Diploma de Técnico Superior Profissional em Gerontologia

EQF level 5. ISCED 2011 level 5.

The following may apply for the CTeSP: those who hold a secondary education course or legal equivalent; those who have been approved in the exams specifically directed to assessing the ability of applicants over 23 to attend higher education, exams that were taken within the desired degree, in accordance with the Law no. 64/2006, 21st March; those who have a diploma in technological specialisation or of higher professional technician or another higher education degree that seek to achieve their professional requalification.

Following the implementation of the Bologna Process and the consequent legislation regarding the mobility of students among degrees and higher education institutions, prior learning must be recognized and credited. The prior learning concept comprises all the previous learning/training undertaken in other higher education study cycles in national or international institutions (crediting of certified training), as well as previous professional experience and any post-secondary school training or education. As such, the IPB promotes the crediting of the student’s prior learning when arriving at the institution. Aiming at a quick and full integration of the student in his/her new education programme, the recognition procedures must be submitted when enrolling at the IPB. For further enquiries on crediting and recognizing prior learning and training at the IPB (calendars, procedures and assessment criteria), please go to the Applicant Portal at www.ipb.pt/portaldocandidato.

2 Curricular Years. 3240 Total hours. 120 ECTS credits, corresponding to 1 credit at 27 hours. Includes a 30 credit stage.

he profile of the programme comprises the development of the technical knowledge and the higher professional qualification in the education and training area of Social Work.

The diploma of higher professional technicians is conferred after a cycle of studies of 120 European Credits, that includes three components of training: general and scientific (24 credits), technical (66 credits) and in work context (30 credits). To complete the course students should obtain approval for all curricular units of the study plan. The diploma of higher professional technicians in Gerontology is awarded to students who demonstrate, in this area: a) to have knowledge and ability to understand; b) to know how to apply the knowledge and understanding acquired in professional contexts; c) to be able to identify and use information responding to a well-defined concrete and abstract problems; d) to have competencies that allow them to communicate about their understanding of issues, competencies and activities, with their peers, supervisors and clients; e) to have learning skills that allow them to pursue studies with some autonomy.

The Professional Higher Gerontology Technical Course is part of the Health and Social Protection training area, and its graduates are prepared to perform technical functions within the scope of the syllabus profile.

The holders of a higher professional technician diploma can access to a bachelor's degree and to an integrated master's degree. Access and enrolment is done by means of a special application enshrined in a particular law.

Examination and assessment are regulated by the IPB general regulation, available in www.ipb.pt/sa, and by the School pedagogical regulation, available in www.essa.ipb.pt. Consult this Guide under the option “The ECTS at the IPB” for information on the grading and qualification system.

Full-time.