Tuition Fees - Legislation

Note: The following legislation is only available in Portuguese.

• General Information
• Special Cases
  • International Students
  • Grant-Aided Students
  • Teaching Agents
  • Exempt Students under Decree-Laws No. 358/70 and 43/76
  • Higher Education Teachers

General Information

• Regulation No 723/2020, of 31st August (2.ª série) - Amendment of the Tuition Fees Regulation of the University of Porto. Previous publications:
  
  • Regulation No. 693/2019, of 4th September (2nd Series) - Amendment of the Tuition Fees Regulation of the University of Porto
  • Order No. 11361/2017, of 27th December - Amendment and republication of the Tuition Fees Regulation of the University of Porto, publish by Regulation No. 404/2015, of 15th July (applicable until academic year 2018/19)
• Order No. 185/MEC/86, of 12th September (2nd Series) - School insurance
• Law No. 37/2003, of 22nd August - Establishes the basis for higher education funding, amended by (Art. 16 and 17):
  
  • Law No. 49/2005, of 30th August

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Special Cases

International Students

• Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10th March - Regulates the international student status referred to in Article 16(7) of Law no. 37/2003, of 22nd August, which establishes the basis for higher education funding, as amended by:
  Decree-Law No. 113/2014, of 16th July
  Decree-Law No. 62/2018, of 6th August

• Regulation No. 205/2014, of 27th May - Implementing regulation on the status of international student at the University of Porto, as amended by:
  Regulation No. 664/2018, of 16th October
  

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Grant-Aided Students

• Order No. 11361/2017, of 27th December - Amendment and republication of the Tuition Fees Regulation of the University of Porto, publish by Regulation No. 404/2015, of 15th July

• See also legislation regarding Grants.

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Teaching Agents

• Decree-Law No. 524/73, of 13th October – Establishes free teaching for eight years, corresponding to four years of preparatory education set out in the reform of the education system, Art. 2
• Joint Order No. 335/98, of 14th May (2nd Series) – Teaching Agents, amended by:
  
  • Joint Order No. 320/2000, of 21st March (2nd Series)
• Law No. 37/2003, of 22nd August - Establishes the basis for higher education funding, amended by:
  
  • Law No. 49/2005, of 30th August - Paragraph b) of Article 35(1) and paragraph b) of Article 35(2)

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Exempt Students under Decree-Laws No. 358/70 and 43/76

• Decree-Law No. 358/70, of 29th July – Determines that combatants and former combatants of military operations in service to the country, for which they have obtained decorations and awards established, at least, in a Military, Naval or Air Order, or who have become unfit for military service or physically disabled as a result of such operations, shall be admitted to official non-military educational institutions of all degrees and fields – Extends this exemption to the children of those combatants
• Ministerial Order No. 445/71, of 20th August - Regulates the provisions of Decree-Law No. 358/70 to more concretely define the cases in which military staff who have taken or take part in military operations, or their children, are entitled to the benefits granted in the said legislation
• Decree-Law No. 43/76, of 20th January - Recognizes the right to moral and material compensation of disabled individuals from the Armed Forces and imposes measures and means that allow their full integration into society, amended by:
  
  • Decree-Law No. 93/83, of 17th February
  • Decree-Law No. 203/87, of 16th May
  • Decree-Law No. 224/90, of 10th July
  • Decree-Law No. 183/91, of 17th May
  • Decree-Law No. 259/93, of 22nd July
  • Law No. 46/99, of 16th June
  • Law No. 26/2009, of 18th June

• Circular No. 20/08, of 28th November, and corresponding addendum

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Higher Education Teachers

• Decree-Law No. 216/92, of 13th October - Establishes the legal framework for the award of the Master and Doctoral degrees by higher education institutions
  • Art. 4
• Resolution No. 933/2002, of 3rd June (2nd Series) - Teaching Staff of the University of Porto
• Law No. 37/2003, of 22nd August - Establishes the basis for higher education funding, amended by:
  
  • Law No. 49/2005, of 30th August
  • Paragraph e) of Article 35(1) and paragraph b) of Article 35(2)
• Recommendation No. 3/2010 CRUP – Higher Education Teaching Staff / Tuition Fees for 2nd and 3rd Cycle Studies

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