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Enrollment after Deadline

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International Candidates - 2025/26
 

Admission Requirements

• Brazilian Nationals: Applicants must have taken the ENEM (as the entrance exam) or the national entrance exams in Portugal that correspond to the required entrance exams for the chosen course. The Brazilian Vestibular exam is not valid in Portugal; therefore, Brazilian students must take the ENEM in order to apply.
• Other Nationalities: Must have completed a qualification that grants access to higher education, understood as any diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority attesting to the successful completion of a secondary education programme and granting the right to apply for and enter higher education in the country where it was awarded. Applicants must have completed final secondary school exams considered equivalent to the required entrance exams for the course they are applying for (please consult the Equivalency Table of Exams), or the national entrance exams in Portugal.
• Demonstrate at least a B2 level of Portuguese, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).
• Scholarships are intended for students who enroll through the general access regime to higher education.
• Our undergraduate degree is taught in both Portuguese and English; only our Master's (MA) programme is offered entirely in English.
• Internal Exam for International Students  18 June 2025

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Transfers of Degrees Programmes - 2025/26 / Undergraduate Degree Holders
 

Applications: 19 May to 23 de July 2025
Results: 4 July 2025
Enrollment: 4 to 10 de July 2025 

Applications and enrollment must be made via email to secretariaescolar.sede@ucp.pt

NOTE: Only those who have not enrolled in Higher Education for the first time in the academic year 2024/25 can be candidates for a Transfer.

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Candidates Aged Over-23 - 2025/26

Applications: 19 May to 23 June 2025
Written Exam: 2 July 2025
Interview: 3 July 2025
Results: 9 July 2025
Enrollment: 9 to 13 July 2025

Required Documentation

• ID card or passport
• CV
• Documents (diplomas, qualification certificates, letters of recommendation) that the candidate considers useful to support the submitted CV
• Declaration, on honour, that the candidate does not hold qualifications that grant them access to higher education
• Motivation letter 

Assessment Components

The assessment of the candidates’ ability to attend the BA in Political Science and International Relations carried out through the following components:

1- Evaluation of educational and professional CV.
2- Explanation of the candidate’s motivations for wishing to enter higher education and interview.
3- Written examination to evaluate the knowledge and skills considered fundamental for admission and progression in the degree.

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