Special Contest - International Student - 2020/2021

• 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 Masters 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 or legally equivalent qualification.

* Note:
International students are those indicated in Article 3 of Decree-Law No. 62/2018, of 6^th August and in Article 1 of the Regulation No. 664/2018, of 16th October - Implementing regulation of the international student status at the University of Porto (legislation only available in Portuguese). Applicants who are not considered international students, in accordance with the said legislation, cannot apply under this regime.

Tuition fees:

Information on tuition fees for 2020/2021 available here.

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	8
Master in Bioengineering	1	7
	2	3
Master in Chemical Engineering	1	10
	2	7
Master in Civil Engineering	1	48
	2	62
Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering	1	20
	2	17
Master in Engineering and Industrial Management	1	10
	2	6
Master in Environmental Engineering	1	7
	2	10
Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering	1	13
	2	5
Master in Mechanical Engineering	1	20
	2	19
Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	1	7
	2	12

Cycle of Studies	Total Places	Places 1st Phase	Places 2nd Phase
Licenciatura in Engineering Sciences - Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering	8	4	8
Master in Bioengineering	10	7	3
Master in Civil Engineering	72	48	62
Master in Environmental Engineering	11	7	10
Master in Engineering and Industrial Management	14	10	6
Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering	37	20	17
Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering	18	13	5
Master in Mechanical Engineering	32	20	19
Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	12	7	12
Master in Chemical Engineering	14	10	7

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

Applications

Deadlines

1st Phase
10th December 2019 to 4th February 2020	Submission of applications
20th February 2020	Posting of provisional results
21st February to 6th March 2020	Prior hearing
13th March 2020	Posting of final results
16th March to 3rd April 2020	Submission of complaints
14th April 2020	Publication of decision about complaints
18th to 26th March 2020	Enrolment (online)
3rd to 15th April 2020	Admission of non-placed applicants*
20th April 2020	Publication of leftover places
Until 26th March 2020	Request of credit transfer regarding prior training / work experience
Until 17th April 2020	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
5th February to 22nd April 2020	Submission of applications
12th May 2020	Posting of provisional results
13th to 26th May 2020	Prior hearing
2nd June 2020	Posting of final results
3rd to 26th June 2020	Submission of complaints
6th July 2020	Publication of decision about complaints
5th to 17th June 2020	Enrolment (online)
25th June to 17th July 2020	Admission of non-placed applicants*
Until 17th June 2020	Request of credit transfer regarding prior training / work experience
9th July 2020	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

* The eventual call of non-placed applicants will be made by e-mail sent to the address indicated on the application process. Applicants who are called will have 24 hours to reply and say whether they are interested in the place available. After this deadline, and if there is no reply from the applicant called, this applicant will lose the chance to occupy the place available and the following non-placed applicant in the ranking list will be called.

Pre-requirement of Qualification

1. Knowledge of the language in which the cycle of studies will be taught (for the Master in Civil Engineering - Portuguese or English; for the remaining cycles of studies - Portuguese) assessed through the presentation of a supporting document.

2. The entrance examinations accepted are:

- National entrance examinations required for each cycle of studies (see below);

- 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, in Resolution No. 652/2019, of 29^th May, and in Resolution No. 586/2018, of 11^th May (legislation only available in Portuguese).

- Brazilian National Secondary Education Examination (ENEM) taken in Brazil in 2017 and subsequent years in the areas required for each cycle of studies;

- National Gao Kao and Lian Kao examinations (applicable only to the Master in Civil Engineering - MIEC) taken in China in 2017 and subsequent years with the components Mathematics and Physics or Mathematics and Comprehensive Sciences Examination.

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 120 (600 in ENEM) for Mathematics and its Technologies (MT), 120 (600 in ENEM) for Natural Sciences and their Technologies (CNT) and 95 (475 in ENEM) for each of the three remaining fields of knowledge of the ENEM will be admitted.

Applicants who are applying with Gao Kao or Lian Kao examinations (applicable only to the Master in Civil Engineering - MIEC):

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

Final grade = Gao Kao or Lian Kao grade × 200/scale considered in the examination

After the conversion of the Gao Kao and Lian Kao grades, only applicants who cumulatively meet the following conditions will be admitted:

- individual grades for the components Mathematics and Physics or Mathematics and Comprehensive Sciences Examination equal to or higher than 120.

- global Gao Kao or Lian Kao grade equal to or higher than 130.

 

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 following limits:

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

Cycle of Studies	Entrance examinations (2020/2021)
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%
Writing (R)	5%

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

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

Application grade = Grade*200/1000

Only applicants with an application grade equal to or higher than 130 points will be admitted.

 

Applicants who are applying with Gao Kao or Lian Kao examinations (applicable only to the Master in Civil Engineering - MIEC):

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:

Application grade = P1 × 0.45 + P2 × 0.40 + P3 × 0.15

  where:

P1 - grade, on the entire scale from 0 to 200, of the Mathematics component

P2 - grade, on the entire scale from 0 to 200, of the Physics component or the Comprehensive Sciences Examination component

P3 - global Gao Kao or Lian Kao grade, on the entire scale from 0 to 200

Only applicants with an application grade equal to or higher than 130 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:

Application 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).

Only applicants with an application grade equal to or higher than 120 points will be admitted.

Tie-breaking criterion

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

Documents Required

• ID document (Citizen Card/ID Card/Passport) or declaration containing the identification data (mandatory);
• Supporting document(s) regarding the specific examinations [national examinations, homologous examinations, ENEM, Gao Kao or Lian Kao (for MIEC only)] issued by the official education services of the corresponding country ⁽¹⁾ (mandatory);
• Diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority attesting to the successful completion of a secondary education programme ⁽¹⁾ (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 ^{(1) (2)}. Alternatively, a certificate of equivalence to Portuguese secondary education issued by a national competent authority ⁽³⁾. (mandatory);
• Supporting document attesting to the knowledge of the language in which the cycle of studies will be taught - Portuguese or English for MIEC; Portuguese for the remaining cycles of studies (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. 62/2018, of 6^th August and Regulation No. 664/2018, of 16^th October) (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);
• Access data to INEP (CPF and password) – Only for applicants who completed high school in BRAZIL and have the ENEM examination (Optional)
• Photo (optional).

⁽¹⁾ Documents, including in digital format, must be authenticated by consular offices or embassies of Portugal located in the country where the qualification was obtained or, for countries that acceded to the Hague Convention, hold the Hague Apostille of the country where the qualification was obtained. The same applies to the translations (mandatory) of documents whose original language is not Portuguese, Spanish, French or English.
If the authentication with the Hague Apostille is done on a certified copy of the original document, during this process the signature(s) that appear on the original document must be certified so that the capacity of the signatory(ies) of the original document is verified and ensured.

The supporting document regarding ENEM results does not need to be authenticated since this information is confirmed by INEP.

Documents can be submitted unauthenticated in the application stage. However, admitted applicants who have any pending document in their application process (e.g. unauthenticated certificates) terão de apresentar os documentos até ao final do período de audiência prévia will only be able to enrol after they deliver/send the said document.

⁽²⁾ The following are not required to present this declaration:
– Holders of a Brazilian high school diploma who have done the Brazilian National Secondary Education Examination (ENEM).


⁽³⁾ For more information regarding equivalence to Portuguese secondary education, see http://www.dge.mec.pt/equivalencias-estrangeiras

Fees

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

Procedure to pay with PayPal:
1. Click on the button next to the application fee.
2. Choosing this option will connect to the PayPal website to make the payment.
To make the transaction with PayPal we suggest that you use Google Chrome as your browser.
Note: Paypal payment should only be used from January 2020 onward and payments via PayPal regarding any other type of fees (e.g. registration or tuition) shall not be accepted.

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. Click "Voltar à conta corrente" (Back to current account) to see the reference generated.

Payments from abroad may 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 of the payer and the name of the applicant, address, country, tax identification number and the purpose of the payment (application).

Notes:
- After the deadline for submitting applications, applicants have 2 additional days to ensure the payment of the corresponding fee, which is required for the application to become effective. After this deadline, any applications regarding which fees have not been paid will be rejected outright.
- Applicants who have been excluded or not admitted (non-placed applicants) in one phase, and who wish to apply for another phase, must submit a new application and pay the corresponding fees.

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. For technical reasons, it is not advisable to use Hotmail or Yahoo e-mail addresses.
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 see information regarding the payment of the corresponding fee. For payments made from abroad, please check the information available in the Fees section (see above).
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. Select the academic year of the application(s) you submitted;
4. 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. Credit transfer/recognition request (optional) is subject to the non-refundable payment of the fees set-out in the Table of fees of the University of Porto.
2. If you wish to create a credit transfer request, in the field "You want to make a request for recognition" of the application form, select "Yes".
3. In the options on the right hand side of the page, under "Reconhecimentos" (Credit transfer), select "Criar/Editar" (Create/Edit) and enter the request.
4. After creating the credit transfer/recognition request, you must complete and submit the application.

Procedure for enrolment (online)

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
• Decree-Law No. 62/2018, of 6th August

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

• Regulation No. 664/2018, of 16th October

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 repealing Decree-Law No. 219/97, of 20^th August

Decree-Law No. 296-A/98, of 25^th September - Regulates the regime for access and admission to higher education amended by:

Resolution No. 974/2015, of 29^th May – Regulates the application of article 20-A of Decree-Law No. 296-A/98, of 25^th September

Resolution No. 586/2018, of 11^th May – Application of students who have completed their secondary education abroad to Portuguese higher education institutions - 2019/2020.

Resolution N.º 652/2019, of 29^th May - Application of students who have completed their secondary education abroad to Portuguese higher education institutions - 2020/2021

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 repeals Order No. 27249/2004, of 9^th December.