Application fee: 70€

The 2024/25 yearly tuition fee, for students enrolled in an undergraduate program under the international student statute, is 3500€.

As well as tuition fees, students must also pay the following fees at the time of enrolment:

• School insurance – 12€
• Administrative fees – 35€

Please note that none of the fees paid as part of the application and enrolment process, including tuition fees, are subject to refund.

This information does not exempt applicants from reading Order No. 4504-A / 2019, which regulates the payment of tuition and other fees at NOVA FCSH (in Portuguese)

Applications must be submitted through the InforEstudante Platform, accompanied by the following documents:

a) Passport or foreign Identity Card scan;

b) Sworn Statement, by the applicant, declaring that they do not possess Portuguese nationality, nor are they covered by any of the exceptions that, under the terms of Decree-Law no. 36/2014, of the 10th of March 2014, preclude them from applying under the International Student status;

c) High School diploma, or legal equivalent, duly authenticated by the pertinent authority of the issuing country. (This document must be accompanied by an official translation whenever not originally issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish);

d) Letter of Intent, written in Portuguese, stating the reasons for applying to their chosen undergraduate program at NOVA FCSH;

e) Language certificate that attests to the applicant’s command of the Portuguese language (minimum required: B2 level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, or CEFR);**

f) Certificate of completion of the Pre-University Semester (SPU) at NOVA University of Lisbon, if applicable.

Please find the relevant Application Notice (in Portuguese) to the undergraduate program you will be applying to, for more information regarding the specific requirements of each program.

**The following applicants exempt from presenting this document:

• nationals of countries whose official language is Portuguese;
• holders of secondary education diplomas (or equivalent) obtained in Portugal, in a Portuguese-speaking country, or from an institution where the teaching language was Portuguese

Applications are graded and ranked according to the following criteria:

• 40% – Knowledge Test;
• 35% – High School GPA, or equivalent;
• 25% – Letter of Intent.

Each of the above criteria is graded on a scale from 0 to 200 and is not individually subject to rounding. The calculation of the final grade, however, which is done according to the percentages indicated above, is rounded up or down to the closest decimal point.

The applicants are then ranked according to the final grade attributed to their application, from highest to lowest.

 

The final result of the application is expressed as Colocado (Placed) or Não Colocado (Not Placed), and the final ranking is published on the InforEstudante platform.

 

Students who have simultaneously successfully completed the Pre-University Semester of NOVA University of Lisbon (SPU) and a course offered by NOVA FCSH within the SPU, have guaranteed admission into their chosen undergraduate program, as long as there are places available.

 

Applications of students who have successfully completed the SPU, but who have not successfully completed a NOVA FCSH course within the SPU, will be subject to the same grading and ranking as other applicants.

Results will be published on the InforEstudante platform (Applications > Degrees > Details > Classification List), by the date stated on the applications’ calendar.

• Antropologia
• Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais
• Ciências da Comunicação
• História da Arte
• Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas (Estudos Alemães)
• Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas (Estudos Espanhóis)
• Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas (Estudos Franceses)
• Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas (Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos)
• Tradução (Alemão)
• Tradução (Espanhol)
• Tradução (Francês)
• Tradução (Inglês)