The Master’s research Thesis, Project, or Internship presentations usually occur in late July or from early October until the middle of December.
Here, we list the current school year [upcoming] presentations calendar and past presentations/concluded thesis editions.
Please note that confirmation of the official dates is mandatory in the academic system event news portal.
The 2023-24 edition debuted with 3 projects during the first season focusing on Social Design, Brand[ing] Management Political engagement, and Health Promotion through type design.
During this year, an additional 21 students — 5 dissertations, 4 internships, and 10 design and development projects — explored a wide range of innovative topics was explored from sustainability and social design to pop culture and typography, the projects reflect how design impacts various spheres of contemporary society—bringing the total of concluded projects and dissertations to 24 in 2024.
Works such as communication campaigns for sustainable behaviors or magazines promoting diversity showcase the power of design in driving social change. This also applies to studies on the role of design in mental health and cultural decolonization. Projects related to illustration, like illustrated books exploring family memories or graphic narratives in manga style, reveal a unique storytelling sensitivity.
Technological innovation is also present, whether through artificial intelligence used in type design or digital chromatic typography, addressing issues like climate change. Typography remains central in educational board games and studies of traditional printing techniques, creatively bridging the past and present.
There are also reflections on branding, with controversial rebrandings and packaging for international markets. Students investigate the evolution of editorial design, from books for the visually impaired to reimagining digital academic design.
Make sure to check this page soon for additional updates.
Overall graduated students up to 2024: 284
The 2023 “presentations’ season” has begun. This year, we had 6 students submitting their final dissertations and project/internship reports during the first regular period. Topics mainly covered visual narratives and branding in a set of 1 dissertation, 3 internship reports, and 2 research & development projects. After the first deadline, another seven students submitted their projects and reports. Until the final submission deadline, another 24 students have submitted their research projects and internship reports. This means that in 2023, 30 new master’s students will be finishing their research and development work.
Overall graduated students up to 2023: 260
2022 was the “comeback” year from multiple COVID lockdowns into “normality.” During this year, 17 students finished and presented their research and development work. Although no student presented during the first regular term, all 17 presentations were made during the extension period in an “in-person” mode. This year we have 2 Dissertations, 13 Project reports, 2 Internship reports, with topics that range from physical letterpress founding and fine papers to Risograph printing; from Portuguese graphical packaging to Brazilian arts and crafts heritage; from the role of women in photography, packaging and in modern culture movements; and, as —this master could not be without— with topics addressing the (meta) materiality, legibility and ortho typography of reading materials and books.
Overall graduated students up to 2022: 230
2021 has produced a batch of 18 final presentations. Six students finished and presented their projects during the first “regular” period in an online and in-person mode session at FBAUP. Twelve others have finished and presented in an in-person mode. Projects cover a fantastic range of topics, from illustration to graphic novels, from book to cross-media magazine production, from analog printing to augmented reality, from academic to independent publishing, and from infographics to type design. Despite the difficulties and the psychological wear the second COVID year has brought to the students, we are incredibly proud that more than half of the enrolled students were resilient and able to produce and present such fantastic work. Make sure to check the complete list in the open repository online.
Overall graduated students up to 2021: 213
2020 was marked by the impact of the COVID19 pandemic. Nevertheless, an astonishing 35 students concluded their projects. Make sure to check out their dissertations on the open repository online.
Overall graduated students up to 2020: 195
In the 2019 school year, the 20 submitted dissertations, projects, and internship reports covered a wide range of topics, from manga, illustration, and picture books to new aesthetics in graphic design and different media, such as hybrid and independent publications.
Overall graduated students up to 2019: 160
From 2009 (the inaugural year of this Master’s Program) until 2018, we have 140 graduate students. See the complete listings with the students and links to their dissertations/reports below:
We are currently working on retrieving and organizing the listings of previous years [to the creation of this website]. We will soon be able to post the complete list of students who have graduated and the links to their dissertations and reports.