Doctoral Ambassadors

Have you ever heard about Students’ Ambassadors? And what about Careers Ambassadors? Even better... Doctoral Careers Ambassador? They are an important part of University and an essential part of the Doctoral Careers Community.

These are your first Doctoral and PhD Career Ambassadors!

Our Career Ambassadors for PhD candidates and graduates are responsible for:

Representing and supporting PhD candidates and PhD holders with intercultural diversity;
Communicating and supporting the needs of PhD candidates and PhD holders;
Disseminating the UP Doctoral Careers among the Doctoral Community and on (inter)national events;
Engaging PhD candidates and PhD holders on entrepreneurship;
Supporting and co-creating initiatives like webinars, podcasts and Listening Tours;
Contacting employers in order to raise interest in collaborating on career initiatives;
Implementing other initiatives they would like to bring to the Community.

Want to reach out to our current Ambassadors? Send them a message through the following email: [email protected]

Learn how you can become an Ambassador!

Do you have interest in being part of U.Porto’s new centre of resources for PhD candidates and PhD holders? Is it time to take the next step in your career? Are you interested in supporting your peers entering the job market?

Any PhD candidate or PhD holder (< 2 years) from University of Porto that is registered as such in our database.

Also, our Ambassadors must:

Have a high English proficiency level;
Have excellent communication and teamwork skills;
Have a keen interest in deepening knowledge in career development and to create links between academic and non-academic institutions and our students;
Be enthusiastic about the university experience and the University of Porto, in particular;
Be empathic and approachable to initiate contact with prospective students;
Be creative to support the innovative factor of the UP Doctoral Careers’ centre of resources.

Send us your expression of interest on becoming one of the next Doctoral Careers Ambassador to [email protected].

Note: The current mandate is 2 academic years (September 2023 - June 2025).

UP Doctoral Careers is an initiative stemming from the PhD Career Design project, initiated in 2021. It involved a technical team comprising members from various units within the University of Porto, including the Talent and Career Centre, Work Psychology Consulting Service, FEUPs Talent Unit, ICBAS Student Support, Employability and Alumni Office, I3S, and the Teaching and Learning Laboratory. Additionally, it was supported by the Portuguese funding "Skills for a Next Generation U.Porto" (Upskilling U.Porto) under POCH-I2-2022-01 Post Covid Competition - Skills for the Future in Higher Education”. Now, it is run by contributions from representatives of U.Porto's Organic Units, Research Centers, PhD candidates, holders, advisors, course directors, companies, and institutions. Furthermore, it is supported by the EUGLOH network and the DocTalent4EU project.