[1.] The requester solicits the Academic Management Services to create the collection in the platform Provas Académicas  (Digital Repository for the Scientific Production of the University of Coimbra) so that he/she is able to accomplish the submission of the documents by means of the form Academicos@uc.pt, available at www.uc.pt/academicos/e-mail: 

• Categories: Other Degree/Title Holder
• Request Type: Academic act
• Description/Subject: Aggregation exam

In the "Message" of the request, the branch of knowledge or the speciality, for which the Tenure exam is requested, must be mentioned so that the message may be handled more easily and quicker. 

[3.] After uploading the documents to the platform Provas Académicas, the requester solicits admission to the Tenure exam by means of the form Im0904 - Request form for admission to exams for tenure at UC, directed to the Rector of the University of Coimbra. The form must be delivered in person to the Academic Centre of the Academic Management Services, in Polo 1 (Colégio de Santa Rita - Palácio dos Grilos), or sent by regular mail, attaching the following documents:

• An evidence (supporting document) of the PhD degree or category (except professors of the UC);
• 1 electronic copy of the Curriculum Vitae, the report and the detailed abstract of the seminar or lecture (the documents may be included in only one CD/DVD);
• 1 hard copy of the Curriculum Vitae, report and detailed abstract of the seminar or lecture;
• 1 (hard and/or electronic) copy of the works mentioned in the Curriculum Vitae that the applicant considers to be the most relevant ones;
• Declaration and acceptance of terms for accessing the platform Provas Académicas by means of the form Im0516 - Authorization to make tenure research available in the UC digital repository known as General Study ("Estudo Geral");
• Provide the data of the valid Citizen/ID Card, in the case of a Portuguese citizen; or the data of the passport or other document, in other cases).

Researchers with a relevant research activity in the UC must also:

• Attach to their admission request the document attesting the previous recognition by the Rector. Otherwise, the request will comply with the proceedings provided for in the tenure exam regarding other applicants (non-professors of the UC).

If the researchers do not have the previous recognition by the rector, they may request that recognition to the SGA in an Academic Centre (request free of charge), attaching the proper substantiation (deliver a detailed Curriculum Vitae that explains the extent and relevance of the connection to the UC).