BYT+ Program

A postgraduate program to attract talent in the field of marine and environmental sciences and biotechnologies, in partnership with industry and SMEs. This program aims to provide the best students selected for a master’s course at a Portuguese University with complementary postgraduate training in a scientific environment of excellence. The selected candidates will have the opportunity to carry out their master’s project, for 10 months, integrated in a research team of CIIMAR, in the areas of marine biotechnology, global changes and ecosystem services, conservation, aquaculture and nutrition. The young talents will be involved in a stimulating scientific environment and will have the opportunity to participate in a set of postgraduate enrichment activities that enhance scientific excellence, marine entrepreneurship and their insertion in the labor market.

This program follows the very positive experience that has been the BYT CIIMAR undergraduate program, dedicated to students from the last year of University of Porto degrees,  which is already in its 10th edition in partnership with 20 entities.