National Students or Equivalent
National or Equivalent Status Students are the students who are in one of the following situations:
- Students who have a European Union (EU) country nationality. Therefore they are Portuguese Students.
- Relatives of Portuguese citizens or of nationals of a European Union country, regardless of their nationality.
- Students who are not from a European Union country and not included in previous number 3, and who have been residing legally in Portugal for more than two years, uninterruptedly, on 1st January from the year they intend to apply to a higher education institution, and their children living legally with them as well. The time of residence in Portugal with a Student Visa does not count towards this purpose.
- Students who, on 1st January from the year they intend to apply to a higher education institution, are holders of the status of equal rights and duties awarded pursuant to an international treaty signed by the Portuguese Government and the State where they are from.
- Foreign citizens who enter Portuguese Higher Education Institutions under the Special Access Systems within the scope of the National Contest of Access and Admission:
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- Citizens from Portuguese-speaking African Countries;
- Nationals from East Timor and children of nationals of East Timor;
- Foreign staff members of a diplomatic mission accredited in Portugal and their relatives also living in Portugal, under a system of reciprocity.
- International mobility students, under an interchange agreement with that aim.
Access to PhD Courses
Application to 3rd Cycles of Studies (PhD Courses) for holders of a Master’s Degree or a condition provided for in the law.
Access to Master's Degree Courses
Application to 2nd Cycles of Studies (Master's Degree Courses) for holders of a Bachelor’s Degree or a condition provided for in the law.
National Contest of Access
Access to Bachelor’s and Integrated Master’s Degree Courses for the Students who complete the national secondary education, by means of a DGES application.
Readmission
Access to Bachelor's or Integrated Master's Degree Courses that enables students to return to their studies, after interrupting them, in the same cycle (or a cycle that may have replaced it).
System of Change of Institution/Course Pair
Contest of access to Bachelor's and Integrated Master's Degree Courses for Higher Education Students
Holders of other Higher Degree Courses
Special Contest of Access to Bachelor's and Integrated Master's Degree Courses for Holders of other Higher Degree Courses
Contest of Access for Applicants Over 23 Years Old
Special Contest of Access to Bachelor's and Integrated Master's Degree Courses for Applicants Over 23 Years Old without academic qualifications to apply to higher education
Non-Degree Courses
Non-Degree Training in all fields of knowledge, with different length and objectives.
Isolated Curricular Units
Application to attend isolated curricular units of cycles of studies and courses at the UC for students over 16 years old.