Master and Postgraduate Degrees

CANDIDATES

National and international students may apply for the cycle of studies leading to a master or postgraduate degree if:

They hold a Bachelor’s degree or legal equivalent;
They hold a foreign academic degree awarded after completing the first-cycle of studies structured by a signatory State in accordance with the principles of the Bologna process;
They hold a foreign university degree that is recognised as meeting the requirements of a Bachelor’s degree by the School's Scientific or Technical-Scientific Board;
They have an academic, scientific or career curriculum that is recognised as attesting to their ability to follow the study plan defined by the School’s Scientific or Technical-Scientific Board. Candidates will be required to request that their curriculum be recognised when applying.

Candidates must request recognition of their ability to attend a master or postgraduate degree course by the School's Scientific or Technical-Scientific Board in their application form. Recognition will only be valid for acceptance to study cycles that lead to a master or postgraduate degree and do not confer equivalence to a Bachelor’s degree, or recognition for any other purposes.

Specific entry requirements for certain courses may be stipulated in the notices of the opening of each course. Candidates who do not meet those requirements will not be considered for admission.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for Master and Postgraduate degree courses must be submitted by completing the appropriate form.

Step 1: Register here (see New User Registration Guide )
Step 2: Fill in the application form here (see SIIUE Handbook: Online applications (second/third-cycle studies and Postgraduate Degrees) )

The following documents must be submitted with the application

bachelor's degree diploma, authenticated, containing the final grade average (except for the habilitations acquired at Universidade de Évora;
document issued by higher education institution that awarded the degree proving the average of completion if the average is not included in the diploma of the degree;

Transcript of records (document with Course Units discriminated with respective grade and ECTS) - students that obtained their degree in Universidade de Évora are exempted;
document issued by higher education institution, Ministery or Embassy, that awarded the degree proving the average of completion (if the average is not included in the diploma of the degree) and the grading scale used in that Institution, identifying the minimum classification that corresponds to approval (in case it does not appear in the qualification certificate), in case of having foreign qualifications. This declaration is necessary, in case it is not included in the degree certificate, for the conversion of the final average obtained in the degree into the Portuguese scale. Without this document, the International Student Merit Scholarship can never be awarded;
curriculum Vitae ;
document proof of Protocol application (if applicable);
If you are a national of a non-EU country, a document confirming that you do not enjoy international student status (pursuant to Article 3 of Decree-Law 62/2018 ), but fall under one of the criteria to which such status does not apply
certificate of approval in tests to oral and written mastery of the Portuguese language and mastery of the essential rules of logical and critical argumentation, in case they have passed these tests at another Higher Education Institution, applicable only to applicants for master's degrees that confer professional qualification for teaching in pre-school education and in basic and secondary education;

Additional documents may be required to submit the application if listed on the course publication notice (Edital).

The digitalized documents submitted with the application that concern foreign education, except those acquired in the European Union countries, must be endorsed by the Hague Apostille (Hague Convention of October 5th 1962) by the Portuguese Consulate or Embassy in the country where the qualifications were obtained. The document must also contain an authenticated signature, seal or stamp of the institution that conferred the qualifications. Original qualification documents, exactly as submitted with the application, must be sent by post mail to the address of Universidade de Évora Academic Services as listed on UÉ website in three consecutive days succeeding the application's seriation results. Afterward the documents will be returned once the student proceeds to validate their ID document in person in the Academic Services. In alternative, copies of the documents are accepted as long as certified by a legally competent institution to verify that said copies are a faithful reproduction of the original document. The enrollment will be annulled if the University does not recieve the application documents within 30 consecutive days after the enrollment registration. Furthermore, the placement in UÉ will be invalidated and the applicant will lose its vacancy.

In case of qualification documents obtained in European Union member states, their original versions must be presented in person to the Academic Services of UÉ within thirty consecutive days after the enrollment registration, who will then proceed to authenticate its copies and return the original documents to the applicant. In alternative, copies of the document that are duly authenticated by a certified or legally able insitution to do so (as CTT, notarians, lawyers, solicitors, civil registration offices, parish councils, chambers of commerce and industry) according to article 38 of the Decree-Law n.º 76-A/2006 of May 29th.

If the application documents are not writte in portuguese, spanish, italian, french or english, an official translation issued by a certified and legally able must be presented to the Academic Services (official translator recognized by the Portuguese diplomatic representatives or a notarian).

In case the qualification documents have no mention of the final degree average or if said classification does not correspond to the evalluation scale of 0-20, a document issued by the superior education institution or the Education Ministry of the country where the qualification were obtained must be presented, and it should describe the final average classification. The grade will be converted according to the rules of article 7 of the Application's Regulation. If this document is not submitted, a final classification of 10 values (in a 0-20 scale) will be attributed as long as the applicant submits a document proof of the qualification degree(s) obtained in order for the applications to be seriated and for calculations related to International Students scholarships attribution.

The information on this page does not replace the need to read the regulations in force on this matter.

For more information, please refer to the course prospectus and respective course notices.

Master Degrees

Postgraduate Degrees

CALENDAR

1st Phase

Applications : 15/Feb/2023 to 15/Mar/2023

Placement Results : by 21/Apr/2023

Enrolment : 21/Apr/2023 to 26/Apr/2023

Placement results following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : by 05/May/2023

Enrolment following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : 05/May/2023 to 10/May/2023

2nd Phase

Applications : 03/May/2023 to 21/July/2023

Placement Results : by 21/July/2023

Enrolment : 21/July/2023 to 26/July/2023

Placement results following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : by 04/Aug/2023

Enrolment following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : 04/Aug/2023 to 09/Aug/2023

3rd Phase

Applications : 14/Aug/2023 to 01/Sept/2023

Placement Results : by 15/Sept/2023

Enrolment : 15/Sept/2023 to 20/Sept/2023

Placement results following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : by 25/Sept/2023

Enrolment following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : 25/Sept/2023 to 27/Sept/2023

4th Phase - Exclusively for Postgraduates starting in the 2nd Semester (National, EU citezens and International citizens)

Applications : 08/Nov/2023 to 22/Nov/2023

Placement Results : by 11/Dec/2023
Enrolment : 11/Dec/2023 to 15/Dec/2023
Placement results following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable : by 22/Dec/2023
Enrolment following re-placement and/or redistribution of places available, if applicable: 22/Dec/2023 to 29/Dec/2023

NOTES:
- The 2nd and 3rd phases for application are subject to the number of remaining places available after placement, re-placement and redistribution of places available in the prior phase. There may, therefore, be courses that do not open 2nd and/or 3rd application phases.

- Nationals of a non-EU country can not apply in the 3rd phase unless they have already been granted a visa or residence permit.

PLACES AVAILABLE

See course details for information on places available .

PRE-APPLICATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA

As an incentive for 1st cycle students of the University of Évora to attend 2nd cycles offered by the University, they can express their interest in applying for a 2nd cycle that has scientific consistency with the 1st cycle they are attending, attaching their curriculum to their pre-application and submitting it within the application deadlines of 1st or 2nd phase of the Contest for Admission to Masters of the University of Évora defined in the Calendar of Applications , provided they have the special regime of finalist student, being exempt from the application fee .

In case you have not requested the finalist student regime, but meet the conditions for it, you should request the regime in GESDOC as soon as possible, so that in case you meet the conditions for it, you can make your pre-application within the deadlines defined for applications.

Students who pre-apply but do not meet the conditions of the 1st phase of applications must submit a new application for the contest 2nd phase (if there are any vacancies left). The conditions for the pre-application to be validated are as follows:

1st phase - a maximum of 6 Curricular Units or 36 ECTS missing to complete the 1st cycle
2nd phase - a maximum of 3 Curricular Units missing to complete the 1st cycle

Please see the Support Manual for procedures in SIIUE (point 18.1) for information on how to proceed to pre-application.

ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR FINALIST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Students who still have to complete modules to obtain their Bachelor’s course can apply for a Master degree course under restricted conditions:

1st Phase - not more than 6 curricular units or 36 ECTS credits
2nd Phase - not more than 3 curricular units
3rd Phase - not more than 1 curricular unit

After enrolling in the Master degree course, candidates accepted under these conditions must first complete their Bachelor’s degree studies and provide proof thereof if they are not attending first-cycle studies at the University of Évora by 30 October of the academic year in which they are to begin the Master degree course. If they fail to do so, they will forfeit place .