I am looking for postgraduate degree programs for Portuguese in the US
and the UK.  In Googling around, it seems that most modern language
programs appear to lump Portuguese and Spanish together as Iberian
languages, and they generally seem to have a far stronger emphasis on
Spanish. I want to find out where I could do postgrad work in
Portuguese without bogging down in Spanish topics.

I am looking for a good listing, preferably including all of the UK
options and those for major US universities, with links to the
department homepages.  If these pages included a curriculum for their
Portuguese offerings, that would be great as well (a good indicator
that they are serious about Portuguese).  And if you come across any
decent independent information about Portuguese post-grad programs
(ie, comparison of quality, evaluation) that would be appreciated as
well.

I'm leaving the specific area a bit vague - I am not sure exactly what
I would aim to study.  Language and literature, probably, with a
Brazilian flavor.  But not rejecting history or 'area studies' if they
are relevant. I want to do (most of) my reading in Portuguese and my
writing in English or Portuguese.

I've thought about studying in a lusophone country, but for family
reasons the UK and US would be strongly preferred.

Hello sagwalla

Here are potentially relevant courses that I have been able to
identify.

UK

Of  94 “possibilities” identified at http://www.prospects.ac.uk
following a search for graduate courses in Spanish and Portuguese
Studies (search results at:
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Search_courses_and_research/p!eacge?mode=Search&crs_type=B&study=DM&subjects=55&institutions=ALL&regions=ALL&keyword=&ukstudent=Y&type=A&current=1
), only the following seem to offer the opportunity to specialize in
Portuguese without Spanish:

Manchester University, MA in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American
Studies
“This general MA is a modular programme, with a free choice of course
units from those offered by the Spanish and Portuguese department.
Students may specialize in Spain, Latin America, or the
Portuguese-speaking world, according to their qualifications and
interests.”
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/SML/admiss/pg/progs/spanish.shtml

Birmingham University,
Researcg Degrees: Supervision is offered for the degrees of MPhil,
MLitt and PhD in the following areas - 8 listed including:
Portuguese literature; the Uruguayan short story; advertising
language; translation studies. Contact: Dr Patricia Odber de Baubeta.
Tel: 0121 414 6031. Email: P.A.Odber-de-Baubeta@bham.ac.uk
www.bham.ac.uk/PortugueseStudies/postgrad.htm

Kings College, London
MA in Portuguese Studies
This MA enables students with special interests in the Lusophone world
to concentrate on one of three pathways – Literature and Culture,
History and Lusophone Africa. The programme of study for each student
is arranged individually with the appropriate member(s) of the
Department. There is no formal language requirement for this degree,
although the Department reserves the right to determine the minimum
level of reading ability desirable for the course of study to be
taken. The examination consists of three specialist papers, a
dissertation (about 15,000 words) and a viva voce.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/humanities/pobrst/std_ma.html

University of Liverpool
MA in Hispanic studies: The course comprises five taught modules and a
dissertation. Two modules provide training in research methods and
resources. The other three are linked reading courses, one exploring
the wider background to the student's chosen area of research, one
examining in some depth a specific related topic, and one exploring
the feasibility of the dissertation topic. Candidates are expected to
propose a topic of study at the time of application and the content of
the various modules will be tailored to that topic.
MPhil/PhD: The degrees of M.Phil. (Master of Philosophy) and Ph.D.
(Doctor of Philosophy) are awarded for substantial original research
presented in the form of a thesis. The topic and nature of the
research are decided by the student in consultation with the
supervisor. The Department offers specialist supervision in the
following areas:  8 topics, including Literature in Portuguese
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~lynnf/postgrad.html

Sheffield University
MA All Sheffield MAs have a modular structure: a total of 180 credits
must be earned. The titles of modules are deliberately kept as general
as possible, so that course content may be negotiated between students
and supervisor, to take account wherever practicable, of individual
student aptitudes and interests, within the overall pattern of
departmental teaching.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/hispanic/postgraduates/progs.html
Under Examples of Course Content: CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE - LANGUAGE
AND LITERATURE  Designed for graduates in Modern Languages with little
or no knowledge of Portuguese who wish to acquire a qualification in
this area. For those with a grounding in Portuguese, further language
study and a wide range of monographic options (including Brazilian)
are available.
www.shef.ac.uk/hispanic/postgraduates/maapp.html

University of Edinburgh
The Department of Hispanic Studies, which forms part of the Graduate
School of Asian & Modern European Languages, can provide personal
supervision for the M.Sc. by Research and/or the Ph.D. in a wide range
of cognate areas. The research interests of the staff focus mainly on
literary and cultural studies relating to Spain, Portugal and Latin
America. The list which follows is intended to give a general idea of
the principal research fields and expertise of the current academic
staff. The absence of a topic, area or author of particular interest
to you does not necessarily mean that supervision cannot be provided.
Topics include: 19th- and 20th-century Portuguese Culture and
Literature: literary influence and national identity in "Geração de
70", "Saudosismo", "Renascença Portuguesa" (particularly works of
Oliveira Martins, Guerra Junqueiro, Teixeira de Pascoaes and Miguel
Torga).
Research which bridges these areas or which involves parallel or
complementary study in another department is also welcome.
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/hispanic/postgd.html

University of Bristol
MA in Portuguese
This programme aims to extend the student's knowledge and appreciation
of literature in Portuguese. The units studied will progress from a
general survey of a period or movement to more intensive
specialisation.
Students choose two units from the following list:
Literature of the Portuguese Golden Age
The 19th-century Portuguese Novel
The Romantic Movement in Brazil
20th-century Prose Fiction in Brazil
Contemporary Prose Fiction in Angola and Mozambique
The 'Claridade' Movement in Cape Verdian literature
Students are encouraged to pursue independent research leading to a
dissertation which should investigate in some depth a topic within the
field of Portuguese, Brazilian or Lusophone African literature.
http://www.prospectus.bris.ac.uk/pgp02/FMPro?-db=02p.fp3&-format=prog.htm&-Token=Arts&NUMBER=205&-max=1&-find

Leeds University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The Department offers supervision at postgraduate level (full-time and
part-time) in most areas of Hispanic Studies. In Portuguese studies,
the Department's research focuses on Portuguese fiction, and on the
art, literature and popular culture (especially cinema and music) of
Brazil.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/spanport/pgrad.htm

University of Oxford, Sub-faculty of Portuguese
Students can read for the degrees of DPhil and MLitt on all aspects of
the literature and linguistics of Portuguese. Students complete 1 year
of research training and must complete a transfer procedure to full
DPhil status. Contact name: Graduate Admissions   Telephone: 01865
270060
From Prospects.ac.uk   I was unable to find any further information on
this possibility on the Oxford site http://www.ox.ac.uk , where the
subfaculty’s page only describes the undergraduate programme
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~srp/broch2k.html

USA

Of the 27 listings that came up in a search for “Portuguese” on
gradschools.com (search results at:
http://www.gradschools.com/listings/all/portugese.html ) only the
following meet your rquirements:

University of California, Berkeley
The sequence of undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department
of Spanish and Portuguese is designed to lead from the acquisition of
competence in written and spoken Spanish or Portuguese, through an
acquaintance with the structure and history of one or both of these
languages and a critical understanding of the development and
achievements of their literatures in the Old World and in the New, to
training in advanced study and independent research.
http://spanish-portuguese.berkeley.edu/graduate.html
FAQ Luso-Brazilian Studies  - about the new Luso-Brazilian
interdisciplinary MA
http://spanish-portuguese.berkeley.edu/grad/luso.html

Brighham Young University, Portuguese MA
The MA in Portuguese with emphasis in:
Portuguese Linguistics (555460)
or
Portuguese Literature (555461)
http://humanities.byu.edu/SpanPort/department.html

Brown University Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies
Master of Arts in Brazilian Studies
Doctor of Philosophy in Luso-Brazilian Studies
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/StudyPrgs/Graduate.html

Harvard
The Graduate Program in Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rll/graduate/portuguese.html

Indiana 
Indiana University Bloomington offers an undergraduate major and minor
as well as an M.A. in Portuguese. Doctoral students may pursue a Ph.D.
with a concentration on the literatures of the Portuguese language.
http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/lusobras.html

Tulane University
Tulane University is home to one of the country's leading graduate
programs in Spanish and Portuguese, boasting a 100% placement record
of the Ph.D.'s it has produced. Students pursue M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
in Spanish and Portuguese as well as a combined Spanish-Portuguese
M.A. degree.
http://www.tulane.edu/~spanport/index.html

University of California, Los Angeles
MA Portuguese [nb a small Spanish component included]
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/spanport/programs/grad_course_port.html
University of California, Santa Barbara, Center for Portuguese Studies
MA Portuguese: The program is designed for students who plan to earn a
Ph.D. in the field of Portuguese and Brazilian language and
literature, and it is normally completed within two years. Spanish
121, Spanish 212A, and at least one two-quarter graduate research
seminar in Portuguese or Brazilian literature (294A-B or 295A-B) are
required. A reading knowledge of a pertinent language other than
Portuguese is required.
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers the Ph.D. degree in
Hispanic languages and literatures in three areas: Spanish and
Spanish-American literature, Luso-Brazilian literature, and Hispanic
linguistics.
http://www.portcenter.ucsb.edu/degree.htm

University of Illinois at Urbana
MA Portuguese Literature. 
Description in pdf format
http://www.sip.uiuc.edu/graduate/pdfs/g50.pdf
Departmental home page: http://www.sip.uiuc.edu/

University of Massachusetts Amherst
MA and PhD According to the description on gradschools.com “Students
may concentrate in Spanish, Portugese, or a combination of both.”
I found it a bit difficult to figure how much Spanish study is
actually involved for someone who concentrates on Portuguese, but I
include this course in case it is relevant.
http://www.umass.edu/spanport/grad.html#III.%20Course%20of%20Study

University of Minnesota
M.A. Program in Luso-Brazilian Literature
However, does include Spanish:
The courses for the Luso-Brazilian Literature MA degree are
distributed as follows:
 * 4 core courses in Luso-Brazilian Literature (Port 5520, 5530, 5540
and a 59xx Topics course or their equivalent).
* 4 core courses from Spanish or Spanish-American Literature sequences
(see above).
* 2 courses outside the program. While these courses may be from the
other MA programs in the Department, students are strongly urged to
take courses outside the Department in order to build towards the
Graduate School's 18 credit Minor or Related Field requirement at the
Ph.D. level.
* SpPt 5999: pedagogy course for new Teaching Assistants.
http://spanport.cla.umn.edu/grad/lusobrazil.htm

University of New Mexico
MA Portuguese
but again there seems to be Spanish involved: The M.A. is offered
under Plan 1 (thesis) and Plan 2 (course work only). Plan 1 requires a
minimum of 27 hours of course work and a thesis. Plan 2 requires 33
hours of course work. Under Plan 1 a thesis proposal must be submitted
to the student’s thesis committee no later than the beginning of the
fourth semester of study, when the student will register for 6 hours
of thesis credit. Under both plans students take comprehensive
examinations at the end of their course work. All course work must be
at the 500 level or above, with the exception of Span 423 (Cervantes,
El Quijote), Span 438 (Mexican Literature), and Span 450 (Spanish
Mysticism).
http://www.unm.edu/~spanish/ (select “graduate programs” and then
“Portuguese”)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Department of Romance Languages offers 2-year M.A. programs
inLuso-Brazilian literature.
1) 13th - 15th centuries (Portuguese)
2) 16th - 18th centuries (Portuguese)
3) 19th - 20th centuries (Portuguese)
4) Prose Fiction (Brazilian)
5) Poetry (Brazilian)
6) Theater (Brazilian)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/roml/grad/index.htm

University of Texas, Austin
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Luso-Brazilian Literature
LUSO-BRAZILIAN LITERATURE: Coursework for the M.A. in Luso-Brazilian
literature is prescribed by the Portuguese faculty in consultation
with the graduate adviser.
The examination consists of four one-hour questions with two choices
in each section distributed as follows:
1. Luso-Brazilian Literature: Colonial period; 2. Brazilian
Literature: 19th Century;
3. Brazilian Literature: 20th Century; 4. Luso-Brazilian Culture and
Civilization. At least one question must be answered in Portuguese.
Coursework for the Ph.D. in Luso-Brazilian literature is prescribed by
the Portuguese faculty in consultation with the graduate adviser. This
program requires 12 courses (36 hours) which may be distributed as
follows:
1 course in early Portuguese literature (Medieval through Baroque or
Colonial Brazilian literature)
1 or 2 courses in 19th century Portuguese /Brazilian literature
1 or 2 courses in 20th century Portuguese/Brazilian literature &
culture
2 courses in linguistics (unless already taken for the M.A. degree)
1 course in literary theory (to be cross-listed with Spanish)
2 courses in supporting work outside the major areas
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/spanish/gradinfo/gsh/degreesoffered.html

Vanderbilt University
Gradschools.com lists this university as offering MA and PhD studies
in Portuguese
However, the university’s own site mentions only an MA in Spanish and
Portuguese, although it does say: The purpose of the MA examination is
to ascertain that the candidate has become a generalist in Spanish and
Spanish-American literature, or in Luso-Brazilian literature. 
Therefore, this institution is included for your information.
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/spanport/graduateprogram

I was unable to find any comparisons or evaluations of any of these
programmes.

All the descriptions come from the cited websites 

Search strategy: I knew of prospects.ac.uk and gradschools.com and
used these as a starting point
Further Google searches on 1. Portuguese postgraduate course 2.
Portuguese graduate course did not result in any further relevant
information

Thanks very much for your answer, tehuti-ga!  That was exactly what I
was looking for, and very fast, too.