General Regime - via 12th Year

 

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

 

Application requirements:
 

  • Candidates that have completed the 12th grade of Portuguese high school or hold a legally recognised equivalent qualification;
  • Candidates that have completed high school or 12th grade internationally. To this end, they are to obtain recognition of legal equivalence with the Portuguese secondary school system.

As regards admission requirements, candidates are admitted if they take the Portuguese National Exams or request the acceptance of the equivalent final examination completed on a foreign educational system. *

In order to find out about equivalent subjects to the university admissions, please contact FCH-Católica.

* NOTE: The hard copies of all final Secondary Education documents must be certified by the Portuguese Consulate in the study location, by the Student's Country consulate in Portugal, or have Apostille.

 

For the academic year of 2024/2025, candidates are accepted according to the following entrance required exams:
 

Undergraduate Degrees

Required Exams

Communication and Cultural Sciences Portuguese or History or English
Applied Foreign Languages Portuguese or English
Psychology

Portuguese or Biology and Geology or Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences*

Social Work Portuguese or History or Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences*
Philosophy Portuguese or History or Philosophy
NEW | Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Math A (100%) or
Math A (50%) and Portuguese (50%) or
Math A (50%) and Philosophy (50%)

*can be replaced by Math A or B

The application grade for 2024/2025 is calculated as follows:

  • Final Secondary School grade: 60%
  • Result of the Required Exams: 40%

 



For the academic year of 2025/2026, candidates are accepted according to the following entrance required exams:
 

Undergraduate Degrees

Required Exams

Communication and Cultural Sciences

Portuguese and History or
Portuguese and English or
Portuguese and Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences

Applied Foreign Languages

Portuguese and English or
English and Portuguese Literature or
Portuguese and History

Psychology

Portuguese and Biology and Geology or
Portuguese and Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences or
Portuguese and Philosophy

Social Work

Portuguese and Philosophy or
Portuguese and Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences or
Portuguese and History

Philosophy

Portuguese and Philosophy or
Philosophy and History

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Portuguese and Mathematics or
Philosophy and Mathematics or
English and Mathematics

 

The application grade for 2025/2026 is calculated as follows:

  • Final Secondary School grade: 50%
  • Result of the Required Exams: 50%

 


 

Applications Calendar 2024/2025

 

 

1st Phase

2nd Phase

3rd Phase

Applications

June 3 to July 19

July 20 to August 7

August 8 to 30
Results

July 26

August 13

September 3
Registration
(payment of enrolment
and first tuition fee)
July 26 to 30

August 13 to 15

September 3 to 5

 

Applications - How to apply:
 

Candidates may submit their applications as from the month of June within the deadlines set by the calendar available on the Universidade Católica Portuguesa website by any one of the following means:

  • Online, via the UCP website or through the following link.

In either situation, the application is only accepted following the delivery of all of the necessary documentation and the payment of the non-refundable application fee (165.00€).
 

START YOUR APPLICATION HERE

Testimonial

Constança Melícias

Constança Melícias

"I am very confident about the possibilities that the PPE degree will bring for my future."