The Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Nursing arises in the context of a partnership between the Escola Superior de Enfermagem de São José de Cluny, the Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria and the Escola Superior de Enfermagem Dr. José Timóteo Montalvão Machado, which has the new nomenclature of Higher School of Nursing Portuguese Red Cross - Alto Tâmega.

It is intended to train nurses with scientific, technical, ethical and human competence, so that they can meet the demands of the social role that the citizens of their region, country and the whole world expect of them.

This Master's Course in Rehabilitation Nursing has the general objective of ensuring the acquisition of scientific, technical, human and cultural skills suitable for the provision of nursing care, specialized in the field of rehabilitation. Increased competences are ensured in the scientific field, through this training at the 2nd cycle level, namely, in the scientific area of the course and in the specific field of research.