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50% (secondary school average) + 50% (Portuguese final exam of secondary education) / 2

When inquired about the required average score, what candidates actually want to know is the score of the last student placed by the ‘National University Access’ contest on the previous year, which differs from year to year:
2018/2019: 160,0
2017/2018: 161,5
2016/2017: 162,0

In the ‘National University Access’ contest there are 107 vacancies available to access MIPSI.

Consulting the webpage of the Direção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES).

If you already have a Higher Education Degree and want to apply to MIPSI, you can do it by one of two ways:
– Holders of Other University Degree’s contest: applying online at FPCEUP’s webpage
– National University Access contest.
Applicants covered by the international student status (Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10th March) cannot apply these ways.

SApplicants over 23 years old can register at the Academic Office to do the special examinations, designed to assess the ability to attend Higher Education in accordance with Decree-Law No. 64/2006 of 21st March (the examination results must be within their period of validity).

Candidates who are holders of a secondary education diploma or legally equivalent qualification (and even holders of Higher Education Degree’s) are admitted, but only if they have not done any Portuguese final exams of secondary education on that same school year.

Applicants covered by the international student status (Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10th March) cannot apply this way.

The registration for these special examinations is held in May and includes the following components, carried out in the following order:
– Proof of knowledge assessment (written exam);
– Assessment of the candidate's academic and professional curriculum;
– Evaluation of the motivations of the candidate through an interview.

No. Candidates approved in the special examinations will have to present their application for the vacancies available in the Special Access Contest, held in July. Each year, the vacancies, the deadlines and the ranking criteria are discussed and approved.
This information is available at the FPCEUP’s applications webpage

The change of the ‘pair institution/course’ is the act in which a student registers in a different institution/course than the one in which he/she was registered in previous school years. The change of the ‘pair institution/course’ can take place with or without interruption of the student’s enrolement in an institution of higher education.
Applicants covered by the international student status (Decree-Law No. 36/2014, of 10th March) cannot apply this way.

You can apply for the contest of ‘change of the pair institution/course’. Each year, the vacancies, the application deadline and the ranking criteria are discussed and approved.
This information is available at FPCEUP’s applications webpage.

Candidates that apply to the contest of ‘change of the pair institution/course’ (and others) often want to know in advance the equivalences/creditation of previous training that they may get at MIPSI. However, it is not possible to get this information in advance. The creditation process of the previous training only takes place after the enrolment of the candidate as a student.

1. students who only wish to attend MIPSI for one semester or one academic year: apply under mobility programs;

2. Students (EU citizens and residents in Portugal) who wish to attend the full course accessing through the ‘National University Access’ contest, must fulfill the following conditions:
a) Hold a Secondary School Leaving Certificate with a final average equivalent to the Portuguese secondary education (this equivalence can be obtained at Direção-Geral da Educação).
b) Perform the Portuguese final exams of secondary education corresponding to the exams required for admission (please check question 1).

For students who hold a foreign Secondary School Leaving Certificate equivalent to the Portuguese secondary education, the admitance exams can be replaced by final exams of those courses. Those final exams must meet the following conditions:
– National recognition – final exams required nationally for admission to higher education in this country. The foreign final exams can be used for a similar period to the one set for the Portuguese final exams of secondary education - in the same year of its completion and in the following two years.
– To be homologous of the Portuguese admission exams. Although they might have different names, final exams are considered homologous when they have the same level and similar goals and contents of the admitance exams students wish to replace.
The listing of foreign final exams considered homologous of Portuguese entrance exams is disclosed in May 31 of the year preceding the year of the application. The replacement of the admitance exams is required at the Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior.

3. Through the International Students Applications (just for non-EU Citizens)
Note: International students may also benefit from special access conditions, by applying at the Direcção-Geral do Ensino Superior, if they meet one of the following situations:
– Students with scholarships from Portuguese-speaking African countries (under cooperation agreements signed by the Portuguese Government);
– Foreign officials of diplomatic missions accredited to Portugal and their families living in Portugal, on a reciprocal regime;
– Citizens from East Timor and their children.

Retake is the act by which a student, after an interruption in a particular course and university, enrols in the same university and enrols in the same course. It is not subject to vacancies.

Students who have been previously registered in MIPSI may retake (a registration) through the applications webpage within the deadlines set (usually during the months of July/August).

18 hours.

5 years. The course plan of the Integrated Master course in Psychology, includes a 1st cycle of general training for six semesters corresponding to 180 ECTS (3 years) and a 2nd cycle of four semesters corresponding to 120 ECTS (2 years) which provides specialized training in one of four areas.
The approval in the 1st and 2nd cycle confers the Master Degree in Psychology, but also a First degree in Psychological Sciences after six semesters and approval in 180 ECTS.

The employment activities include companies, hospitals, health centres, social security services, regional planning divisions, job and vocational training centres, education, prison and probation services, local government, clinics and psychological consultation centres.

No. You can only practice as a psychologist with the title of the Psychology Degree obtained before the course was adapted to the Bologna Process or after completing the current Integrated Master in Psychology. In addition to the academic training, professional practice also requires registration in the Portuguese Order of Psychologists and the completion of a professional internship.

The annual tuition fee (to EU Citizens and Residents in Portugal) for a full time student is 999 Euros plus the value of School Insurance (¤ 2,00). To the students in part-time, the tuition fee is 689,50 Euros (plus School Insurance).

Payment methods:
– 100%, at the moment of enrollment;
– or in ten monthly payments, the first being due at the time of registration and the remaining, in the months following the beginning of the school year, until the last day of each month

For more information please see Tuition Regulation.

Students with scholarships can pay their tuition fees within thirty working days of the regularization of the scholarship payment.

To get the student-worker status you must submit an online request and attach the following documents:

If the student works in the public administration:
– statement of his/her office, signed by the person in charge and marked with a white seal, which must contain the student’s Social Security Number or his/her subscriber number of the Caixa Geral de Aposentações.

If the student is a worker at a private institution:
– statement of the employer, updated, signed and authenticated with a stamp or recognized signature, indicating the Social Security Number or, alternatively, a declaration proving enrollment in the Caixa de Previdência or an updated Social Security discount map.

If the student is a self-employed person:
– statement of start/restart of activity issued by the Finance office in the year of start or, in subsequent years, a statement of income from the last year; and
– statement of registration or exemption from registration in Social Security.

In the case of the student attending a vocational training course or a programme of temporary occupation for young people (lasting six months or more):
– statement of the responsible institution, authenticated with a stamp or recognized signature, indicating the duration of the course/programme.

Student-workers have priority in the choice of schedules. Students with this status are exempt from the compulsory attendance of classes, but must check the specific assessment conditions of each curricular unit.There are curricular units in which aprovement is not dependent on the frequency of a minimum number of classes. However, this frequency of classes varies according to what is approved for each curricular unit. Student-workers can be evaluated in the special evaluation periods for all the curricular units (with assessment only by final exam or distributed evaluation with final exam) in which he/she is enrolled.

The "part-time student" can register annually up to a maximum of 37.5 ECTS. The selection of the study regime (part-time or full time) is done at the time of registration.

Students with special needs can seek FPCEUP’s Special Needs Office (SNO) (room 135 on the 1st floor). When registering at FPCEUP, a special needs form is handed to the students. This form must be completed with information on their specific needs and the needed assistance, and submitted at the SNO.

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Course direction and coordination is ensured by the Course Director, Scientific Commiittee e Monitoring Committee