Media Digitais

OBJECTIVES

The Doctoral Programme in Digital Media is a joint program between the University of Porto and The New University of Lisbon. with the support of the University of Texas at Austin, aiming at specialized training in digital media.

The recent development of new applications in the area of digital media such as videogames, interactive content on the Web, interactive TV, video-on-demand, new educational software with high impact among the young generations and, more recently, the appearance of information, marketing and leisure content in mobile devices, demonstrate how important is the research on these new types of content and their close relationship with the technologies and their application. It is now very clear that universities must contribute through the creation of professionals in these areas at all levels, including the doctoral level. The final aim of the program is to train researchers, university teachers and innovation leaders in fundamental and applied areas associated with Digital Media.