On October 14th at 4:00 p.m. (Lisbon) / 11:00 a.m. (Pittsburgh), the CMU Portugal Program will host an Online Info Session to guide prospective candidates in applying to the 2027/2028 Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarships Call.
The session is designed for doctoral scholarship candidates and potential supervisors who wish to know more about the application process and requirements. It will be an excellent opportunity to learn how to prepare a strong application for a CMU Portugal scholarship, which enables students to spend 3 years in Portugal and 2 years at Carnegie Mellon University.
The current call offers scholarships in 11 dual-degree doctoral programs: Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Human-Computer Interaction, Language Technologies, Machine Learning, Neural Computation, Robotics, Societal Computing, and Software Engineering.
More information about the Call is available here.
Registration Form
Participation in the Info Session is free, but registration is required. Registered participants will receive the Zoom login details by email one day before the event.
Agenda:
Session Moderator – Sílvia Castro I CMU Portugal Executive Director
5′ – CMU Portugal National Co-Director
Welcome to the Session
20′ – João Fumega, Megan Berty | CMU Portugal Coordination Office
Overview of the CMU Portugal Dual Degree Ph.D. Programs and scholarship funding
10′ – Ph.D. Student (TBC)
CMU Portugal Ph.D. candidate – Experience and advice
25′ – Q&A