FAQS 3 | Regime Access Conditions

3. General Regime Access Conditions

The application process can begin without the final scores (without the submission of secondary education form or foreign diploma and certificate of equivalence to Portuguese high school education, whichever is applicable); however, only applicants who submit the ENES form/foreign diploma and certificate of equivalence to Portuguese high school education, whichever is applicable, before the application deadline will be considered. Those who fail to do so will receive the result of "Excluded" and will be moved automatically to the next phase (should there be one), and do not need to apply again or pay for a second application.

You must sit the national admission exams of the subjects required for the programme(s) you wish to apply for. If you are an applicant with a foreign diploma, you must do the missing exam in the context of the diploma you have attended.

 

The application grade is a weighted average of the secondary school average, the entrance exam grades and the pre-requisites (the latter only for the Medicine, Economics & Finance, Business Administration programmes).

 

Courses without pre-requisites

50 %   

Final score of secondary education

50 %

Entrance exams

 

Courses with pre-requisites

40 %   

Final score of secondary education  

45 %

Entrance exams

15%

Pre-requisites

    In order to be admitted through the general system, you must cumulatively fulfill 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.

    - Having valid admission exam(s) results required for the programme(s).

     

    In addition, some programmes, such as Nursing, Medicine and Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics International Undergraduate Programmes, have specific prerequisites.
     

     Learn the admission requirements for each programme

    Yes, please see FAQ 3.4.

    Yes, please see FAQ 3.4.

    Check the tests accepted for the Católica-Lisbon here


    Confirm the tests accepted by Católica Medical School here.

    No, you cannot. You can only use foreign exams if you hold a foreign secondary school diploma.