Direct route – Bachelor’s Degree in Music

CANDIDATES

Candidates may apply to the Bachelor’s degree in Music if:

They hold a secondary education course or legal equivalent;
Have passed, with a mark equal to or greater than 95 on a scale of 0 to 200, two of the following higher education entrance exams: Portuguese, History, History of Culture and the Fine Arts, English, Mathematics or Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences;
They do not hold a higher education course.

Candidates must pass the Vocational Aptitude Test (PAVE) .

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants to the Local Competition for admission to the degree programme in Music must register and pass the Specific Vocational Aptitude Test (PAVE) and will automatically be considered candidates for this competition if they have indicated this in the PAVE registration, however it is essential to validate and submit the application and attach the ENES form by the Local Competition application deadlines.
You must access the SIIUE within this timeframe, using the credentials with which you registered for PAVE , which will enable you to access the SIIUE, in order to do the following:

a) Make the application;
b) View information on any fees and the procedure for paying them;
c) Consult all notifications received under the terms established in these Regulations.
d) File a complaint within a maximum of 15 days after the results have been announced/notified.
e) File a request for the exams to be re-examined, within a maximum of 3 days after the exams have been announced .

Documents

When you register for the PAVE, you must submit the following documents in electronic format:

A document that demonstrates that the candidate has registered in or passed at least two of the following national exams: Portuguese, History, History of Culture and Fine Arts, Mathematics, Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences, or English;
A document confirming that you have attended or completed secondary education or legal equivalent qualification;
If you are a national of a non-EU country, a document confirming that you do not have international student status, but fall under one of the criteria to which such status does not apply.

Document validation

The documents included in the application are submitted for validation by the Academic Services of the University of Évora, and this submission must be made possible by the candidates who will be placed, by complying with the following procedures.

1- Submission of the qualification documents for validation , which can be done in one of the following ways, within 30 (thirty) consecutive days of enrolment:

a) In person, at the SAC, by presenting the original documents that were submitted digitally in the application;

b) By registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, by sending a certified copy of the original documents. The documents must be certified by a national public body, CTT, Notaries, Lawyers, Solicitors, Registry Offices, Parish Councils or Chambers of Commerce and Industry, in accordance with the combined provisions of Article 363 of the Civil Code and Article 38 of Decree-Law no. 76-A/2006, of 29 April. 76-A/2006, of 29 May, as amended;

c) By registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, by sending the original documents that were submitted digitally in the application, and the University of Évora cannot be held responsible under any circumstances for lost documents. The originals will be returned to the student in person, when they present themselves at the SAC.

(Mailing address: Largo dos Colegiais, Apartado 94, 7000-554 Évora)

2. Present the respective identification document , as referred to above in points a) or b), by 31 October of the academic year of enrolment, and international students must also present the corresponding visa.

The following are exempt from document validation:

Applicants placed through Re-entry, who have complied with the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article during their first enrolment;
Applicants placed at the University of Évora who have obtained the qualifications declared in their application;
Applicants placed at the University of Évora who have submitted a digital document of unequivocal authenticity with their application, namely in a non-editable pdf format and with a signature

Until the documents are validated under the terms mentioned above, no proof of enrolment, certificate of achievement or certification document can be issued. However, a letter of acceptance may be issued, provided that the qualifications documents have been validated.

Failure to comply with the aforementioned deadlines and procedures may result in the cancellation of the placement and enrolment, while the obligation to pay the fees and tuition due for the enrolment/enrolment act remains.

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

CALENDAR

REGISTRATION FOR THE VOCATIONAL APTITUDE TEST (PAVE)

Single Phase

Registration for PAVE : 07/Apr/2025 to 05May/2025

Test dates : 26/May/2025 to 30/May/2025

Test results : by 06/June/2025

DIRECT APPLICATION

Single Phase

Applications : 15/Jul/2025 to 25/Jul/2025 (during this period the candidate must access the SIIUE, using the credentials with which they registered for PAVE, to insert the ENES form and submit an application to the local competition)

Results : by 01/Aug/2025

Enrollment : 01/Aug/2025 to 05/Aug/2025

Results after redistribution of vacancies by instrument, if applicable : by 08/Aug/2025

Enrollment after redistribution of vacancies by instrument, if applicable : 08/Aug/2025 to 18/Aug/2025

PLACES AVAILABLE

See course details for information on places available

Enyrance Exams for 2025/26 and 2026/27

Under the terms of article 21 of Decree-Law no. 296-A/98, ofSeptember 25, in conjunction with articles 18 and 20, the National Commissionfor Access to Higher Education (CNAES) is responsible for setting the list ofentrance exams, at the proposal of the higher education institutions, whereby thenumber of exams required for admission to each institution/course pair may notbe less than two and more than three. Competent body of the higher educationinstitution, authorize that, for certain institution/course pairs, the numberof lists be increased to a maximum of six.

In this context, and following the introduction of therequirement that the number of exams required for admission to eachinstitution/study cycle pair cannot be less than two and more than three,Decree-Law no. 64-A/2023 of July 31 three, by Decree-Law no. 64-A/2023, of July31, which made the tenth amendment to Decree-Law no. 296-A/98, of September 25,in its current wording, with article 34 of that Decree-Law providing that thechanges relating to the number of entrance exams and the resulting formula forcalculating the application classification are applicable to applications tohigher education for access and admission from the 2025/2026 academic yearonwards.

See here CNAES Decision no. 852/2024 , published in Diário daRepublica no. 126 - 2nd Series, of July 2, which publishes the list of entranceexams for applications to higher education in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027academic years.