Admissions: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto

Online application, using the national exam grades required as entrance exams. Each applicant lists up to 6 institution/degree pairs, in order of preference, and is placed in the first one their application grade qualifies for.

• Access: a password certified at the secondary school or at a higher education access office, or login with the Cartão de Cidadão or Chave Móvel Digital.
• The degree's minimum grades and pré-requisitos: Entrance exams and formula, from the Guia de Candidatura 2026.
• One placement per round. A placement in a later round cancels the earlier one.

The contest is run by the Instituto para o Ensino Superior (IES), which succeeded DGES in 2026.

For applicants without EU nationality or equal-rights status who have not legally lived in Portugal for over two years. Portuguese and EU applicants go through the Concurso Nacional de Acesso. FCUP has its own calendar, in two phases; the 2027/28 dates have not been published yet.

• Portuguese secondary school or a foreign qualification giving access to higher education in the home country
• Portuguese at independent-user level (an oral test by video call may be required); the degree is taught in Portuguese

Application fee 100€; tuition 3,810€ a year (2,100€ for CPLP nationals) in 2026/27. General rules on the University of Porto page.

Applications on FCUP's Sigarra, in two phases; international students apply in the same phases. The 2027/28 dates have not been published yet.

• A bachelor's degree in the field (final-year students can apply, proving the degree by the end of enrolment)
• Ranking: academic CV 80% (field and average of the bachelor's) and scientific and professional CV 20%
• Application fee 55€; tuition 1,430€ a year (EU), 4,125€ (international) or 2,475€ (CPLP) in 2026/27

Deadlines for every FCUP master's on the applications page.