Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Enfermagem

BSc Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

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Master in Palliative Care

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Master's Degree in Portuguese Sign Language and Deaf Education

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Master in Neuropsychology

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PhD in Medical Sciences

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PhD in Cognition Sciences, Language and Neuroscience

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PhD in Nursing

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Undergraduate Program

BSc Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

Masters

Master in Palliative Care Master in Portuguese Sign Language and Deaf Education Master in Neuropsychology Master in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences

PhD's

PhD in Medical Sciences PhD in Cognition Sciences, Language and Neuroscience PhD in Nursing

School of Postgraduate Studies and Advanced Training

Postgraduate Programs Advanced Training Programs Micro-credentials

News

PhD in Nursing

PhD student in Nursing awarded at research meeting of the Order of Nurses

PhD student in Nursing Joana Isabel Correia Vítor, supervised by Prof. Cândida Ferrito, received an award for her poster entitled "PhD project - Urinary...

March 9, 2026

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Open Days | Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD Degrees

The dates for the Open Days at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing of the Portuguese Catholic University are now available. Take advantage of the...

March 5, 2026

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FCSE has one of FLAD's Selected Projects - UP Program – Higher Education 2026

Last Friday, February 27, FLAD was at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa to announce the winning projects of the UP - Higher Education Program. The FLAD...

March 3, 2026

Escola de Pós-Graduações e Formação Avançada

Opening of the 1st edition of the Microcredential in Assistive Technologies for the creation of inclusive digital teaching materials

The first edition of the micro-credential Applications of Assistive Technologies in the Creation of Inclusive Digital Teaching Materials began on February...

March 2, 2026

PhD in Nursing

One-Day Winter School brings together doctoral students in Nursing at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa

The Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing at the Portuguese Catholic University held the One-Day Winter School for the Doctorate in Nursing, an...

February 24, 2026

Mobility and International Relations

EERP-USP student conducts technical visit to Palliative Care Unit

Laura da Silva Araújo, a graduate student in Fundamental Nursing at the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing at the University of São Paulo, made a technical...

February 20, 2026

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FCSE and EEL professor presents scientific paper on spirituality in caregiving at Egas Moniz event

Professor Helga Martins, PhD, lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing and the School of Nursing (Lisbon) at the Portuguese Catholic...

February 12, 2026

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FLY 2026 - Applications open for international volunteering

The FLY Program is back in 2026, offering students from the four campuses of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa the opportunity to participate in...

February 12, 2026

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Winners announced for the “Hope in Action” photography contest

Catarina Valdigem, professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Catholic University, is the winner of the photography contest “Hope in Action,” promoted by...

February 11, 2026

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

FCSE and EEL professor co-authors article in international scientific reference e-book

Professor Zaida Charepe, lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing and the School of Nursing (Lisbon) at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa...

February 10, 2026

Press

March 17, 2026

NiT

BSc Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

NiT - Interview - Escape Room in Lisbon Promoting the New Bachelor's Degree in Neuroscience

Dr. Filipa Ribeiro, coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience, gave an interview to New in Town (NiT) about the escape room created to promote the new degree program. "A neuroscientist has gone missing in Lisbon. In this...

17/03/2026 - 17:56

NiT

March 9, 2026

Visão

BSc Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

VISÃO - Opinion piece - “The algorithm that controls us and the brain that obeys it”

Two weeks before International Brain Awareness Week 2026, Prof. João Miguel Pereira, coordinator of the Systems and Cognitive Neurosciences degree program, publishes an opinion piece in Visão magazine. How often do we receive suggestions through apps and...

09/03/2026 - 17:08

Visão

March 9, 2026

Sapo

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

SAPO - Opinion piece – “Women of Hope”: the invisible foundations of Portuguese society

Read the opinion piece published on International Women's Day by Professor Zaida Charepe, lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing and the School of Nursing (Lisbon). Who are the women who support the health and resilience of Portuguese...

09/03/2026 - 15:40

Sapo

February 26, 2026

Sapo Online

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

SAPO ONLINE - Opinion Article - Mutual Aid: It's in Humanity's DNA

We have witnessed a wave of mutual aid in our country. Networked assistance arrives more quickly than formal aid from various institutions. Portugal has been hit by successive and persistent storms, which have placed it at the center of concerns in all...

26/02/2026 - 10:13

Sapo Online

February 10, 2026

Sapo

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

SAPO ONLINE - Opinion Piece - The Samaritans of Nuno Markl

On February 11, 2026, the 34th World Day of the Sick will be celebrated, with the theme “The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing the pain of others,” chosen by Pope Leo XIV. This date, established by St. John Paul II in 1992, calls for the...

10/02/2026 - 16:53

Sapo

February 2, 2026

Observador

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Opinion Piece - Quality education requires more than good intentions: it requires science

In light of International Education Day on January 24, we are sharing an opinion piece by Professor Joana Rato, lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, published in Observador. Quality education requires more than good intentions: it...

02/02/2026 - 14:42

Observador

January 21, 2026

RTP Madeira

Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Enfermagem

RTP Madeira - Silvia Caldeira honored with European award

Professor Sílvia Caldeira, lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, was featured on RTP Madeira news for receiving a European award for excellence in nursing education. The award recognizes the lecturer's career in the field of health...

21/01/2026 - 15:59

RTP Madeira

November 14, 2025

Edulog

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

EDULOG Interview - Portuguese Sign Language: policies, practices, and challenges of inclusion

On the eve of National Portuguese Sign Language Day (November 15), Paulo Vaz de Carvalho, professor at the Portuguese Catholic University and PhD in Health Sciences: Linguistics of Portuguese Sign Language, with extensive research in the field of deaf...

14/11/2025 - 10:59

Edulog

October 29, 2025

RTP2

Pós-Graduação em Perda e Luto

Ecclesia - Universidade Católica Portuguesa launches postgraduate course to train people to deal with loss and grief

A Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) has launched a new edition of its postgraduate course on loss and grief, starting in January 2026. “The postgraduate course is an educational opportunity, a chance to develop skills, and also a practical...

29/10/2025 - 17:03

RTP2

October 20, 2025

Jornal de Notícias

Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing

Jornal de Notícias - New Episode of the Podcast “Educar tem Ciência” (There's Science in Education)

What is the cost of unclear instructions? Ambiguity has costs. In this episode of “Educar Tem Ciência” (Educating Has Science), a podcast by Iniciativa Educação, produced in partnership with JN and TSF, Catholic University professor Joana Rato argues...

20/10/2025 - 12:05

Jornal de Notícias