180 ECTS credits distributed across 6 curricular semesters (3 years), each with 40 weeks of full-time study (20 weeks per semester). Total study hours per year: 1620 (1 ECTS credit = 27 study hours).
The course structure comprises 6 modules per semester as set out in the course curriculum published by Decree-Law No.140/2008 dated 22 July.