Cycle of Studies Completion

	The completion of a cycle of studies (Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD degrees) takes place when the last remaining curricular unit to complete the study programme, established for that cycle of studies, is successfully completed.
	The completion date is the date of the assessment (attendance, exam or defence) of the curricular unit that led to the completion of the cycle of studies and its consequent achievement of the Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree.
	The completion of a 2nd Cycle of Studies (Master’s Degree) takes place by means of the successful defence of a Dissertation.
	In the Organisational Units (OU) in which the Dissertation or a similar work cannot take place until 30th September, the defence is accepted until 31st October, in accordance with information communicated in advance by the OU to the Academic Management Services (SGA).
	Whenever the submission and /or defence of the dissertation does not take place until this date, the student must register for the new academic year and consequently pay the tuition fee.
	If the dissertation or a similar work defence takes place until the end of February, the student is exempt from paying the tuition fee concerning the second semester, except for the situations in which that is explicitly contradicted
	The completion of a 3rd Cycle of Studies (PhD Degree), for the purpose of tuition fee payment, takes place by means of the submission of a Thesis and the request for admission to the PhD Exam in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the UC (RAUC). The completion of the PhD Degree takes place by means of the successful defence of the Thesis.
	The target date for submitting the Thesis in the current academic year is usually until 31st August Check the Rector’s Order concerning the annual deadlines »
	If the submission of the Thesis with all the documents does not take place until 31st August, the student must register for the new academic year and consequently pay the tuition fee.

[1.] Student who completed the course during the academic year

1.1 The student may download his/her Diploma (Completion Certificate) at InforEstudante ou request it at one of the Academic Centres of the Academic Management Services of the University of Coimbra, which is responsible for the issuance of that certificate:

• The student must have that course’s tuition fee payments already settled, so that the certificate may be issued by the UC.

• This implies the payment of the registration fee and the total amount of the tuition fee, that is, all the instalments concerning the academic year. The tuition fee’s amount is annual and its splitting into instalments is only intended to make it easier for students to pay it.

1.2 After the payment, the Certificate is downloaded as a file in PDF format, collected at the Academic Services of the University of Coimbra or received by regular mail (CTT), in accordance with the request of the student, and free of additional charges.

1.3 If you complete a 1st Cycle of Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) and you are registered for individual curricular units (avulsas) of a Master’s Degree, you must maintain your registration until the end of the academic year.

[2.] Student who completed the 1st Cycle of an Integrated Master’s Degree

2.1 If this situation takes place immediately after an application (by means of readmission, transfer or change of course):

• The applicant must formalise his/her enrolment on that course and in the academic year in which he/she was admitted, and he/she cannot have any tuition fee debts concerning that course.

2.2 The student may submit a request for Diploma (Completion Certificate) of the 1st Cycle, in accordance with what is defined in [1.]

[3.] Student who completed a 1st Cycle course with a continuity 2nd Cycle

3.1 In the academic year subsequent to the completion of the 1st Cycle, the student must apply during the established deadline.

• On the enrolment, the individual curricular units associated with the 1st Cycle will be carried over into the 2nd Cycle.
• If by carrying over individual curricular units the student completes the 2nd Cycle course, he/she does not have to register for the current academic year, and consequently does not have to pay the tuition fee.

3.2 If you complete the 1st Cycle of Studies during the academic year and you are registered for individual curricular units (avulsas) of a Master’s Degree, you must maintain your registration until the end of the academic year.

• In the subsequent academic year you may apply to the Continuity Master’s Degree, in accordance with point 3.1.

3.3 In any situation, after completing a course, the student may request for the Diploma (Completion Certificate) of the 1st Cycle, in accordance with what is defined in [1].