Relevant Areas
Qualification in the relevant area(s) for this course (Article 40-F of Decree-Law n.º 65/2018), must be demonstrated with the approval in the following subject, attested in the certificate of secondary education or legally equivalent qualification:
- Economics or
- Mathematics or
- Portuguese
DGES Registry
Course registered at the General Directorate of Higher Education with the number R/c 46/2016
Area of Education and Training
521 - Metallurgy and Metalomechanics
Publication in the Official Gazette
Notice nº 3562/2018 - 2nd series, n.º 55, of 19 March
Study Program Evaluation
This Higher Technical Professional Course is a vocational training
course taught as part of polytechnic higher education and lasts 4
semesters, corresponding to 120 ECTS.
The course is organised into general and scientific training, technical
training and on-the-job training (internship), and each student is awarded with a Higher Technical Professional Diploma at level 5 of the
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.
Professional profile
The Higher Technical Professional Course in Industrial Maintenance aims to train professionals who are able to manage and
supervise maintenance departments at small, medium or large
industrial companies, especially in the electromechanics field.
They will also be able to implement and adopt preventive or
corrective maintenance on its various aspects, according to
structural changes in production systems demanded by technology evolution.
Professional opportunities
High-level staff in the field of industrial maintenance; mid-level
staff in industrial companies; head of maintenance department;
head of technical services; head of multidisciplinary teams in the
field of industrial maintenance; head of post-sales care; head
of workshop; technical and sales activities in companies that
supply materials for the electrical/electronics industry and the
metalwork/metal mechanics industry.
Entry requirements (one of the following)
- Having completed a secondary education course qualification or a legally equivalent qualification.
- Having passed the special exams for assessing capacity to attend higher education for people over 23 (Decree-Law no. 64/2006 of 21 March).
- Holding a technological specialisation diploma, a higher technical professional diploma or a higher education qualification.