Bachelor's Degree in Management

General Objectives of the Course

The Bachelor's Degree in Management (BDM) seeks to provide students with the skills necessary in order to perform management duties at private and public organizations. With the skills acquired in the degree in management, students will also be ready to proceed to a postgraduate program (2nd cycle) in any of the specialized fields of management. According to its core scientific structure, the degree provides students with knowledge in the most relevant fields of management, as well as a range of essential knowledge in social and technical areas, such as economics, quantitative methods, law, history, and information systems. The Bachelor's Degree in Management also seeks to provide students with relevant personal development opportunities for working life, as well as promote the international mobility of students and teachers.

Admission Requirements

National Call for Access and Entry to Higher Education (DGES):

Entry exam:

One of the following sets:

19 Mathematics A
or
04 Economy
19 Mathematics A
or
19 Mathematics A
18 Portuguese

Minimum Grades:
Application score: 95 points (0-200 scale)
Entry exams:95 points (0-200 scale)

Calculation Formula:
Secondary school average: 50%
Entry exams: 50%

Other forms of access (https://www.uc.pt/en/studyatuc/):
- Change of Institution / Course Pair Schemes;
- Special Access Call for over 23-years-olds;
- Special Access Call for Holders of Other Higher Education Courses;
- Special Call for International Students.

This information does not exempt the consultation of the webpage of the Directorate General of Higher Education (DGES) and/or of the Applicants website. Please, visit the DGES and the Applicants websites

Professional Goals

Bachelor's graduates in Management have qualifications to exercise functions in several business fields, such as auditing and consulting, banking and insurance, finance, production and supply, human resources, marketing, teaching, and research

Mode of Study

Full- or part-time attendance, presence required in daytime schedule

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese and English

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

As assessment is a pedagogical activity inseparable from the teaching process, its aim is to establish the students' competencies and knowledge, their critical sense, ability to recognize and resolve problems, as well as their written and oral presentation skills. Students may only register for exams for classes they are currently enrolled. The following are examples of assessment items: Oral or written exams, written or practical work, individual and group projects that may require an oral defense, as well as class participation. Assessment for each class may include one or more of the above mentioned items. Grading is based on a scale of 0 to 20 and a grade of 10 is required to pass. Whenever the grade comprises more than one item, the final grade is calculated by taking into account the relative weight of each item according a formula published in the course outline.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

The students:
1. Acquire knowledge and specific skills of technical nature, related to the functional areas of management, not neglecting the systemic vision of organizations. 2. Acquire a set of knowledge of transversal nature for the activity of a manager, including, in addition to the management area, the areas of quantitative methods, economics, law and information systems. 3. Be able to interpret problematic situations, make decisions in contexts of uncertainty and risk, plan strategies and assume organizational responsibilities, always bearing in mind the ethics and social responsibility of organizations. 4. Develop a set of soft skills and entrepreneurial skills, essential for informed citizenship and decision-making in diverse environments, in an international context and in constant change. 5. Have the possibility of acquiring more in-depth knowledge in specific topics, with a view to a future specialization.

Course Coordinator(s)

Paulo Miguel Marques Gama Gonçalves
paulo.gama@uc.pt

ECTS Departmental Coordinator(s)

Raquel Beleza Pereira da Silva
uc46444@uc.pt

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

DL 74/2006, de 24 de março

Graduation Requirements

Successful Completion of 180 ECTS credits, which are shared among 144 ECTS credits concerning mandatory curricular units and 36 ECTS credits concerning optional curricular units. The optional curricular units are of two types: non-conditioned and conditioned. The non-conditioned optional curricular units may be chosen from among an interdisciplinary set of 1st Cycle curricular units that are offered at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC). From among the 4 non-conditioned optional curricular units provided for in the studies programme (24 ECTS credits), the students must (mandatorily) chose optional curricular units that make a total of 12 ECTS credits (minimum number) in the field of Management. In addition, the Bachelor’s Degree Course in Management offers students the possibility of attending 2 curricular units in Portuguese or in English (Marketing and Business Strategy) which are offered as conditioned optional curricular units (12 ECTS credits).

Access to Further Studies

Bachelor's graduates in Management have competences for applying to a 2nd cycle studies.

Study Programme

Management

Academic year
2026-2027

Course Type
1st Cycle Studies

DGES Code: 9147

Qualification Awarded: Bachelor's Degree

Duration: 3 Year(s)

ECTS Credits: 180.0

Applications

Call for Applications

Calendar

1st Semester: Start date: 07-09-2026
End date: 18-12-2026
2nd Semester: Start date: 08-02-2027
End date: 20-05-2027

Accreditations

Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior: 2023-07-31 a 2029-07-31
Direcção Geral de Ensino Superior: Nº Registo: R/A-Cr 32/2023; 2023-07-13