Special Contest - International Student - 2017/2018

• Programmes/Cycle of Studies
• Applicants
• Prerequisites
• Numerus Clausus
• Applications
• Deadlines
• Previous Qualifications
• Ranking Criteria
• Documents Required
• Fees
• Procedures
• Legislation

There is no definition of competitions open for this type of admission scheme.

Applicants

Application for enrolment and registration in first cycle studies and integrated Master’s is open to international students*:

a) Holders of a qualification that gives access to higher education, understood as any diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority attesting the approval of a secondary education programme in that country that gives them the right to apply and be admitted to a higher education institution in the country where it was awarded;

b) Holders of a Portuguese secondary education certificate.

* Notes:
1 - International students are those indicated in Article 3 of Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10^th March. Applicants who are not considered international students in accordance with the said law, cannot apply under this regime.

2 - Applicants with dual nationality, if one of them is of a member state of the European Union, cannot apply under this regime.

3 – Applicants who have the status of equal rights and obligations provided for by the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Consultation between the Portuguese Republic and the Federal Republic of Brazil also cannot apply under this regime.

Tuition fees:

Information for 2017/18

Prerequisites

FEUP has no pre-requirements for access to its cycles of studies.

Numerus Clausus

Programmes/Cycle of Studies	Phase	Numerus Clausus	Curricular year
Bachelor in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering	1	4
	2	5
Master in Bioengineering	1	4
	2	1
Master in Chemical Engineering	1	6
	2	2
Master in Civil Engineering	1	27
	2	17
Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering	1	15
	2	20
Master in Engineering and Industrial Management	1	6
	2	3
Master in Environmental Engineering	1	6
	2	5
Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering	1	13
	2	5
Master in Mechanical Engineering	1	14
	2	6
Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	1	5
	2	6

Cycle of Studies	Total Places	Places 1st Phase	Places 2nd Phase
Licenciatura in Engineering Sciences - Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering	8	4	5
Master in Bioengineering	5	4	1
Master in Civil Engineering	40	27	17
Master in Environmental Engineering	7	6	5
Master in Engineering and Industrial Management	8	6	3
Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering	30	15	20
Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering	14	13	5
Master in Mechanical Engineering	20	14	6
Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	6	5	6
Master in Chemical Engineering	8	6	2

The number of places available for the 2^nd phase has been updated and it already includes leftover places from the 1^st phase.

Applications

Deadlines

1st Phase
12th December 2016 to 30th January 2017	Submission of applications*
10th February 2017	Posting of provisional results
13th to 24th February 2017	Prior hearing
3rd March 2017	Posting of final results
6th to 27th March 2017	Submission of complaints
Until 3rd April 2017	Publication of decision about complaints
10th to 21st March 2017	Enrolment
27th to 31st March 2016	Admission of non-placed applicants
3rd April 2017	Publication of leftover places
Until 21st March 2017	Request of credit transfer regarding prior training / work experience
Until 11th April 2017	Publication of credit transfer results
Up to 10 working days after the publication of the credit transfer results	Change of the registration in result of the credit transfer process
2nd Phase
31st January to 3rd April 2017	Submission of pre-applications*
4th to 24th April 2017	Submission of applications*
8th May 2017	Posting of provisional results
9th to 22nd May 2017	Prior hearing
29th May 2017	Posting of final results
30th May to 20th June 2017	Submission of complaints
Until 27th June 2017	Publication of decision about complaints
5th to 16th June 2017	Enrolment
21st to 26th June 2017	Admission of non-placed applicants
Until 16th June 2017	Request of credit transfer regarding prior training / work experience
Until 6th July 2017	Publication of credit transfer results
Up to 10 working days after the publication of the credit transfer results	Change of the registration in result of the credit transfer process

* Applications and Pre-applications for students who have done the Brazilian National Secondary Education Examination (ENEM) are available in submission of applications

Pre-requirement of Qualification

1. Knowledge of the language in which the cycle of studies will be taught (Portuguese) assessed through the presentation of a supporting document.

2. The entrance examinations accepted are:

- National entrance examinations required for each cycle of studies;

- Entrance examinations considered to be homologous to the national examinations, in accordance with Article 20-A of Decree-Law No. 296-A/98, of 25^th September, as amended by Decree-Law No. 90/2008, of 30^th May, and with Resolution No. 1882/2016, of 16^th December, amended by the Rectification Declaration No. 191/2017, of 28th March (legislation only available in Portuguese);

- Brazilian National Secondary Education Examination (ENEM) in the areas required for each cycle of studies.

Applicants who are applying with ENEM examinations:

The ENEM grades will be converted to a scale from 0 to 200 (Portuguese grading scale) according to the following formula:

Final grade = ENEM grade * 200/1000

After the conversion of the ENEM grades, only applicants with individual grades equal to or higher than 95 for each of the five fields of knowledge of the ENEM will be admitted.

 

Applicants who are applying with other examinations:

Must have obtained on the required entrance examinations (or equivalent national examination) grades equal to or higher than the legally established limits:

1. Minimum grade on the entrance examinations: 95 points (on a scale from 0 to 200);
2. Minimum application grade: 100 points (on a scale from 0 to 200).

Cycle of Studies	Entrance examinations (2017/2018)
Licenciatura in Engineering Sciences - Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering	One of the following sets: 02 Biology and Geology 19 Mathematics A or 07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Bioengineering	One of the following sets: 02 Biology and Geology 19 Mathematics A or 07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Civil Engineering	07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Environmental Engineering	One of the following sets: 02 Biology and Geology 19 Mathematics A or 07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering	07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Engineering and Industrial Management	07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering	One of the following sets: 07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A or 19 Mathematics A 18 Portuguese
Master in Mechanical Engineering	07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A
Master in Chemical Engineering	07 Physics and Chemistry 19 Mathematics A

Ranking Criteria

Applicants who are applying with ENEM examinations:

Fields of knowledge of the ENEM	Weighting
Human Sciences and their Technologies (CHT)	5%
Natural Sciences and their Technologies (CNT)	40%
Languages, Codes and their Technologies (LCT)	5%
Mathematics and its Technologies (MT)	45%
Mathematics and its Technologies (MT)	5%

 Grade = (CHT*weighting + CNT*weighting + LCT*weighting + MT*weighting + R*weighting)/100

Conversion to a scale from 0 to 200 (Portuguese grading scale) according to the following formula:

Ranking grade = Grade*200/1000

Only applicants with a ranking grade equal to or higher than 120 points will be admitted.

 

Applicants who are applying with other examinations:

The application grade, on a scale from 0 to 200, is calculated by applying the following formula, the result of which is rounded to the tenth, with one-tenth being a value of not less than 0.05:

Grade: P1 x 0.5 + P2 x 0.5

where:

P1 and P2 = grades, on the entire scale from 0 to 200, of the final examinations corresponding to the required entrance examinations (50% each)

 

Tie-breaking criterion
In the event of a tie, the assessment of the letter of motivation and letter(s) of recommendation presented in the application process will be taken into consideration.

Documents Required

• ID document (ID Card / Citizen Card / Passport) or declaration containing the identification data (mandatory);
• Supporting document(s) regarding the specific examinations (or equivalent national examinations) authenticated by the official education services of the corresponding country (*) (mandatory);
• Diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority attesting to the successful completion of a secondary education programme (*) (mandatory);
• A declaration issued by the official education services of the country of origin attesting that the secondary qualification they hold, obtained in that country, is sufficient there to be admitted to official higher education degrees in cycles of studies that are counterpart to those they wish to apply for, or a certificate of equivalence to Portuguese secondary education issued by a national competent authority (*) (mandatory) (**);
• Supporting document attesting to the knowledge of the language in which the cycle of studies will be taught - Portuguese (document issued by a competent authority or a declaration of honour issued by the applicant) (mandatory);
• Declaration stating that you are covered by the International Student status (Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10th March) (mandatory);
• Declaration of application to the incentive programme for foreign students of the University of Porto (optional);
• Letter of motivation (mandatory);
• Letter(s) of recommendation (optional);
• Photo (passport-size colour photo, preferably with a neutral background; 200 pixels height x 140 pixels width; JPEG format; medium or high quality of the JPEG compression algorithm) (optional).

(*) Documents must be authenticated by consular offices or embassies of Portugal located in the country where the qualification was obtained, , or hold the Hague Apostille, for countries that acceded to the Hague Convention. The same applies to the translations (mandatory) of documents whose original language is not Portuguese, Spanish, French, English or Italian.

(**)The following are not required to present this declaration:

1 – Holders of a Brazilian high school diploma who have done the Brazilian National Secondary Education Examination (ENEM);

2 – Those who, in accordance with article 20.º-A of Decree-Law No. 296-A/98, of 25^th September, as amended by Decree-Law No. 90/2008, of 30^th May, and with Resolution No. 1882/2016, of 16^th December, amended by the Rectification Declaration No. 191/2017, of 28th March, intend to replace the entrance examinations with final examinations of foreign courses legally equivalent to Portuguese secondary education and who hold foreign secondary education courses legally equivalent to Portuguese secondary education in accordance with Decree-Law No. 227/2005, of 28^th December, and corresponding ministerial orders (No. 224/2006, of 8^th March, and No. 699/2006, of 12^th July).

Fees

Application is subject to the payment of a non-refundable fee of 100 euros.

Procedure to generate ATM references:
1. Click on the button  next to the application fee.
2. Confirm the data displayed and click "Atribuir" (Assign) and the associated reference will be automatically generated.
3. If you click "Voltar à conta corrente" (Back to current account), you will see the reference generated.

Payments from abroad must be made by bank transfer, at payer’s expenses, using the information in the attached document.

Note:
- After the deadline for submitting applications has passed, any applications regarding which fees have not been paid will be rejected outright.
- Applicants who have been excluded or not placed in the 1^st phase, and who wish to apply for the 2^nd phase, must submit a new application and pay the corresponding fees.

Credit transfer request/recognition (optional) is subject to the payment of the following non-refundable fees (see the UP table of fees and Order No. 7/2016 of the Dean of FEUP).

Procedures

Procedure for submission of application

1. Choose the intended cycle of studies/course and access regime (Applications).
2. Select "Apresentar a candidatura" (Submit application). If you are already a student at FEUP, you will have to log in using your student’s username and password. If you are not a student at FEUP, you will be asked to complete a user registration form. The credentials (username and password) will be sent to the email address you specify on that form.
3. Fill in the application form and attach the requested documents. Please note that fields in red are mandatory.
4. Submit your application. If an error is detected (e.g. mandatory fields left blank), the system displays an alert message.
   If the information is successfully submitted, you must check all data entered and either confirm or edit the data.
5. After confirmation of your application submission you will receive information regarding the payment of the corresponding fee (Note: It may take a while to generate ATM references).
   Payments from abroad must be made by bank transfer, at payer’s expenses, using the information in the attached document.
   Then, you must send proof of the bank transfer to acesso.ingresso@fe.up.pt, with the following data:
   - Name, address, country, tax identification number.
   Note: After the deadline for submitting applications has passed, any applications regarding which fees have not been paid will be rejected outright.
6. If you have encountered any problems while submitting your application, you must report them to acesso.ingresso@fe.up.pt during the application submission period or on the working day following the deadline for submission.

Procedure for checking the status of your application

1. Log into the information system with the username and password that you used in your application;
2. Click on your name;
3. In the options that appear on the right hand side of the page, select "Candidaturas de Ingresso" (Applications).

Procedure to request credit transfer/recognition

1. In the field "You want to make a request for recognition" of the application form, select "Yes".
2. After submitting your application, in the options on the right hand side of the page, under "Reconhecimentos" (Credit transfer), select "Criar/Editar" (Create/Edit) and enter the request.
3. The credit transfer request will only be processed after the payment of the corresponding fees (see the UP table of fees and Order No. 7/2016 of the Dean of FEUP).

Procedure for enrolment
This procedure will be available through a link on the homepage of FEUP at the beginning of the enrolment period.

Applicable Legislation

Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10^th March - Regulates the international student status referred to in Article 16(7) of Law No. 37/2003, of 22^nd August, which establishes the basis for higher education funding, amended by:

• Decree-Law No. 113/2014, of 16^th July - Regulates special applications for access and admission to higher education, amended by Decree-Law No. 63/2016, of 13^th September

Regulation No. 205/2014, of 27^th May - Implementing regulation of the international student status at the University of Porto

 Decree-Law No. 227/2005, of 28^th December – Defines the new regime for recognition of equivalence regarding foreign primary and secondary education qualifications, partially revoking Decree-Law No. 219/97, of 20^th August

 Ministerial Order No. 224/2006, of 8^th March – Approves the comparative tables between the Portuguese education system and other education systems (Germany, Angola, Cape Verde, Russian Federation, Greece, Mexico, Mozambique, United Kingdom, People's Republic of China and Ukraine), as well as the conversion tables of the corresponding grading systems, in accordance with article 5(a) of Decree-Law No. 227/2005, of 28^th December

 Ministerial Order No. 699/2006, of 12^th July - Approves the comparative tables between the Portuguese education system and other education systems (South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cuba, Denmark, Spain, United States of America, France, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Morocco, Moldavia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Romania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Switzerland, East Timor, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe), as well as the conversion tables of the corresponding grading systems regarding several countries. It revokes Order No. 27249/2004, of 9^th December