Minimum of one year (for students with studies) and maximum of 2 years. The PPGDR involves studies and research activities, the curriculum structure of which will consist of:
I. compulsory disciplines;
II. Optional subjects
III. Interdisciplinary seminars;
IV. Dissertation drafting;
V. Other activities programmed by Programme Coordination.

COMPULSORY CREDIT UNITS:

41 (forty-one) credit units, of which:
12 (twelve) credits in compulsory subjects, including interdisciplinary seminars;
Minimum of 9 (nine) credits in elective courses;
20 (twenty) credits attributed to the preparation of the master’s thesis.
The compulsory subjects will be convenient or necessary to the desired training and will give subsidies to a greater understanding of the themes involved in the thematic area.
The elective courses will be linked to a specific field of knowledge, object of the student’s interest studies, aimed at his scientific specialization.
The interdisciplinary seminars include, in addition to a set of lectures offered, formal presentations, by the students, of the research work for the good progress of the dissertation.