In the application procedure you must attach the following documents, which must be authenticated by the Portuguese Embassy or Consulate in the country of origin of the qualifications or by affixing the Haia Apostille, in digital format:

1.The conclusion of secondary education must be proven by submitting one of the following documents:

a) Proof of completion of Portuguese secondary education or legal equivalent;

b) Proof of completion of foreign secondary education.

2. Specific academic qualifications must be proven by means of evidence corresponding to the qualification for which you are applying:

a) Proof of conclusion in a foreign national examination, if the country of origin of the qualification requires this examination for access to higher education, in addition to secondary education. If the country of origin of the qualifications is not on the list in Annex I of the Regulations for Access and Admission to the University of Évora, you must also submit a declaration, issued by the Ministry of Education or the competent national authority of that country, proving the conditions required for access to higher education in the country of origin;

b) Proof of approval in the national or recognized secondary school final exams and a declaration issued by the Ministry of Education or by the competent national authority of that country, proving that they are secondary school final exams and that they are national in scope or recognized at national level;

c) Proof of approval in the Portuguese national exams corresponding to the entrance exams required for the course you are applying fortaken under the General Access Regime in Portugal.

3. Proficiency in Portuguese must be proven through one of the following documents:

a) Proof of conclusion of secondary education in Portuguese;

b) Authenticated B1 certificate issued by an institution in Portugal or in another European Union country;

c) Elementary Diploma in Portuguese as a Foreign Language (DEPLE);

4. Identification must be proven by a copy of an identity document, and the candidate must declare in the application, under oath, that he/she is not a Portuguese national.

Each document must be scanned in pdf or jpg format and it must be ensured that :

a) if the classification does not appear on the proof of qualifications, you need a declaration issued by the Higher Education Institutio, proving the classification of completion, must be submitted;

b) if the degree classification does not correspond to the numerical scale of 0-20, a document issued by the institution from which the degree originated, the Ministry of Education or the Embassy must be submitted, showing the maximum classification on this scale and the minimum classification corresponding to the pass;

c) if the proof of qualifications has been issued by an entity from a country outside the European Union, these documents must be authenticated in one of the following ways:

i. By the consulates or embassies of Portugal in the country of origin where the candidate obtained their qualifications;

ii. By the consulates or embassies of the country of origin where the candidate obtained their qualifications in Portugal;

iii. With an Apostille of the Haia Convention, for countries that are signatories to the Apostille;

d) if the proof of qualifications is not written in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English, a translation of the documents into Portuguese must also be submitted.

* If you do not submit a document proving the final classification of your qualifications on a scale of 0-20, nor do you submit the documents referred to in points a) and b), you will be graded out of 10 for the purposes of ranking and for calculating scholarships for international students.

When applying, you must declare on your honor that you are not a Portuguese national and that you do not meet any of the conditions for exemption from international student status.

Once the application fee has been paid, the Academic Services will analyze whether the required documentation has been attached:

- The application will only be validated/accepted if it is submitted with all the required documentation, and you will be notified of its validation;

- The application will not be validated in the case of missing documentation, and you will be notified that you have 24 hours to access and resubmit the application in SIIUE with the missing documents;

- The application will be rejected if you do not meet the conditions for access to the course you are applying for or if the missing documents have not been attached to the application by the deadline mentioned above. You will be notified and may reapply at a later stage.

* Notifications should be consulted in the SIIUE using the credentials you used to submit the application, and emails will only be sent as an alert, which may be considered spam.


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