General Regime - via 12th Year

 

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 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 2025/2026

 

 

1st Phase

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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 (175.00€). 

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