Other Higher Education Courses - 2025/2026
Available courses
Undergraduate degree
Applicants
Note: Provisional information. Approval pending.
The following may apply:
- Holders of Bachelor, Licenciado, Master or Doctoral degree awarded by Portuguese Higher Education;
- Holders of a foreign Higher Education degree, provided the degree is duly recognized so as to produce the same effects as the Portuguese degrees.
Notes:
1 - Applicants covered by the international student status, in accordance with Article 3 of
Decree-Law No. 62/2018, of August 6
th, amended by
Decree-Law No. 20/2025, of March 18th (only available in Portuguese), and Article 1 of
Regulation 664/2018, of October 16
th - Implementing regulation of the international student status at the University of Porto, cannot apply under this regime.
2 - Holders of the now defunct Primary Teaching, Childhood Educator and General Nursing courses who can simultaneously prove that they have a secondary education qualification, complementary secondary education qualification or 10th/11th year of schooling qualification can apply for this special competition.
3 - For the
Bachelor in Electrical and Computers Engineering (L.EEC) only applicants who have obtained approval in “
Mathematics A” (or homologous subject) in the secondary education will be admitted.
Numerus Clausus
Programmes/Cycle of Studies |
Phase |
Numerus Clausus |
Curricular year |
Bachelor in Bioengineering |
1 |
2 |
|
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering |
1 |
3 |
|
Bachelor in Civil Engineering |
1 |
10 |
|
Bachelor in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
1 |
10 |
|
Bachelor in Environmental Engineering |
1 |
2 |
|
Bachelor in Materials Engineering |
1 |
1 |
|
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering |
1 |
2 |
|
Bachelor in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering |
1 |
1 |
|
Cycle of Studies |
Places
|
Bachelor in Bioengineering (L.BIO) |
2 |
Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering (L.AERO) |
0 |
Bachelor in Civil Engineering (L.EC) |
10 |
Bachelor in Materials Engineering (L.EMAT) |
1 |
Bachelor in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering (L.EMG) |
1 |
Bachelor in Environmental Engineering (L.EA) |
2 |
Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Management (L.EGI) |
0 |
Bachelor in Electrical and Computers Engineering (L.EEC) |
10 |
Bachelor in Informatics and Computing Engineering (L.EIC) |
0 |
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (L.EM) |
2 |
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering (L.EQ) |
3 |
Applications
Deadlines
Single Phase
|
From June 02nd to July 31st 2025 |
Submission of applications |
September 02nd 2025 |
Posting of provisional results |
From September 03rd to 16th 2025 |
Prior hearing |
September 18th 2025 |
Posting of final results |
From September 19th to October 09th 2025 |
Submission of complaints |
October 16th 2025 |
Publishing of decision about complaints |
From September 19th to 24th 2025 |
Enrolment |
From September 26th to October 03rd 2025 |
Admission of non-placed applicants* |
Until September 24th 2025 |
Request of credit transfer regarding prior training / work experience |
15 working days after the end of the enrolment period or after the conclusion of the credit transfer process |
Publishing 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.
Ranking Criteria
Ranking Criteria Weighting
- Affinity level of the applicant’s degree(s) determined by the number of ECTS credits that will be recognised in the cycle of studies they are applying for (on a scale from 0 to 200): weight 60%;
- Career path (on a scale from 0 to 200): weight 40%.
Tie-Breaking Criterion
In the event of a tie, priority will be given to applicants whose degree(s) have a higher level of affinity; i.e. with the highest number of ECTS credits subsequently transferred to the students in areas of the cycle of studies they are applying for.
If this criterion is not sufficient, tie break will be done by interview in a date to be determined. The scheduling of the interview will be done by e-mail sent to the e-mail address indicated in the application.
Documents Required
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Graduation certificate regarding a higher education degree (mandatory)*;
- If you have already graduated but do not have the corresponding certificate yet, you must submit a
declaration indicating the completion date and the final grade you expect to obtain, and enrolment will be subject to the presentation of the corresponding certificate within the deadlines indicated;
-
Certificate (Transcript) of the higher education institution listing the curricular units in which you got a passing grade, indicating the regime (semester/year) and the number of credit units/ECTS. (mandatory)*;
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Curriculum vitae (mandatory);
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Declaration of honour stating that you do not hold a degree regarding the cycle of studies you intend to apply for (mandatory);
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Photo (optional).
* U.Porto students may scan and attach the information included in their “Percurso Académico” (Academic Path). The other applicants have to submit official documentation.
Applicants should submit a credit transfer request for this admission regime. If you are admitted and have not made a request for credit transfer during the application process, you should make the request upon enrolment.
The curricular units indicated in the Certificate of the higher education institution listing the curricular units in which you got a passing grade, must be considered in the credit transfer process.
Placed applicants who have any pending document in their application process will only be able to enrol after they deliver/send the said document.
Fees
Application 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:
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name of the payer and name of the applicant, as well as indication of the purpose of the payment (application).
Note:
- After the deadline for submission of applications, any applications regarding which fees have not been paid will be rejected outright.
Procedures
Procedure for submission of application
- Choose the intended cycle of studies/course and access regime (Applications).
- Select "Apresentar 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.
- Fill in the application form and attach the requested documents. Please note that fields in red are mandatory.
- 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.
- 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).
- If you have encountered any problems while submitting your application, you must report them to 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
- Log into the information system with the username and password that you used in your application;
- Click on your name;
- Select the academic year of the application(s) you submitted;
- In the options that appear on the right hand side of the page, select "Candidaturas de Ingresso" (Applications).
Procedure to request credit transfer/recognition
- Credit transfer/recognition request is subject to the non-refundable payment of the fees set-out in the Table of fees of the University of Porto.
- 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".
- In the options on the right hand side of the page, under "Reconhecimentos" (Credit transfer), select "Criar/Editar" (Create/Edit) and enter the request.
- After creating the credit transfer/recognition request, you must complete and submit the application.
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
Note: The following applicable legislation is only available in Portuguese.