Undergraduate - Other Nationalities

Course (Programme)	Notice of Call for Applications	Places	Examination taken at the end of secondary education in the following areas (1)	Language of Instruction	Mode of Study
Bioengineering (U)	Notice – Bioengineering	15	Mathematics | Additionally may submit Biology and Geology or Physics and Chemistry	Portuguese | English(2)	Daytime
Economics (U)	Notice - Economics	3	Mathematics	Portuguese | English	Daytime
Management (U)	Notice - Management	7	Mathematics	Portuguese | English	Daytime
Microbiology (U)	Notice - Microbiology	15	Biology or Physics and Chemistry or Mathematics	Portuguese | English(2)	Daytime
Nutritional Sciences (U)	Notice – Nutritional Sciences	15	Biology and Geology	Portuguese | English(2)	Daytime

(L) – Undergraduate degree
(1) To know which examination you need to present, see step 3
(2) Only if there is a sufficient number of students to open a class fully taught in English

Other courses are only taught in Portuguese. To know more see http://www.candidaturas.porto.ucp.pt/ > Licenciaturas (outras nacionalidades)

 

To be eligible, applicants must:

A.       be considered an International Student, for which you must satisfy the following conditions:

Not to be a national of a European Union Member State and:

• not a direct descendant, spouse (husband/wife) or partner of a national of a European Union Member State
• not having been legally residing in Portugal continuously for more than two years on the 1^st January of the year in which you intend to enter higher education (yourself, your spouse or any of the parents with whom you lawfully reside)
• not a beneficiary of the status of equal rights and duties conferred in accordance with international treaties between the Portuguese State and the State of which they are nationals

B.       Having obtained equivalence to the Portuguese secondary education (find out here if your secondary education course is equivalent – this document may be presented until the beginning of classes) OR having completed a qualification that gives access to higher education in the country of origin

 

C.       Having taken the final secondary-school exams in the areas required to access each programme (find out here if the examinations that you have taken are enough). If the examinations that you sat for are not enough you can take examinations at UCP.

Students who are in an emergency situation for humanitarian reasons may apply under the International Student Status, in accordance with article 7 of the Regulations on the Application of International Student Status to Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and should therefore contact admissions@porto.ucp.pt.

This regime is also to be used by international students who are already students in a foreign higher education institution or who are holders of a higher education degree (national or foreign).

The admission at UCP of foreign citizens who are not covered by the provisions of the International Student Status can only take place under the terms applicable to students of Portuguese nationality.

For further and more detailed information, please see the Regulations on the Application of International Student Status
to Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

 

	1st Call	2nd Call(1)
Application	15th April to 17th May	20th May to 16th July
Exam (when applicable) (2)	Scheduled at the time of application	Scheduled at the time of application
Publication of Results	4th June	29th July
Registration	5th to 7th June	30th to 31st July

(1) The 2^nd Call for applications depends on the number of places that remained unfilled in the 1^st Call.

(2) In the specific areas of the programme that students are applying for -exclusively for those whose previous exams were deemed insufficient.

To apply, the following documents must be presented:

• Certificate attesting to the equivalence to the Portuguese secondary education (to apply for at a Portuguese secondary school. Find out more here - this document may be presented until the beginning of classes)
• Form with information on personal data  or copy of Identification Document
• Diploma and detailed secondary school transcripts or equivalent document (including a list of completed courses with classifications and final mark) * - (see which diplomas are accepted as equivalent here)
• Document attesting to the passing of secondary-school examinations* OR programme content of secondary education courses for assessment* - (check here  if the examinations taken or the courses completed are deemed sufficient)
• Declaration on honour that the applicant is eligible for “international student” status
• Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese or English, B2 level or equivalent (depending on whether the programme is taught in Portuguese or in English) or pass mark in written or via Skype exam by the UCP – applicants who have attended secondary education in the language in which the programme they are applying for will be taught are exempted from providing a language proficiency certificate 

 

*When admitted, students must submit the original version of the document. All required documents issued outside Portugal need to be: a) certified by the Portuguese embassy or consulate in the issuing country, OR b) bear the Hague Apostille stamp issued by the relevant authority of the issuing country  - for countries that have subscribed to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the Hague Convention). When written in foreign languages other than Spanish, English or French, the documents must be translated into Portuguese, in accordance to the Portuguese notary laws.

PLEASE NOTE: Students who have already attended higher education and wish to apply for accreditation of prior learning, are required to submit their transcripts with the subjects successfully completed in higher education (including marks and workload) as well as the subjects’ syllabus/content.

Applications may submit in one of the following ways:

• Online System  (if you experience any difficulties, please email us at admissions@porto.ucp.pt)

• On-site at Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto

o   Applicants Lounge (from 3^rd June, 2019 onwards): 9.30a.m. to 6.00p.m. (appointments may also be scheduled - admissions@porto.ucp.pt)

o   Academic Services (until the 31^st May, 2019): by appointment (admissions@porto.ucp.pt)

Applications will only considered after the application fee has been paid and proof of payment has been sent to UCP. Thus:

• If the application was completed in the online application system:
  • Payment can be done using the ATM payment details mentioned in the final information of the application OR, when applicants do not have access to a Portuguese bank account, data for payment by bank transfer may be requested to admissions@porto.ucp.pt
  • Send proof of payment to admissions@porto.ucp.pt
• If the application was completed on site, the fee payment will be done immediately after, at the Treasury’s Office

The application fee is not refundable.

Please see the "Fees and Tuitions” tab for additional information on application fees, registration and tuition payments.

The results of your application will be published on this page on the scheduled dates (see step ❷) with the mention “Admitted” or “Not admitted”, along with the day/time of registration for admitted applicants. Only the applicants who have been Admitted can proceed to step ❼ (Registration).

Underage applicants must be accompanied by one of their parents or a tutor.

 

Registration on site:

To complete the registration, applicants must go to the Academic Services on the day and time mentioned in the admission results. To schedule a registration appointment on a different date/time within the registration period, please send an email to admissions@porto.ucp.pt. Applicants will receive an email message with the new date/time.

 

Failure to accept the place by completing the registration on the scheduled date will be considered as withdrawal.

 

To complete your registration, you must necessarily:

 

• Present the identification document and vaccination record booklet with up-to-date tetanus immunization
• Present the original versions of the previously requested documents (in case of admission, when the applicants have not provided them at the time of application). Failure in presenting these documents may prevent registration.
• Payment of the registration fee and first monthly tuition (see the "Fees and Tuitions” tab)
• 1 Passport photo

 

Registration via email:

When receiving an applicants’ email requesting the registration to be completed online due to his/her absence from Portugal, the University will send the applicant an email with all the instructions and required elements necessary (to formalise registration: payment details of registration fee and first monthly tuition| for information: conditions and registration form, programme regulations, tuition and other fees table for the academic year concerned and Treasury regulations).

 

Applicants must send the proof of payment of the amounts due, within the time limit defined. After confirmation of the payment by the Treasury’s Office, applicants will receive an email with the all documents to be signed, in order to complete the registration.

 

To complete the process, the University will send the applicants a Letter of Acceptance to certify the registration.

 

Upon arrival in Portugal, and prior to the start of classes, students must necessarily present:

• the identification document and vaccination record booklet with up-to-date tetanus immunization.
• the original versions of the previously requested documents (in case of admission, when the applicants have not provided them at the time of application). Failure in presenting these documents may prevent registration.
• 1 Passport photo

 

Documents that you should know for the purpose of registration:

• Registration Form and Statements
• Tuition fees and other costs table for 2019/2020 (available soon)
• Tuition Fee Regulations