APPLICATION TO MASTERS

Key dates:

The academic year 2019/2020 starts in September 2019 and ends in June/July 2020. The selected students are provided with an acceptance letter which they will need for the visa application. Although applications may be submitted in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd phase, we advise non-European students to apply in the 1st phase in order to obtain the student visa on time for the start of the academic year.

1st phase (advisable for non-EU students)*	2nd phase
10 December 2018 – 16 January 2019: application period	17 January – 3 May 2019: application period
30 January 2019: announcement of provisional results	23 May 2019: announcement of provisional results
20 February 2019: announcement of definitive results	14 June 2019: announcement of definitive results
27 February – 11 March 2019: enrolment period (online)	25 June – 5 July: enrolment period (online)
3rd phase (only EU citizens)
6 May – 6 August 2019: application period
4 September 2019: announcement of provisional results
24 September 2019: announcement of definitive results
27 September – 4 October 2019: enrolment period (online)

* Students who need to travel with a visa should preferably apply in the 1st phase otherwise they may not get the visa in time for the start of the academic  year.

Who may apply:

• Holders of a Bachelor’s degree (Licenciatura) or legal equivalent;
• Holders of a foreign higher education degree awarded after a first cycle of studies structured in accordance with the Bologna Process by a State that implemented this process;
• Holders of a foreign higher education degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of a Bachelor’s degree by the scientific committee of the cycle of studies;
• Those with an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognized as attesting to their ability to carry out the cycle of studies by the corresponding Scientific Committee.

Please note: the Scientific Committee of each cycle of studies may determine which admission conditions should be considered, thus restricting or detailing the general conditions defined (see information for each cycle of studies).

Application conditions:

The ranking criteria are defined per cycle of studies (see information for each cycle of studies).
Some cycles of studies or application phases may have minimum requirements for admission, such as a ranking grade equal to, or higher than, a specific value out of 200.
Ranking grade: the result obtained by using the calculation formula provided for in the ranking criteria.

Note:
1 – In the 1^st and 2^nd phases, only applicants who provide supporting documents attesting that they have completed the necessary qualifications to apply will be admitted.

2 – In the 3^rd phase, applicants who have completed or are expected to complete the cycle of studies by the end of the application deadline* will be accepted for ranking. If applicants do not have a graduation certificate yet, they must present a declaration of honour stating that they have completed the necessary qualifications to apply. Enrolment will be subject to the presentation of the corresponding certificate.

* Except for cycles of studies which have other admission conditions to operate.

3 – For the cycles of studies that have an interview as ranking criteria, the scheduling of the interview will be done by e-mail sent to the e-mail address indicated in the application.

Notes for applicants from foreign higher education institutions:

Documents, including in digital format, must be authenticated by consular offices or embassies of Portugal located in the country where the qualification was obtained or, for countries that acceded to the Hague Convention, hold the Hague Apostille of the country where the qualification was obtained. The same applies to the translations (mandatory) of documents whose original language is not Portuguese, Spanish, French or English.
If the authentication with the Hague Apostille is done on a certified copy of the original document, during this process the signature(s) that appear on the original document must be certified so that the capacity of the signatory(ies) of the original document is verified and ensured.

In addition to these, you may be required to present other documents depending on the cycle of studies you are applying for (information available in the application process).

Documents can be submitted unauthenticated in the application stage. However, admitted applicants who have any pending document in their application process (e.g. unauthenticated certificates) will only be able to enrol after they deliver/send the said document.

Necessary documents – select the study programme to check out the respective documents:

 

Application submission: 

Students may apply through the form below. The application will only be processed after the payment of the application fee (€55), which can be done through PayPal or bank transfer.

 

All information regarding the “Admission to 2^nd cycles of studies” (masters) 2019/2020 is available in this page.