The recently created Doctoral Program in Business and Economics of the University of Aveiro, with three branches of specialization - Economics, Management and Finance - responds to the requests of researchers and graduates to continue their doctoral studies in these areas of knowledge, tackling a gap that exists not only in the context of the doctoral programs of the University of Aveiro, but also, due to its differential nature, in the context of the education Programs in these areas in Portugal.

Doctoral study in the speciality "Economics": provides elite preparation of specialists of the highest scientific qualification of the international level for scientific, scientific-pedagogical, production, and innovation spheres of activity; expands possibilities of your career development; guarantees that you will become the most demanded specialist with a systemic vision of economic problems.

The curriculum also includes the term in which it is recommended to complete the compulsory subjects. It is composed in a way that doctoral students can complete their study obligations in two years.

The doctoral study program in Economics and Business Economics of the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka is a member of the two prestigious doctoral networks/associations: Central and South-Eastern European Ph.D. Network (CESEENET) and European Doctoral Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA).