NATIONAL CANDIDATE

A national candidate (or equivalent) is considered to be the one who:

• has Portuguese nationality;
• has the nationality of a member state of the European Union;
• has another nationality, but is:
  • spouse¹ of a Portuguese or EU citizen;
  • child under 21 years old² of a Portuguese or EU citizen or his/her spouse¹;
  • dependent mother or father of a Portuguese or EU citizen or his/her spouse¹;
  • legal resident in Portugal for more than two years³, continuously on the 1st January of the year in which he/she intends to enter higher education;
  • beneficiary of the equal rights and duties status, on January 1st of the year in which they want to enter higher education;
  • applicant for entry to higher education through the special regimes.
    

A national or equivalent candidate competes for higher education through the National Competition for Access – National Call, managed entirely by the Directorate General for Higher Education (DGES). See here. That is, the application is not submitted or analyzed by Iscte, but by DGES.

¹ Apart from the spouse, the unmarried partner is also eligible if accompanied by documentary evidence. | ² Children over the age of 21 who remain dependent on the Portuguese/EU citizen or his/her spouse are also eligible. | ³ Children who live with the Portuguese/EU citizen or his/her spouse are also eligible; the time of residence for study does not count for this purpose.

ACCESS CONDITIONS

• Have a high school diploma or legally equivalent qualification;
• Have taken the entrance examinations required for the undergrarduate programme (licenciatura) and obtained in these examinations a classification equal to, or higher than, 9.5 values;
• Have valid entrance examinations, which can be used in the year they are taken and:
  • in the following two years | in the case of exams held up to and including 2021.
  • in the following four years | in the case of exams held from 2022 onwards.
    
• Have an application score equal to, or higher than, the minimum value set by the Iscte: 10.0 values.

ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

Two of the following: 03 Drawing, 10 Descriptive Geometry, 12 History of Culture and Arts, 16 Maths

ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS MINIMUM SCORE

95

MINIMUM APPLICATION SCORE

100

FORMULA FOR CALCULATING THE APPLICATION SCORE

Secondary school average 50% + Entrance examination average 50%

TUITION FEE

QUESTIONS

If you are unsure about your candidate's profile, please fill in this inquiry here.

INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATE

An international candidate is considered to be one who:

• has no Portuguese nationality;
• is not national of a member state of the European Union;
• is not a family member of Portuguese or EU national;
• has not resided legally in Portugal for more than two years uninterruptedly;
• has not applied for entry into higher education through the special regimes;
• does not enjoy equal rights and duties under an international treaty granted between the Portuguese State and that of which they are nationals.

An international candidate wishing to apply for an Iscte programme competes through a Special Competition, managed by Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. In other words, the application is presented and analyzed by the Iscte, through the Candidature Analysis Commission of the undergraduate programme for which the candidate has applied.

ACCESS CONDITIONS

International candidates who meet the respective screening and selection criteria available for consultation here (see under ranking and admission criteria), may apply for this Special Contest.

National international candidates from China should also consult this page.
International candidates who are nationals of Brazil should also consult this page.

APPLICATION

The application is online, on our Fénix academic management platform. To learn more about the application process, and to move forward with yours, please consult this page.

Application to this specific programme requires a mandatory interview. Failure to attend is grounds for exclusion.

RESERVATION FEE

The enrolment and registration of candidates who have applied for the programme is subject to the payment of the registration fee.

TUITION FEE

The tuition applied to international students is available on the programme presentation page. The tuition fees regulations are mandatory to read and available here.

DOUBTS

If you have any questions about your candidate profile, please fill out the form available here.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS TO THE 4TH YEAR

For access to the 4th Year of the Integrated Master's Degree candidates will be selected according to the following criteria:

• academic and scientific curriculum;
• degree classification;
• professional or research experience.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION AND SERIALIZATION TO THE 4TH YEAR

See the criteria for 2025/2026 here.

NUMBER OF VACANCIES

The number of vacancies in the 2025/2026 school year is 6.

APPLICATION

The application is online, on our Fénix academic management platform. To learn more about the application process, and to move forward with yours, please consult this page.

About the documentation: In addition to the documents to be presented in the application common to all Iscte postgraduate programmes, which can be consulted on the general application page, the application for the 4th year of the Integrated Master's Degree in Architecture requires the presentation of the following documents, which can be submitted in Fénix+, in the ‘Other documents’ area:

• NARIC Declaration, available at https://www.dges.gov.pt/RecOn/FormularioNaric (webpage only in Portuguese)
• Proof of language proficiency, according to the language of instruction of the course for which you are applying (minimum level B1, of the Common European Framework of Reference)

RESERVATION FEE

The enrolment and registration of candidates who have applied for the programme is subject to the payment of the registration fee.

TUITION FEES - NATIONAL STUDENT

TUITION FEES - INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

DOUBTS

If you have any questions about your candidate profile, please fill out the form available here.

SPECIAL COMPETITION FOR INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES

See the previous tab "INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATE".

SPECIAL CONTEST FOR OVER 23

The application to this competition follows a previous stage of registration in the M23 tests, which are mandatory at Iscte, typically in July. Candidates who meet all the following conditions can apply for these tests:

• candidates must be 23 years old by December 31 of the year preceding the M23 exams;
• candidates must not hold the access qualification for the intended programme of study (access qualification means being the holder of a secondary education programme or equivalent and having the national exams required as entrance exams);
• candidates must not be covered by the status of international student.

Learn more here (Webpage in Portuguese).

SPECIAL COMPETITION FOR UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA HOLDERS

This special contest is intended for candidates who meet all the following conditions:

• are holders of a bachelor's, graduate, master's or doctor's degree;
• are not covered by the international student status.

Learn more here (Webpage in Portuguese).

CHANGE OF INSTITUTION/PROGRAMME PAIR 

This special contest is intended for candidates who meet all the following conditions:

• been enrolled in another institution/programme and have not completed it;
• have completed national secondary school and concluded the required admission exams for the undergraduate programme they are interested in - which may have been carried out in any school year;
• have, in these exams, the minimum classification required by the higher education institution, in that year, under the general access regime;
• are not covered by the international student status.

Learn more here (Webpage in Portuguese).