Master in Laboratory Medicine

Aims

MAC is a cycle of studies that prepares, from a theoretical and practical point of view, superior technicians in the different scientific areas of Clinical Analysis based on the EFLM Sillabus. The four month internship in prestigious laboratories complements learning and brings students closer to the job market.

The course aims to provide a solid and up-to-date training in different scientific domains of the clinical analyzes, guaranteeing a comprehensive laboratory component in order to confer skills for the achievement of laboratory techniques applicable to the prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of the disease, as well as to ensure a professional specialization and to promote the academic training necessary to follow studies of higher cycle in different scientific areas of the clinical analyzes.

Teaching Language

The classes are taught in Portuguese.

Coordination

Rui Manuel Amaro Pinto

Study Plan

ECTS
120 ECTS:
75 – correspond to the curricular component (3 semesters).
45 – correspond to the internship report or dissertation.

Duration
2 academic years / 4 semesters

Regime
After-work

 

Accreditation and Registration

Accreditation

Accrediting body
Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education — A3ES
Process reference
PERA/2223/0417932
Publication date
14/03/2024
Accreditation period
4 years
Accreditation date
31/07/2023

 

Registration

Responsible authority
Directorate General for Higher Education — DGES
Registration number
R/A-Ef 1950/2011/AL01
Registration date
30/04/2024

 

Documents

Career Opportunities

Clinical Analysis Laboratories
hospitals
Public Health Laboratories
Immunohemotherapy services

Schedule

Monday to Friday from 5:30 p.m.

Classes will be held at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Universidade de Lisboa.

 

2026/2027

Fees and Tuition

Estudante em regime geral a tempo integral

Full-time student

National Students
Annual fee: 3.750,00 € (1st year) | 1.500,00 € (2nd year)

International students
Annual fee: 5.000,00 € (1st year) | 2.000,000 € (2nd year)

Study Programme Indicators

 

2024/2025

Academic Success

97,5%

Pass rate

(Passed/assessed — academic year 2024/2025)
Source: FenixEdu, April 2026

 

2,5%

Failure rate

(Failed/assessed — academic year 2024/2025)
Source: FenixEdu, April 2026

 

Employability

99,7%

Employability indicator*

Graduates from 2019/20 to 2023/24

* Calculated as the difference from the percentage of graduates registered as unemployed with the IEFP.
This does not represent an employment rate.

 

1,5%

Registered unemployment rate with the IEFP, referring to graduates from 2019/20 to 2023/24

Source: DGEEC, data from June 2025 (2026 edition)

 

Additional indicators

View more indicators on the InfoCursos Portal

Contact

Postgraduate Studies Office: mestrados@ff.ulisboa.pt

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