Legislation

Structuring laws of higher education

	International Student Decree-Law no. 62/2018, of 6th August – amends and republishes the Statute of International Student, previously published by the Decree-Law no. 36/2014, of 10th March and amended by Decree-Law no. 113/2014, of 16th July.
	Degrees and Diplomas of Higher Education: Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of 24th March, amended by: Decree-Law no. 107/2008, of 25th June Decree-Law no. 230/2009, of 14th September Decree-Law no. 115/2013, of 7th August Decree-Law no. 63/2016, of 13th September Decree-Law nº 65/2018, of 16th August
	Basic Law of the Educational System:  Law no. 48/86, of 14th October, amended by Law no. 115/97, of 19th September and Law no. 49/2005, of 30th August.
	Legal System of Higher Education Institutions: Law no. 62/2007, of 10th September.
	Regulatory principles of the mechanisms for the creation of the European Higher Education Area (ECTS): Decree-Law no. 42/2005, of 22nd February, including the amendments that were introduced by Decree-Law no. 107/2008, of 25th June.
	Assessment of Higher Education: Law no. 38/2007, of 16th August.
	Higher Education Funding: Law no. 37/2003, of 22nd August, including the amendments that were introduced, namely the ones concerning mechanisms for debt settlement for not having paid the tuition fee: Law no. 75/2019, of 2nd September Law no. 32/2020 of 12th August Ordinance no. 197/2020 of 17 August
	Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education: Decree-Law no. 369/2007, of 5th November.
	Coordinating Council of Higher Education: Regulatory Decree no. 15/2009, of 31st August.
	Recognition of Academic Degrees and Diplomas awarded by Foreign Higher Education Institutions Ordinance no. 33/2019, of 25th January  Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of 16th August,
	Diploma Supplement: Ordinance no. 30/2008, of 10th January
	Legal System of the Tenure Academic Qualification: Decree-Law no. 239/2007, 19th de June.

Systems of Change of Institution/Course Pair and Readmission

Ordinance no. 181-D/2015, of 19th June. Approves the Regulation of the Systems of Readmission and Change of Institution/Course Pair in Higher Education.  It revokes, with effect from the end of the application to enrolment and registration in the academic year 2015-2016, the Ordinance no. 401/2007, of 5th April, amended by Ordinance no. 232-A/2013, of 22nd July and Decree-Law no. 113/2014, of 16th July.

Decree-Law no. 113/2014, of 16th July   Governs the Special Contests for Access and Admission to Higher Education

Training in Specific Areas

	Training of Teachers: Decree-Law no. 43/2007, of 22nd February, Decree-Law no. 220/2009, of 8th September, Decree-Law no. 255/98, of 11th August.
	Professional Qualifications governed by the European Union: Directive 2005/36/EC, Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.

This webpage is an extract of the webpage of the Directorate General for Higher Education (DGES) at http://www.dges.gov.pt » , appropriate to the context of National Higher Education in which the University of Coimbra is included.