International Applicants

International Applicants

If you’re a non-EU national applying to a bachelor’s degree at Politécnico de Leiria, you can benefit from the International Student Status when submitting your application.


How to apply

To apply to a bachelor’s programme at Politécnico de Leiria, international applicants have to go through the Special Call for International Students.

Please check the language and academic qualifications required for bachelor’s programmes below.

The application is done online at the Applications Portal.


Language requirements

The attendance of any bachelor’s degrees of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria requires an independent knowledge of the language in which the programme is taught, proved in one of the following ways:

  1. Domain of the language in which the course is taught, at a level equal to or greater than the so-called B2 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), certificate by a competent authority in language knowledge.
  2. Proof through a written and oral test, with approval, in one of the Higher Schools of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.

NOTE: Students who come from countries whose official language is the one in which the course is taught, or whose language is considered an affine language, are exempt from the above provisions.


Required documentation

Academic qualifications

  • Copy of a valid ID card/passport.
  • Portuguese secondary school diploma or foreign equivalent.
  • Letter issued by the applicant’s country authorities assuring the applicant has the right to and the necessary competences to apply for a bachelor’s degree at a foreign higher education institution.
  • Copy of Portuguese secondary school leaving exams results transcript, or equivalent.
  • Copy of their country’s secondary school leaving exams results transcript.
  • Copy of certificate stating the applicant has passed their country’s secondary school leaving exams, which are equivalent to Portuguese ones. It must include their final results and rating scales.
  • Language proficiency certificate of the language in which the study programme is taught.
  • Copy of certificate stating the applicant has completed secondary school education and has studied subjects of similar level and content of the ones studied by Portuguese students. It must include their final results and rating scales.
  • For applicants addmited to the School of Health Sciences, it is also mandatory to bring a proof of achievement of the prerequisite Interpersonal Communication – Group A (type of proof: medical questionnaire declaration).
  • For applicants addmited to the Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Therapy, it is also mandatory to bring a declaration written by a Speech Therapist, attesting the absence of language and/or speech disorders and the mastery of oral and written Portuguese language.
  • Power of attorney, when the application is submitted by State Attorney.

If the applicant holds a Portuguese secondary school diploma or a legally Portuguese equivalent qualification, their academic qualifications will be assessed based on the National Call for Admission to Higher Education.

If the applicant does not hold a Portuguese or foreign secondary school diploma, their qualifications will be assessed based on documentary evidence of:

  • Educational achievement in exams of similar level and content than those of the students admitted through the general access regime for the study cycle, including the corresponding final results and rating scales;
  • And/or educational achievement in a level of education that provides acquisition of knowledge in subjects of similar level and content than those of the students admitted through the general access regime for the study cycle, including the corresponding final results and rating scales. 

In any case, applicants can ask to sit the Portuguese higher education admission exams. They take place at Politécnico de Leiria and are similar to the Portuguese secondary school leaving exams.

NOTE
Reading this information does not exempt you from consulting the document “Despacho n.º 310/2023”, published on this page in “More Information“.


Applications calendar 2024/2025

Academic Year 2024/2025First PhaseSecond PhaseThird Phase
Applications period8th January to 7th March 20242nd April to 24th May 202418th June to 17th July 2024
Exams 15th to the 7th February 202422nd do 24th April 2024___
Exams Results 21st March 202417th May 2024___
Applications Results22nd March 20247th June 202431st July 2024
Enrolment and Registration26th March to 1st April 202412th to 17th June 2024
2nd to 10th August 2024
1 If you have to sit exams to apply to higher education, please do your registration at Application Portal
2 If the programme you’re applying to requires prerequisites, these results are only provisional.

Vacancies 2024/2025

Bachelor’s programmesVacancies
Communication and Media8
Sports and Well-Being5
Primary Education10
Social Education8
Applied Portuguese Language45
Human Relations and Organisational Communication6
Human Relations and Organisational Communication (EaD)0
Social Work8
Translation and Interpretation Portuguese/Chinese – Chinese/Portuguese5
Bachelor’s programmesVacancies
Public administration4
Biomechanics2
Accountancy and Finance3
Automotive Engineering4
Civil Engineering15
Electrical and Computer Engineering6
Electrical and Computer Engineering | Evening Classes0
Energy and Environmental Engineering7
Industrial Engineering and Management5
Computer Engineering18
Mechanical Engineering4
Management10
Games and Multimedia10
Marketing8
Solicitorship10

Bachelor’s programmesVacancies
Fine Arts1
Spatial Design2
Graphic Design and Multimedia Design4
Graphic Design and Multimedia Design| Evening Classes1
Industrial Design 3
Product Design – Ceramic and Glass1
Cultural Programming and Production4
Sound and Image4
Theatre1
Bachelor’s programmesVacancies
Tourism and Recreation2
Marine Biology8
Biotechnology2
Food Engineering5
Restaurant and Catering Management4
Events Management1
Tourism and Hotel Management9
Marketing for Tourism2
Tourism9
Bachelor’s programmesVacancies
Dietetics and Nutrition4
Nursing2
Physiotherapy0
Speech Therapy1
Occupational Therapy1

Exams Results


Settling into Politécnico de Leiria checklist

1. Apply and get the results

2. Register and pay

  • Register at the Student Portal.
  • Pay the registration fee (€100) and 40% of your annual tuition fees (€1200).

3. Get a Portuguese study visa

  • Visa advice for international applicants.
    TIP: The process of verifying the authenticity of official documents may be quicker if you take the original copies of the required documentation with you to the Portuguese consulate.

4. Travel to Portugal

  • Gather all the documentation you need and plan your journey.
  • Pack your bags and we’ll be here ready and excited to welcome you.


International students

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