Postgraduate Program Advanced Quality Management

Develop advanced expertise in Quality Management and strengthen your ability to lead continuous improvement, drive organizational excellence, and address the challenges of an increasingly competitive, sustainable, and innovation-driven business landscape.

Next Date
February 2027
Length
5 months
Format
B-learning
Investment
2700€

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Overview

The Advanced Quality Management Postgraduate Program equips professionals with the knowledge and strategic capabilities to lead organizational transformation through operational excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Combining advanced quality management methodologies with systems thinking, sustainability, productivity, and resilience, the program provides an integrated perspective on today’s complex business challenges.

Designed for professionals seeking to strengthen their leadership and decision-making skills, this executive program prepares participants to implement effective quality systems, create organizational value, and enhance competitiveness in an increasingly dynamic and demanding global business environment.

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Course content

The Advanced Quality Management postgraduate program is structured into four modules and provides a comprehensive, practice-oriented approach to modern quality management. Combining theoretical foundations with real-world applications, the program explores systems thinking, productivity, sustainability, and resilience as key drivers of organizational excellence.

Through interactive sessions and contributions from leading experts, participants gain advanced knowledge and practical tools to address complex quality challenges, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and create sustainable value across diverse organizational contexts. Upon successful completion, participants are awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Quality Management.

Learning outcomes

The Advanced Quality Management postgraduate program is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, strategic perspective, and practical skills required to address the evolving challenges of quality management in today’s organizations. By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

Understand the evolution from traditional quality systems to comprehensive systems quality approaches that address organizational complexity.
Master advanced productivity methodologies including Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and Zero Defect Manufacturing.
Develop competencies in sustainability-focused quality management including Life Cycle Assessment and Zero Effect principles.
Build organizational resilience through advanced risk management and predictive quality analytics.
Apply systems thinking to quality challenges across diverse organizational contexts.
Identify and implement appropriate quality methodologies based on specific industry needs and challenges.
Develop skills to lead quality improvement initiatives that balance efficiency, sustainability, and long-term resilience.
Learn to use predictive analytics and data-driven approaches to anticipate quality issues before they occur.
Understand the cultural dimensions of quality management and how to foster a quality-focused organizational culture.
Integrate quality principles into service design and delivery with customer-centric approaches.

Participant Profile

The Postgraduate Program in Advanced Quality Management is designed for professionals seeking to develop the knowledge and competencies required to lead quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives in organizations across different sectors.

This course is particularly relevant for:

Quality managers and quality professionals
Operations and production managers
Process improvement and operational excellence specialists
Engineers from different disciplines
Consultants
Professionals wishing to transition into quality management roles
Professionals seeking to strengthen their strategic responsibilities in quality and organizational excellence
Recent graduates looking to develop expertise in quality management and organizational improvement

Participants will develop advanced competencies in systems thinking, continuous improvement, productivity, sustainability, resilience, and data-driven decision-making, enabling them to lead quality initiatives and improve organizational performance in increasingly complex and competitive environments. The program may also support participants in progressing to new roles or leadership responsibilities within their organizations

Program Coordination

André M. Carvalho

Assistant Professor NOVA FCT

André M. Carvalho is Assistant Professor of Quality Engineering and Management at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

He holds an Integrated Master’s in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Minho and a PhD in Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing through the MIT Portugal Program. During his doctoral studies, he was a Visiting Student Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University. He also completed postdoctoral research at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), focusing on digital tools for quality and risk management.

Before joining academia, he held professional roles in quality management and logistics at Bosch Portugal and Logoplaste Brazil. His research focuses on quality and performance management, organizational culture, systems thinking, agility, sustainability, and organizational transformation. His work has received international recognition from organizations including the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society, the International Academy for Quality (IAQ), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

Radu Godina

Assistant Professor at NOVA FCT

Radu Godina is an Assistant Professor at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he conducts teaching and research in the fields of industrial engineering, operations management, and manufacturing technologies. He serves on the Executive Board of UNIDEMI – the Research and Development Unit in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, which is part of the Associate Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LASI) – and leads the Sustainable and Digital Factories & Services research group.

His research focuses on several areas, including sustainable and digital manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, industrial symbiosis, circular economy, life cycle assessment, additive manufacturing, and quality control. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 indexed scientific publications and has established an extensive network of collaborations with international universities and industrial partners.

He has participated in and coordinated national and European applied research projects, including initiatives related to maritime logistics, industrial sustainability, and the environmental, economic, and social assessment of additive manufacturing processes. He previously served as Coordinator of the Master’s Programme in Maritime Logistics and of the international postgraduate programme Maritime Logistics Business and Operations, both taught in English.

He also acts as an expert evaluator for several international research funding agencies, including the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). As a representative of NOVA FCT, he has also contributed to the development of Portuguese standardization documents at the Portuguese Institute for Quality (IPQ).

In addition, he has been consecutively included over the past three years in the prestigious Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists Ranking, which identifies the world’s most influential researchers, thereby contributing to the international recognition and visibility of the NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.