International Student (Non-EU)

International students may apply for enrolment and registration in study cycles at Universidade Lusófona if they are:

• Holders of a qualification that grants access to higher education, defined as any diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority attesting to the completion of an education programme and granting them the right to apply for and enter higher education in the country where it was awarded.
• Holders of a Portuguese secondary education diploma or a legally equivalent qualification.

For the purposes of admission to the respective study cycle, international students must:

• Sit the internal entrance exams required for the course they intend to attend..
• Possess knowledge of the language or languages in which teaching is conducted.
• Fulfil the prerequisites, where applicable, in accordance with the relevant legislation.

The International Student Admissions Process applies to students from outside the European Union who do not hold a higher education degree and wish to attend a Bachelor's Degree or an Integrated Master's Degree at Universidade Lusófona.

The following students are not covered by the definition of international student:

• Nationals of a European Union Member State.
• Family members of Portuguese nationals or nationals of a European Union Member State, regardless of their nationality.*
• Those who, not being nationals of a European Union Member State and not being covered by the previous point, have legally resided in Portugal for more than two years, uninterruptedly, as of 1 January of the year in which they intend to enter higher education, as well as children legally residing with them.
• Beneficiaries, as of 1 January of the year in which they intend to enter higher education, of the status of equal rights and duties granted under an international treaty established between the Portuguese State and the State of which they are nationals.
• Those requesting entry to higher education through the special access and admission regimes regulated by Decree-Law no. 393-A/99, of 2 October, amended by Decree-Law no. 272/2009, of 1 October.

Foreign / International Students benefit from the same tuition fee (monthly instalments¹) table as all other students.

• Monthly instalments¹ are to be paid by the 8th of each month.
• International / foreign students, in accordance with service order no. 8/2019, must settle the first 2 monthly instalments¹ at the time of enrolment / registration.

The international / foreign student must pay:

• Upon Application - Application Fee
• Upon Enrolment / Registration - Registration + enrolment + school insurance + 2 monthly instalments
• Consult the different values per course.

In Portugal, the regime for granting equivalence of qualifications from foreign education systems to those of the Portuguese education system at the primary and secondary levels is defined in Decree-Law no. 227/2005, of 28/12, which can be consulted on the official website of the Directorate-General for Education.

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