APPLY HERE (25 March - 18 May, 2025)

Applications exclusively online. You must access the Application Form and fill all the fields.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• ID card or Passport.
• Declaration of honour “International Student” (template available here).
• Certificate or Diploma proving Portuguese language level (minimum B2);
  or
• Declaration of formal commitment to attend an intensive Portuguese language course, obtaining a minimum B2 level by the beginning of the 3rd curricular year (template available here).
• Portuguese high school diploma or legally qualification, when applicable.
• Diploma or Certificate issued by a competent authority attesting the successful approval in an education program and conferring to its holder the right to apply for higher education in the country where it was obtained.
• Copy of the documents proving the grades obtained:
  
  
  • In the Portuguese entrance exams (02 Biology and Geology and 07 Physics and Chemistry), for holders of a Portuguese secondary school diploma or equivalent qualification.
    or
  • In the national exams for access to higher education in the country of origin:
    ▪ Biology
    ▪ Chemistry
    or
  • In the specific secondary school final exams:
    ▪ Biology
    ▪ Chemistry
    or
  • In the subjects of Biology and Chemistry: an official document certifying that you meet the conditions to access higher education in the country of origin is required.
• Residence certificate issued by the country where the candidate is domiciled.
• Payment of application fee (€70,00).
  
  

Application Checklist

This competition is aimed at international students. International students are those who do not have Portuguese nationality and who do not fall into any of the following categories:

a)     Nationals of a Member State of the European Union;

b)     Those who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Union, but have been legally residing in Portugal for more than two years, continuously, on the 1st of January of the year in which they wish to enrol at NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, as well as their legally resident children (not including any period during which they have previously been residing in Portugal with a study permit);

c)     Those who apply to Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School through the special access and entry regimes regulated by Decree-Law no. 64-A/2023 of 31st of July;

d)     Those who are attending Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School under an international mobility program to carry out part of a study cycle of a foreign higher education institution with which the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School has established an exchange agreement for this purpose without prejudice to the eligibility of their application at the end of the exchange period;

e)     The relative members of Portuguese nationals or nationals of a Member State of the European Union, regardless of their nationality, in accordance with paragraph i) of article 2.º of Law no. 37/2006, of 9th of August;

f)       Those who, on the 1st of January of the year they wish to join Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School, benefit from the status of equal rights and duties assigned under an international treaty granted between the Portuguese State and the State of which they are nationals.

Any person in a situation of humanitarian emergency can also apply for international student status (article 8thA of Decree-Law no. 36/2014). According to article 8th A of Decree-Law no. 36/2014, a person in situation of humanitarian emergency is anyone coming from a country or region where there is a recognised situation of armed conflict, natural disaster or widespread violation of human rights that requires the need for a humanitarian response. 

Notice: students who enter higher education under this contest will remain international students until the end of the degree in which they initially enrolled or to which they have transferred, even if, during their course of their studies, they will be granted equal status in terms of rights and duties, unless in the meantime they acquire the nationality of a Member State of the European Union. The cessation of the application of international student status as a result of the above shall take effect in the subsequent school year following the date on which nationality is acquired.

Candidates who meet the following conditions may apply for vacancies available for international students in the first cycle of studies:

a) Holders of a qualification – any diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority – that entitles them to apply and enter higher education in the country where it was obtained;

b) Holders of a Portuguese secondary school diploma or legally equivalent qualification;

c) Compliance, at the date of the current competition, with the prerequisite established by NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, under the terms of Decree-Law no. 296-A/98, of 25th of September, in its current wording, which regulates the regime of access and entry into higher education, amended by Decrees-Law no. 99/99 of 30th of March, 26/2003 of 7th of February, 76/2004 of 27th of March, 158/2004 of 30th of June and 147-A/2006 of 31st of July.

Specific Conditions for entering the first cycle in Nutrition Sciences:

1.     Analysis and evaluation of the specific academic qualification for admission into the cycle of studies the candidate is applying for:

a) When the candidate is the holder of a Portuguese secondary education course, this verification will focus on the approval in the two entrance examinations defined for the Degree in Nutrition Sciences of this Faculty: 02 Biology and Geology and 07 Physics and Chemistry;

b) When the candidate does not hold Portuguese national exams, the specific academic qualification may be based on one of three situations:

i. Having passed Biology and Chemistry examinations for entry into higher education in the country of origin;

ii. Having completed secondary school final exams both in Biology and Chemistry, in the country of origin;

iii. Having attended and obtained approval in both the subjects of Biology and Chemistry in secondary school in the country of origin, proving that the candidate meets the conditions to access higher education in their country, as long as the candidate is able to present the official document certifying this qualification.

c) When the candidate is a Brazilian high school graduate, and whenever applicable, this demonstration corresponds to the approval in the area of Nature Sciences and its Technologies in the National High School Exam (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio, ENEM), with a minimum required score of 100 points.

2. Demonstration of knowledge of the Portuguese language (B2 Level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages): candidates from educational systems not taught in Portuguese must present the Portuguese Language certificate attesting both oral and written competences, issued by a competent authority.

2.1. Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous point, students who do not have a B2 Level may still apply, as long as they formally commit to attending an intensive language course and obtaining the required B2 level by the beginning of the 3rd curricular year of the bachelor’s degree. Failure to do this will prevent the students from renewing the enrolment at NOVA Medical School│Faculdade de Ciências Médicas until they prove to have acquired the required language skills.

Exams taken in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. 

For candidates who compete with the ENEM (Brazilian National High School Exam) tests:
Only candidates with a classification in the ENEM knowledge area “Ciências da Natureza e suas Tecnologias” (CNT) equal to or greater than 100 points may be admitted, after conversion to the Portuguese scale of ratings (0 to 200 points) using the following formula:

ENEM C = Classification obtained in the CNT knowledge area x 200/1000

ENEM C – Classification obtained in the knowledge area of CNT after conversion to the Portuguese scale of ratings (0 to 200 points)

If you have any further questions, please contact us at admissions@nms.unl.pt