Admission to Bachelor's in Liberal Arts

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 Portuguese or other EU nationality who have not lived in Portugal for over two years. Portuguese and EU applicants go through the Concurso Nacional de Acesso. The calendar is common to the whole University of Lisbon.

• The entrance exams Portugal requires for the degree (or equivalent foreign exams, ENEM or Gaokao)
• Application grade: 50% secondary average and 50% exams; minimum 100 out of 200
• Portuguese at B1 (DEPLE), or FLUL's language test; not required from Portuguese-speaking countries

Application fee 60€; tuition 3,500€ a year (2026/27). Rules and places on the University of Lisbon page.