Programme Structure
120 ECTS. Four semesters. Three European universities. One integrated learning experience.
CYBER combines academic training, international mobility, interdisciplinary collaboration and practical experience across four semesters.
Students begin in Lisbon, continue their studies in Barcelona and Paris, and complete the programme through an internship and dissertation or project.
Throughout the programme, HBB and EEB students work together in CYBER-T, bringing behavioural and technological perspectives into a shared learning experience.
Degree awarded
On completing the 120 ECTS, you receive multiple master’s degrees from the consortium universities. The consortium is working towards a single joint degree.
CYBER´s master’s degree is structured in 4 distinct semesters, considering the students´ academic
background Human Behaviour Background (HBB) and Engineering and Exact Sciences Background (EEB), as follows:
| UL Semester #1 HBB + EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Brain, Mind and Behaviour | 5 |
Research Methods in Cyberspace, Behavior and e-Therapy | 10 |
Cyberspace, Behaviour and e-Therapy | 5 |
Option I | 5 |
Option II | 5 |
| UP Semester #2 EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
How to Measure Behavior in e-Health? | 3 |
Data Processing in e-Health | 3 |
Ethics and e-Health | 3 |
Introduction to the Neurophysiology of Behavior | 3 |
Data Life Cycle and e-Health: Pipeline and Content | 3 |
Practicum I | 15 |
| UB Semester #2 HBB | ECTS |
|---|---|
e-Therapy in Clinical and Health Psychology | 3 |
e-Therapy in Rehabilitation | 3 |
Cognitive Neuroscience Applied to Cyberspace | 3 |
Behaviour Disorder Related to Cyberspace | 3 |
Individual Differences and Personality Related to Cyberspace | 3 |
Practicum I | 15 |
| UP Semester #3 HBB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Cyberspace and Teleconsultation | 3 |
Telepresence and Teleconsultation | 6 |
Ethics and e-Health | 3 |
User Experience in Teleconsultation | 6 |
| UL Semester #3 HBB + EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Thematic Seminars in Cyberspace, Behavior and e-Therapy | 12 |
| UB Semester #3 EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Basic Concepts of Psychopathology | 8 |
Basic Concepts in Psychological Intervention | 5 |
Basic Concepts in Health Psychology | 5 |
| UP Semester #4 HBB + EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Dissertation-Project | 15 |
Practicum II | 15 |
| UL Semester #4 HBB + EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Practicum II | 15 |
Dissertation-Project | 15 |
| UB Semester #4 HBB + EEB | ECTS |
|---|---|
Practicum II | 15 |
Dissertation /Project | 15 |
COMPETENCES
CYBER educational model aims at:
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Encourage networking (globalization), enhancing communication literacy;
- Contribute to integration into local communities and exposure to the socio-economic environment;
- Consolidate strategic partnerships in support of research;
- Work in tutorial system with supervised work with professionals or researchers;
- Implement internships mobility: short-intensive (Prep school) and long comprehensive internships (globalization).
The CYBER educational model was established to allow CYBER students to develop the following competences:
Knowledge and know-how
Knowing how to do
knowing how to communicate
supported by specific strategies, namely:
- Observation, research, analysis, communication strategies;
- Research strategies and contextual analysis and possible involvement in projects;
- Research and collaborative strategies with and for the community, with strategic consolidation of partnerships;
- Strategies for implementing global research work, with a collaborative supervision tutorial system encompassing professionals and researchers;
- Europe-wide dissemination and communication strategies, through different types of mobility, short and long term.