Relevant Areas
Qualification in the relevant area(s) for this course (Article 40-F of Decree-Law n.º 65/2018), must be demonstrated with the approval in the following subject, attested in the certificate of secondary education or legally equivalent qualification:
- Economics or
- Mathematics or
- Portuguese
DGES Registry
Course registered at the General Directorate of Higher Education with the number R/c 375/2015
Area of Education and Training
345 - Management and Administration
Publication in the Official Gazette
Notice nº 10220/2017 - 2nd series, n.º 171, of 5 September.
Study Program Evaluation
This Higher Technical Professional Course is a vocational training course taught as part of polytechnic higher education and lasts 4 semesters, corresponding to 120 ECTS. The course is organised into general and scientific training, technical training and on-the-job training (internship), and each student is awarded with a Higher Technical Professional Diploma at level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.
Professional profile
The Higher Technical Professional Course in Administrative Human Resource Management aims to train professionals who are able to carry out the primary administrative duties demanded upstream and downstream of human resources management, provide technical support for the negotiation and hiring processes, and ensure the proper management of work teams and interpersonal relationships.
Professional opportunities
Carrying out duties including drawing up recruitment, selection, welcoming and integration processes; auditing, analysing and assessing work tasks; drawing up performance assessment processes and vocational training processes; processing salaries/ remuneration/bonuses; supporting the corporate hierarchy with integrated human resource management; managing the entire registration process; gathering and processing qualitative and quantitative data on occupational health, safety and hygiene; supporting career management.
Entry requirements (one of the following)
- Having completed a secondary education course qualification or a legally equivalent qualification.
- Having passed the special exams for assessing capacity to attend higher education for people over 23 (Decree-Law no. 64/2006 of 21 March).
- Holding a technological specialization diploma, higher technical professional diploma or higher level qualification.