Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Culinary Arts (Technological Specialisation Course)
Culinary Arts
Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Porto · Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Porto, Porto · Portugal
- Official award
- Diploma of Technological Specialization level 5 in Food Production and Management
- Duration
- 1 year (full-time), two semesters including a 3-month internship
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 1,500see costs below
Award and recognition
One-year full-time course preparing students for technical and management work in food service and F&B departments, with English as working language.
- Qualification category
- Diploma
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Escolas do Turismo de Portugal (school network)The page states the course has a request and functioning authorization by ordinance no. 206/2022 of 19 August; the issuing authority of the diploma is not named.
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- Framework level
- other level 5As stated in the source: Level 5 as stated by the school for the Technological Specialisation Diploma (framework not named on the page).. A framework level does not make different national awards equivalent.
- On completion
- Diploma of Technological Specialization (level 5) in Food Production and Management; ECTS credits recognised under the Bologna process for further study.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Professional cookery, Culinary management
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
No recognition record is attached to this program. See the school’s recognition section.
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 1 year (full-time), two semesters including a 3-month internship
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
- Note on hours
- Semester totals shown in the curriculum table are 500 per semester; unit not labelled on the page text, so treat as unverified.
Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Published duration
- 3-month curricular internship
No placement is guaranteed unless the school states so. Restaurant names or logos on a school’s site do not prove a current training partnership.
Admissions
- Prior education
- Secondary education or legally equivalent qualification; or technological specialisation diploma / higher education holders seeking retraining.
- Minimum age
- 18
- Language requirements
- Proficiency in the language in which the training is taught.
- Official application
- Application and instructions
Source quote partly matched; being reviewed.
Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course fee (10 monthly instalments of EUR 150)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 1,500for the whole program | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: teaching and practical hours, funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)