Candidates Over 23 Years Old - 2025/2026

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

Undergraduate degree

• Bachelor in Bioengineering



• Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering



• Bachelor in Civil Engineering



• Bachelor in Materials Engineering



• Bachelor in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering



• Bachelor in Environmental Engineering



• Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Management



• Bachelor in Electrical and Computer Engineering



• Bachelor in Informatics and Computing Engineering



• Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering



• Bachelor in Chemical Engineering

Military staff members who have rendered a minimum of one year of effective service under Regime de Contrato (Contract System) or four years of effective service under Regime de Contrato Especial (Special Contract System) have priority access to 2.5% of the places made available in accordance with Decree-Law No. 76/2018, of October 11^th, provided they cumulatively comply with the following:
- meet the requirements set out in article 2 of the Regulation concerning the special examinations designed to assess the ability to attend the University of Porto for applicants over 23 years old (only available in Portuguese);
- have never been enrolled in a public higher education institution.

*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.

• ID document (Citizen Card / ID Card / Passport) or declaration containing the identification data (mandatory);
• Certificate of approval on the examinations designed to assess the ability to attend higher education for applicants over 23 years old (mandatory);
  Obs.:
  - In case you have taken the examinations at FEUP, you may submit a document with your name, the year in which you have taken the examinations and the corresponding final grade.
• Declaration of honour stating that the applicant does not have qualifications for admission to higher education regarding the intended cycle of studies (mandatory);
• Curriculum vitae (mandatory);
• Photo (optional).

Application for admission under this regime is subject to the payment of a non-refundable fee of 55 euros.

Procedure to pay through one of the payment methods available in the current account (ATM references, MBWay or Visa or Mastercard credit card):
1. Click on the image  associated to the amount you wish to pay.
2. In the UP's payment portal you should select the payment method you want to use and proceed in accordance with the instructions of the chosen method until the payment is successfully made

In the case of payments made from abroad and if it is not possible to use one of the methods mentioned above, you may exceptionally make a bank transfer, with the expenses on behalf of the payer, using the data in the linked document. In this case, you should send the proof of bank transfer to tesouraria@fe.up.pt, with the following data:
- name of the payer and name of the applicant, as well as indication of the purpose of the payment (application).