Career Accelerator Lab (CAL) is a mandatory requirement for full-time MSc students planned by the Careers and Talent Office. It is designed to help students in CATÓLICA-LISBON’s Master programs to develop skills important for working with and managing people, as well as for approaching the job market, and therefore for lifelong employability and growth.
This is our suggestion on how you should distribute the Career Accelerator Lab points throughout your Master Program:
1st Trimester | 2nd Trimester |
3rd Trimester (including Career Accelerator Bootcamp) |
4th Trimester | Thesis Semester | |
Workshops | Max. 18 Points | Max. 18 Points | Max. 18 Points | Max. 18 Points | Only if you were not able to do everything during the 1st year |
Company Sessions | As many as you want, to find out more about the job market. |
There will be several activities running simultaneously, so you will have to choose carefully. Not all activities and workshops will be offered in all trimesters. Remember that skipping a Workshop / Company session is unfair to students that wanted to attend but didn't get a slot.
On that note, if you have to complete 4 ECTS, each trimester you will be assigned a grade based on your attendance in workshops and company activities (more information below).
Aditional Information
Career Accelerator Lab absence justifications will only be accepted if you provide an EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE here.
The Absence Form should be submitted within two days after the date of the workshop/activity. If necessary, the justification documents can be provided later, but always within 5 working days after the date of the workshop/recruitment activity. At the end of this time period, the absence justification will be automatically declared invalid.
Since the Certificate of Conclusion does not list all activities completed during the Career Accelerator Lab program, students can request the Careers & Talent Office to issue a Career Lab Certificate that provides all that information.
As such, after the thesis defense, students can ask for this specific certificate by sending an e-mail to careerlab.clsbe@ucp.pt