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Getting a Foreign Degree Recognised in Portugal
The three ways to have a foreign university degree recognised in Portugal, which one you need, the documents, the fees, and the time limits.
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DGES Books the 2026 Concurso Nacional de Acesso Candidaturas Window From 20 July to 6 August — 1.ª Fase Results Land 23 August, 2.ª Fase Opens 24 August
DGES has locked the 2026 Concurso Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Superior calendar — candidaturas open 20 July and close 6 August, 1.ª fase results land 23 August, and the 2.ª fase opens 24 August. The 27 July sub-deadline binds emigrant and luso-descendent candidates.
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166,339 Candidates Sit National Secondary-School Exams From 16-26 June Across 340,382 Papers and 25 Disciplines — Portuguese 12th-Year and Economics A 11th-Year Headline Day One as 93,596 Aim for 20 July Higher-Education Competition
Eleven working days, 25 disciplines, 340,382 papers — the 2026 National Secondary-School Exams open 09:30 Monday with Portuguese 12th-year as 166,339 candidates sit the first phase, 93,596 of them aiming at the 20 July National Higher-Education Access Competition.
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DGES Lines Up 56,790 Public Higher-Education Seats for the 2026/27 Concurso Nacional — Medicine Adds 62 Places to 1,656 and Educação Básica Climbs 147 to 1,344 With Applications Opening on 20 July
DGES locks 56,790 places in the 2026/27 concurso nacional — 34,841 university and 21,949 polytechnic — with applications opening 20 July; Medicine adds 62 to 1,656 (including a new UTAD degree), Educação Básica climbs 147 to 1,344, and the system carries 78,283 total seats.
Education
Conselho de Ministros Greenlights the New Ação Social no Ensino Superior for 2026/27 — Average Annual Grant Rises 53% to €2,660 on a Per-Municipality Cost-of-Living Method as the Envelope Steps Up From €144 Million to €220 Million
The Conselho de Ministros approved the long-trailed reform of the Sistema de Ação Social no Ensino Superior on the morning of Thursday 21 May 2026 , with the new architecture due to take effect from the 2026/27 academic year . The headline number...
Education
Nova SBE Breaks Into the Financial Times Global Top 10 for Executive Education in Customised Programmes — Católica Porto Joins as Sixth Portuguese School, Iscte and Universidade do Porto Move Up in Open Enrolment
Nova School of Business and Economics entered the Financial Times global top 10 for executive-education customised programmes in the 2026 ranking the British financial daily published over the weekend of 17-18 May, landing at 9th place worldwide...
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FFMS Walks the Ensino Superior Cost-Benefit Study Into Lisbon on Thursday 14 May — Each €1 Invested in Higher Education Returns €13.7 in Salary Gains, but Portuguese Families Carry 30% of the Bill, Double the EU Average
The Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos released on Thursday 14 May 2026 the latest of its Estado da Educação series of monographs — a cost-benefit study of higher education in Portugal that lands two contradictory headline numbers in the same...