Summer Schools 2025
Here you can find useful information on the Summer Schools organized by the various Faculties of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, throughout the year of 2025.
Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
A 2-week programme, 100% taught in English, which aims to develop the participants' strategic thinking and leadership skills. On the one hand, it will help participants understand the crucial importance of business strategy and analysis in any context. On the other hand, it will make participants aware of responsible and sustainable leadership as the key leadership skill of the future.
In addition to the academic content, this programme includes a visit to a company, a guided tour of the city of Lisbon, a beach and surf experience and a farewell dinner in a typical Portuguese restaurant.
When?
From 7 to 18 July 2025.
Outras Informações
Limited to a group of 36 participants.
The Summer School will cost from €1,950 (with accommodation), granting a total of 6 ECTS.
Early bird and Partner Schools discounts apply.
Faculty of Law - Porto School
Católica Porto School of Law, in partnership with ICFML - Institute of Certification and Training of Lusophone Mediators, holds the 4th edition of the International Negotiation and Mediation - Summer Program, which will take place at the Porto campus and Online format.
When?
From 14 to 19 July 2025.
Other Information
The Summer School will have the following cost:
For Early birds, until May 31st: 350€ | R$1,850.00
For students and Trainee Lawyers: 400€ | R$2,100.00
For lawyers and mediators: R$2,250.00
Católica Porto Business School
The Summer School consists of a specialised two-week course on making business cases around deep tech. Designed for bachelor's and master's students, this programme delves into the dynamic landscape of deep tech specificities, offering valuable insights and practical applications for competitive markets.
The curriculum integrates comprehensive lectures with hands-on experiences, enabling participants to effectively evaluate, analyse and articulate the value propositions of deep tech. With a global learning environment and an inclusive approach, students gain access to industry networks, preparing them to excel in the dynamic world of deep tech - a unique opportunity unrivalled by other courses.
When?
From 7 to 18 July 2025.
Other Information
The Summer School will cost €125 (for just one week) or €250 (for two weeks), conferring a total of 4 ECTS (on completion of the full course).
Porto Summer School in Machine Learning and Textual Analysis with an Introduction to Natural Language Processing is a practical workshop to gain an understanding of the basics of Machine Learning and Textual Analysis in Accounting and Finance with an application using Natural Language Processing (NLP). The course covers both theory and practical workshop sessions. The course does not require prior programming knowledge and does not use or teach programming.
When?
From 21 to 25 July 2025.
Other Information
The Summer School confers a total of 3 ECTS and will cost:
For CPBS students: 360 €
For students from partner universities: 380 €
For others: 400 €
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The workshop seeks to equip PhD and MSc students and undergraduate students (advanced level) with the fundamental skills to use Python in a research context. The course is intended for learners who have not yet worked with Python and covers both a general introduction as well as more advanced approaches on data retrieval and processing.
After first reviewing the basics of Python, especially how to set up the development environment and how to implement simple tasks, we focus on tools commonly utilised by researchers (e.g., NumPy, Pandas and Matplotlib). The workshop is comprised of a combination of guided introductions and more independent in-depth exploration. Thus, students have the opportunity to apply the learned concepts to a relevant case study chosen for their scientific breadth and their coverage of different Python features.
We place particular focus on the use of online resources such as the documentation of the utilised Python packages to equip students with the ability to independently handle even more complex issues that are beyond the scope of this workshop.
When?
From 21 to 25 July 2025.
Other Information
The Summer School confers a total of 3 ECTS and will cost:
For CPBS students: 400 €
For students from partner universities: 430 €
For others: 450 €
This Training academy aims to provide students and professionals from different fields with the technical and scientific skills to analyse, model and extract knowledge from data in a variety of business contexts, using the KNIME Analytics platform. With a strong practical approach, the program is designed to present, discuss, and constructively apply classical and state-of-the-art approaches for descriptive and predictive analytics as well as for time series analysis and forecasting. Throughout the program, the participants are exposed to real world case studies, with varying degrees of complexity, for which they are challenged to develop, test, and evaluate analytical models able to extract useful knowledge and actionable insights from the data.
The main learning outcome is to enable students to gain proficiency in using KNIME as a white-box tool for modelling and implementing transparent and reproducible data workflows in an automatic fashion, towards proactive, data-driven decision-making.
When?
From 28 July to 1 August 2025.
Other Information
The Summer School confers a total of 3 ECTS and will cost 470€.