Applicants to ESS-FP through the Transfer/Change of Study Programme, regulated by Ordinance nr. 181-D/2015, of the 19th of June, in the terms of nr. 2 or Article 9, must comply cumulatively with the following conditions:

• Have been registered/enrolled in a higher education institution, duly recognized by the respective State, in the previous school year or in other school years, with or without interruption of studies, in a programme that they have not finished;
• Have successfully taken secondary education national exams corresponding to the admission exams fixed for that pair, for that year, for applications through the General Regime, with the minimum classification required by the higher education institution that year for application through the General Regime.

i) In the terms of article 10 and paragraphs b) and c) of no. 1 of article 9, applicants that have completed a foreign secondary education course legally equivalent to the Portuguese secondary education, must prove, through their transcripts of records (“Relevé des Notes” or “Pagella Scolastica” or “Transcript” or “Histórico”), with the corresponding marks, that they have been approved in the final school-leaving subject(s) corresponding to the admission exam(s) established in Portugal for application to the study programme they wish to attend in ESS-FP;

ii) In the terms of article 12, applicants who have entered higher education through the special applications for Over 23 years old, will have to prove that they have successfully taken exams corresponding to those required by the higher education institution in that year for the special applications for Over 23 years old;

iii) The tests carried out in other education institutions need a favourable report from the jury of the tests of the respective course at ESS-FP

1. In the terms of nr. 3 of Article 9, it is not permitted the change of pair institution/higher technical-professional study programme, or a foreign programme of the same level, to an undergraduate degree or integrated master study programme;
2. In the terms of Article 15, the curricular integration of the students admitted through the Transfer/Change of Study Programme is done in the school year in which the students register and enrol in ESS-FP/UFP for the first time; it is not possible to suspend the attendance and retain the place for the following school year;
3. In the case of suspension of attendance, the student will have to go through the application process again, when he/she returns;
4. The admission through the Transfer/Change of Study Programme regime is subject to a ranking and selection process and to quantitative limitations, annually set by the legally competent organ at ESS-FP/UFP;
5. The ranking is done through the formula NS = [(65% X Nes) + (35% X Nde) : 2] in which: • NS means “ranking mark”;
6. Nes means “secondary education graduation mark”; • Nde means “subject(s) corresponding to the Portuguese admission exam(s)”;
7. The ranking mark (NS) is used in the calculation of the application mark (NC) that will be used for the selection of the applicants to be admitted for registration.
8. For applicants that have attended a national or foreign higher education degree that is legally recognized in the respective country (the PACES is also considered for this effect), and that have obtained approval in at least 1 curricular unit, the NC (application mark) is obtained by the following formula: NC = (NS + Média)/2 x 1 + y in which: • NS means the “ranking mark”; • Md means the “arithmetic average of the mark(s) of the curricular unit(s) attended and approved in the institution of origin” that belong to the dominant scientific area of the cycle of studies to which the student applied; y means “the number of the curricular units attended and approved in the institution of origin”. The value of y will be of 0,75 for the applicant that has obtained approval from 1 to 3 curricular units; it will be of 1,0 if the applicant has obtained approval from 4 to 6 curricular units; and it will be of 1,5 if the applicant has obtained approval in more than 6 curricular units;
9. For applicants that have not obtained approval in any curricular unit, the NC (application mark) is obtained by the following formula: NC = (NS + 9)/2+0.5 in which: • NS means the “ranking mark”;
10. The application mark must be higher than 9,5 marks in a scale of 0 to 20, to be able to be considered in the ordering, for selection purposes in the terms of the following number.
11. The applicants to be admitted to registration are ranked in descending order by their application mark until the limit of the available places.

• Applications are for the 1st year of a study cycle.
• Applicants that are admitted can request the creditation analysis of previous studies up to 10 working days after registering online as a student.

– The request for creditation analysis is done by sending the documentation by post or delivering it in person at the UFP – ESS-FP Admissions Office and entails the payment of an administrative fee.
– If creditations are granted, students can only have their credits registered after the payment of the administrative fee foreseen for in the General Norms Relating to Payment of School Fees at UFP/ESS-FP.

• In the 2022/2023 school year, places for the Transfer/Change of Study Programme, for the 1st year, can be consulted at [link].

1^st Phase

• Application: 1st to 30th of June 2022
• Results: 25th of July 2022
• Online registration: 26th to the 31st of July 2022
• Creditation analysis request: Up to 10 working days after the registration
• Validation of the registration*: Until the 1st of September 2022
• Beginning of the school year: 12th of September 2022

2^nd Phase

• Application: 16th to the 26th of August 2022
• Results: 8th of September 2022
• Online registration: 9th to the 16th of September 2022²
• Creditation analysis request: Up to 10 working days after the registration
  Validation of the registration*: Until the 21st of September 2022
• Beginning of the school year: 12th of September 2022¹

¹ To deliver missing documents (if applicable)
² Students admitted in the 2nd phase will be responsible for recovering the
subjects taught up to the date of enrolment and registration in the course units.
o deliver missing documents (if applicable).

Remaining places for the 2^nd Phase

• Biomedical Laboratory Sciences: 0
• Nursing: 2
• Physiotherapy: 0
• Speech Therapy: 0

1. The application is submitted exclusively online, at http://inforestudante.ufp.pt, with the payment of the application fee made by reference to Multibanco or PayPal (in this case, a surcharge is applied to cover the costs charged by that entity).
2. The documents must be scanned in order to allow a correct visualization, with the embossed seals or stamps of the academic diplomas/certificates clearly visible.
3. The result of the application is consulted in http://inforestudante.ufp.pt.

1. European Union Nationals: copy of an EU identification document;
2. Applicants who do not wish to submit a copy of the identification document must go in person to the UFP – ESS-FP Admissions Office, during its office hours and within the period for the application submission, with the original document;
3. Non European Union Nationals living in Portugal: Passport with Student Visa for Portugal or Residence permit issued by the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF);
4. Non European Union Nationals living abroad: Passport.
5. Fiscal/tax identification document;
6. Certificate or Declaration of Registration in a undergraduate degree or integrated cycle (*);
7. Transcript of Records of the undergraduate degree or integrated cycle (*);
8. Certificate of the secondary education:

8.1. Applicants that were admitted in the higher education system through the General Regime: Ficha ENES (Portuguese National Exams Score)* or Transcript of Records of the secondary education with the results of the national secondary education exams corresponding to the required admission exams, for applications through the General Regime, for the study cycle in question, with a mandatory minimum score of 9.5;
8.2. Applicants that completed their secondary education abroad: Transcript of Records of the final foreign secondary education subjects(*);
8.3. Applicants that were admitted in the higher education system the special applications for Over 23 years old: proof of admission to higher education by the said application regime and the completion of exams of the special applications for Over 23 years old, with the final classification and its contents and evaluation components (*).

(*) Provisions regarding academic certificates:

1) Certificates of national education institutions and of the remaining European Member States:

a) The Academic Services may require the presentation of the originals of the certificates and their translation (if applicable), as described below;

b) In the case of certificates of education institutions of EU Member States:

i. The Transcript of Records must include the respective quantitative grading scale, with the indication of the minimum mark for approval, used in the curricular evaluation;

ii. Certificates that are not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish must be accompanied by a translation into Portuguese, which must be legalized by the Portuguese consular agent in the country of origin of the diploma/certificate or legalized withe the Hague Apostille.

2) Certificates of education institutions of Non European Member States:

a) The Transcript of Records must include the respective quantitative grading scale, with the indication of the minimum mark for approval, used in the curricular evaluation;

b) Certificates that are not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish must be accompanied by a translation into Portuguese, which must be legalized by the Portuguese consular agent in the country of origin of the diploma/certificate or legalized with the Hague Apostille;

c) For the purposes of application, simple copies of the certificates are accepted. For the registration, the admitted students must give in either copies or originals authenticated with the Hague Apostille in the country in which the documents were issued. If the country has not adhered to this Convention, the documents will have to be legalized by the official education services of that country and by the respective Portuguese diplomatic authority.

1. Admitted students register online in http://candidaturas.ufp.pt, paying the tuition and tuition fee at that moment.
2. For the following cases, it will be necessary to validate the online registration, giving in the documentation indicated in paragraph 2 of this section, at the UFP – ESS-FP Admissions Office, within the deadline stipulated in the admission calendar:
2.1. Non EU nationals;
2.2. Students from Non EU education institutions;
2.3. Students admitted to health undergraduate degrees and integrated master courses.
3. Documentation for validation of the online registration:
3.1. Non EU nationals: Original of the Residence Permit issued by the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF) or Passport with Student Visa for Portugal.
3.1.1. In the case of students residing abroad: after registering online, they may request a declaration to assist in applying for the Student Visa at the Portuguese Consulate; securing the Student Visa and presenting it within the deadline of the admission schedule is the of the sole responsibility of the students.
3.2. Students from Non EU education institutions: copies or originals of the academic certificates submitted in the online application, authenticated as stipulated in the paragraph “Provisions regarding academic certificates”;
3.3. Students admitted to health undergraduate degrees: (Clinical Analysis and Public Health, Dentistry, Nursing, Nutrition Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy):
3.3.1. Pre-requisites of Group A (PDF), filled in by a doctor registered in the Portuguese Medical Association;
3.3.1.1. For the undergraduate degree in Speech Therapy: students must also give in a Declaration issued by a Speech Therapist registered in the Portuguese Speech Therapists Association, as per model provided by the UFP – ESS-FP Admissions Office (PDF).
3.3.1.2. Proof of proficiency of the Portuguese language. Students that do not give in the proof of proficiency when they register will mandatorily be enrolled in the “Portuguese for Foreigners” course.
3.3.1.2.1. The duration of the course is of two school years and students must obtain a positive mark in order to proceed to the clinical training.
3.3.1.2.2. Students that do not obtain a positive mark in the course at the end of the two years will have to take a 3rd year of the course.
iii. The attendance of the course is subject to the payment of the corresponding fee in force in each school year.
3.4. Failure to deliver the documents within the deadline stipulated in the admissions calendar entails the cancellation of registration, however, this does not exempt from the payment of school fees due until the date of cancellation.

1. Applicants that are admitted can request the creditation analysis of previous studies up to 10 working days after the online registration.
2. The creditation analysis request is done by sending the documentation by post or delivering it in person at the UFP – ESS-FP Admissions Office and entails the payment of an administrative fee, which can be consulted in the yearly school fees.
2.1. When the creditation analysis request is sent by post, both the documents and the payment of the respective fee must be received at the UFP – ESS-FP Admissions Office until the last day of the deadline indicated above.
3. The documentation necessary for the creditation analysis request is:
3.1. UFP/ESS-FP creditation analysis request form (link);
3.2. Students from Non EU education institutions: will have to given in (if they have not already done so): copies or originals of the academic certificates submitted in the online application authenticated as stipulated in the paragraph “Provisions regarding academic certificates”;
3.3. Programmes/syllabi of the subjects, including the study and evaluation methods and the workloads, duly stamped by the higher education institution that issued them.
3.3.1. Programmes that are not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish must be accompanied by a translation into Portuguese, which must be legalized by the Portuguese consular agent in the country of origin of the diploma/certificate or legalized with the Hague Apostille;
3.3.2. If the student does not wish to give in the originals: i. Students from education institutions in the European Union: can give in a plain photocopy provided the stamp of the issuing institution is clearly visible;
3.3.2.1. Students from Non EU education institutions: can give certified copies in accordance with the provisions of the section “Provisions regarding academic certificates”; the issuing institution’s stamp must be clearly visible on those certified copies.
3.4. Study plan of the study programme or training carried out;
3.5. In the case of studies carried out in foreign higher education institutions: document proving that the institution is recognized by the competent authorities of the respective State, as part of its higher education system, under the terms established by Article I.1 of the Convention on Recognition of Qualifications Relating to Higher Education in the Europe Region, approved, for ratification, by the Resolution of the Assembly of the Republic no. 25/2000, of 30 March.
4. If creditations are granted, students must pay the administrative fee foreseen for in the General Norms Relating to Payment of School Fees atb ESS-FP to register those creditations.