Access Conditions
To be admitted via the General Regime you must meet cumulatively the following conditions:
- Completion of secondary education or its equivalent. If you attended a foreign secondary education, this equivalence is proven through the equivalence certificate.
- Have valid admission exam(s) results required for the programme(s).
In addition, some programmes, such as Nursing, Medicine and CLSBE International Undergraduate Programmes, have specific prerequisites.
See below the minimum required scores of national exams for each programme.
Programme | Minimum score in national exams (scale of 0-200) | Minimum overall application score (scale of 0-200) | National Exames (Portuguese Education) |
Business Administration | 120 points | 140 points | (19) Mathematics A |
Business Administration – International Programme (a) | 120 points | 140 points | (19) Mathematics A |
Political Science and International Relations | 95 points | 100 points | (11) History Or (13) English Or (18) Portuguese |
Religious and Theological Studies (E-learning) | 95 points | 100 points | (11) History Or (18) Portuguese |
Communication and Cultural Sciences | 95 points | 100 points | (11) History Or (13) English Or (18) Portuguese |
Law | 95 points | 100 points | 2 of the following exams: (06) Philosophy (11) History (16) Mathematics (18) Portuguese |
Economics | 120 points | 140 points | (19) Mathematics A |
Economics and Finance – International Programme (a) | 120 points | 140 points | (19) Mathematics A |
Nursing (b) | 95 points | 100 points | One of the following options: -(02) Biology and Geology -(02) Biology and Geology and (07) Physics and Chemistry - (02) Biology and Geology and (16) Mathematics |
Philosophy (B -learning) | 95 points | 100 points | (06) Philosophy Or (11) History Or (18) Portuguese |
Philosophy, Politics and Economics | 120 points * | 100 points | (19) Mathematics A Or (06) Philosophy and (19) Mathematics A Or (18)Portuguese and (19) Mathematics A |
Applied Foreign Languages | 95 points | 100 points | (13) English Or (18) Portuguese |
Medicine (c) | 140 points | 150 points | (02) Biology and Geology And (07) Physics and Chemistry And (16) Mathematics |
Psychology | 95 points | 100 points | (02) Biology and Geology Or (17) Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences Or (18) Portuguese |
Social Work | 95 points | 100 points | (11) History Or (17) Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences Or (18) Portuguese |
Theology | 95 points | 100 points | (11) History Or (18) Portuguese |
*) If two entrance exams are used, the minimum of 120 points applies to the average of the two entrance exams, and the minimum mark per exam is 95 points. Pre-requisites: |