |
| PRODEF030 | ATP | Plasma Technology and Applications | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF031 | LOS | Lasers, Optics and Photonics | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF032 | MDRAE | Materials and Devices for Energy Harvesting and Storage | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF035 | MOA | Optical Materials and Applications | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF034 | NAN | Nanomagnetism | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF036 | PI | Instrumentation Projects | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF037 | RAI | Image Analysis and Recognition | 6 | 1S |
| PRODEF033 | TMM | Microelectronic and Microelectromechanical Technologies | 6 | 1S |
| UP option from the 3rd cicle of studies | 1S |
| Yearly | |||
| Code | Acronym | Name | Credits |
| PRODEF026 | TS | Thesis | 144 |