Undergraduate Degrees: Courses and Vacancies 2026/2027

The School of Arts and Humanities currently has 17 undergraduate degree programs, with a duration of 6 semesters/3 academic years.

Applying

The application process takes place exclusively online. To start your application you must register here.

Documents to be submitted with the application

a) Copy of the Passport or foreign Identity Card;

b) Declaration under oath that the candidate does not have Portuguese or other European Union nationality, nor is covered by any of the special conditions that, according to the International Student Statute, do not confer the International Student status (download the Declaration of Honor model);

c) Secondary education diploma or equivalent, or, if the academic qualification does not correspond to the Portuguese secondary education, a document proving that it allows, in the country where it was obtained, the access to higher education, duly validated by the competent entity of that country, indicating the grading scale in which it is expressed (e.g. in the case of Brazilian students, they must present the diploma of completion of secondary education);

d) A document proving the approval in the entrance examinations defined in Portugal for the cycle of studies/ degree to which you are applying (the entrance examinations must have been taken in the calendar year or in the 3 calendar years prior to the application), or documentation that allows proving that, during your schooling, you have passed the curricular components that integrate the knowledge covered by the entrance examinations defined in Portugal for the cycle of studies/ degree to which you are applying (ex: in the case of Brazilian students, they must submit the results of ENEM of the curent calendar year or in the 3 calendar years prior to the application).

e) Elementary Diploma of Portuguese as a Foreign Language. Please note: students from Portuguese-speaking countries are not required to submit this diploma.

Please Note: Documents proving qualifications, whenever they have been issued by institutions from non-EU countries, must be legally recognized by a Portuguese consular agent or by the Hague Apostille in the country of origin of the documents. Whenever they are not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish, the documents must be translated into one of these languages by a certified translator.

Application and Admissions requirements

Access and Admission Requirements

Students that may apply and enroll in the 1st cycle of undergraduate studies at the School of Arts and Humanities:

a) are not of Portuguese or other European Union nationality, have not legally resided in Portugal for more than 2 years, and intend to enter a 1st cycle - Bachelor's Degree - course at the School of Arts and Humanities (Attention: in case you have two or more nationalities and one of them corresponds to the nationality of a Member State, including Portugal, you cannot apply!);

b) hold a qualification/diploma that, in the country where it was obtained, entitles them to apply and enter higher education in that country;

International students must also cumulatively demonstrate that they:

a) have an academic qualification in the areas of knowledge required for the study cycle to which the student is applying, under the terms defined in article 4 of Order no. 8295-B/2015 of 29 July;

b) have a Portuguese language level B1, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;

i) International applicants who do not possess the B1 level or a DEPLE (Elementary Diploma of Foreign Language) may apply provided they commit to attend an annual Portuguese Language and Culture course, or;

ii) take a Portuguese language and culture test to be held at the School of Arts and Humanities (first phase: first week of April; second phase: last week of June).

Applications are accepted from Brazilian students who have taken ENEM in the current calendar year or in the 3 calendar years prior to the application and who have a high school diploma.

Applications are also accepted from Chinese students who have completed high school and taken the Gaokao or Liankao in the curent calendar year or in the 3 calendar years prior to the application.

Seriation Criteria

a) 50% of the average in the 12th year of schooling or equivalent in the country of provenance (secondary or high school);

b) 50% of the average marks obtained in the specific tests required for access to the course the candidate intends to attend (rounded to the tenths) or in the equivalent tests held in the country of provenance (e.g. ENEM, Gaokao or Liankao);

The minimum selection mark for each study cycle is 100, on a scale of 100 to 200.

In the case of Brazilian students, the classification obtained in ENEM is considered in one of the following areas of knowledge: humanities and its technologies or languages, codes and their technologies, as well as the writing. It is mandatory to have at least 500 points in the area of knowledge relevant to the Degree Course the student is applying for and at least 550 points in the essay.

Fees and Charges

Fees and charges for undergraduate courses:

Application fee: EUR 60.00 (payable upon application)

Tuition/annual fee: EUR 3,500.00 (30% paid upon registration)

Registration fee (includes school insurance): EUR 20.00

Students can choose to pay tuition fees in instalments. In your Fenix.Edu profile (Tab: View account), each student will find precise information about monthly installment amounts and due dates.

International Payments

If you need to make an international bank transfer, please use the following bank details:

· IBAN: PT50 0035 0824 00005100330 69

· BIC/SWIFT CODE: CGDIPTPL

You must send the transfer receipt along with the candidate number to the following e-mail addresses: tesouraria@letras.ulisboa.pt and sa.graduados@letras.ulisboa.pt.

Legislation

It is advised to read carefully the following legislation:

Decreto-Lei n.º 36/2014, de 10 de Março, que visa regular o Estatuto do Estudante Internacional

Decreto-Lei n.º 62/2018, de 6 de Agosto, que altera e republica o Decreto-Lei n.º 36/2014, de 10 de Março, que visa regular o Estatuto do Estudante Internacional

Despacho n.º 10579/2019, de 18 de Novembro, que regulamenta o ingresso para Estudantes Internacionais da Universidade de Lisboa

Contacts

For more information about the Special Competition for Access and Admission to Higher Education for International Students:

Academic Services Unit - Graduate Studies (sa.graduados@letras.ulisboa.pt)

Applications for Masters, Doctoral Degrees and Specialization Courses at FLUL

International student applications for graduate programs (MA, PhD and Specialization Courses) follow the same procedures, requirements and deadlines as national student applications.

For more information, please see:

Academic Calendar»

Applications to Master´s, Doctoral e Specialisation

Contact details:

Academic Services Unit - Postgraduate Studies (sa.posgraduados@letras.ulisboa.pt)