Admissions: Instituto Superior Técnico

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.

• Secondary school completed with access exams; applicants without them can take Técnico's own exams (Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Descriptive Geometry)
• Portuguese at B1 by the end of the 1st year, if secondary school was not in Portuguese
• ENEM (Brazil): at least 500 points, within the last three years

Fee 100€ per application (degree); place reservation 2,000€; tuition 7,000€ a year (2026/27). Rules and places on the University of Lisbon page.

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.

• Secondary school completed with access exams; applicants without them can take Técnico's own exams (Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Descriptive Geometry)
• Portuguese at B1 by the end of the 1st year, if secondary school was not in Portuguese
• ENEM (Brazil): at least 500 points, within the last three years

Fee 100€ per application (degree); place reservation 2,000€; tuition 7,000€ a year (2026/27). Rules and places on the University of Lisbon page.

Application through the Fénix admissions portal. Técnico students apply in the same rounds as everyone else, with their academic record pre-filled. All places open in the 1st round.

• A completed bachelor's, or at least 138 ECTS in the 1st and 2nd rounds, completed by the end of enrolment confirmation
• Fee: 50€ for each of the first two applications, 100€ from the third (2026/27)
• Ranking: affinity of the bachelor's with the master's, the origin institution and the final average, with a bonus for extracurricular activities. Each master's sets a minimum score and may hold interviews.

Full rules in the 2nd cycle admission regulations and on the admissions page.

For applicants without Portuguese or other EU nationality. A separate contest, in Fénix Connect.

• Bachelor's diploma and transcript, CV and passport
• English, if not the first language: TOEFL iBT above 65 or IELTS above 5
• Application fee: 100€. Place reservation: 2,000€ (tuition 7,000€/year in 2026/27)

Full rules on the international students page.