Bachelor Degree in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering

School of Technology and Architecture

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ECTS

180

Schedule

Daytime

Duration

3 Years

Ingress Exams

19 Mathematics A

and

One of the following exams:

02 Biology and Geology

03 Drawing

04 Economics

07 Physics and Chemistry

10 Descriptive Geometry

18 Portuguese

Minimum ratings:

Application grade: 100 points

Specific exams: 95 points

Calculation formula:

Secondary average: 50%

Specific exams: 50%

Language

Portuguese

Teaching type

In person

Last placed grade

127.5

Tuitions EU Students

1st Year: 697.00€

2nd Year: 697.00€

3rd Year: 697.00€

Tuitions Students outside EU

1st Year: 7000.00 €

2nd Year: 7000.00 €

3rd Year: 7000.00 €

contacts

School of Technology and Architecture

home Edifício Sedas Nunes, Sala 1E07

email secretariado.ista@iscte.pt

call (+351) 210 464 013

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Presentation

The Telecommunications and Computer Engineering programme at Iscte was the first undergraduate programme in Portugal to train engineers capable of working on the frontier between Telecommunications and Computer Engineering, in response to the technological challenges of the Information Society of the 21st century.

LETI prepares its students to cope with an increasingly competitive and dynamic professional environment, not only in terms of technical knowledge in the leading telecommunications systems, services, networks and computer systems, but also in soft skills (e.g., teamwork, technical presentation and communication, etc.) required for a quick and effective integration into the working world.

In addition to theoretical training, LETI also provides a strong practical training, which ensures the competence to handle simultaneously the engineering challenges in the areas of Telecommunications and Computer Engineering, in both the implementation and maintenance of telecommunications systems, services, networks and computer systems, as well as in the identification and resolution of problems in these areas.

Thus, LETI provides its graduates with a large variety of professional options and a high degree of employability, yet also prepares them for entry into a second cycle (Master's) course), such as the Master's in Telecommunications Engineering and Computer Science (METI), which holds the EUR-ACE Mark of Quality.

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Since its creation, LETI has differed from other programmes in that it includes a strong component of courses in Telecommunication Sciences, but also in Computer Engineering. In contrast, other similar courses on the market are characterized by a strong component in either Telecommunications or Computer Engineering, but do not focus on both evenly. This makes the Telecommunications and Computer Engineering programme at Iscte one of the most suitable programmes for the labour market, not only in Portugal but also in the rest of the world, evinced by the high employment rate of its graduates.

Luís Gonçalo Cancela

Director

Accreditation

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verified Accredited

schedule 6 Years

event 2025-07-31

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Registo DGES

DGES initial reference: R/A-Ef 3374/2011 de 18-03-2011

DGES reference update: R/A-Ef 3374/2011/AL04 de 27-05-2025

Programme structure

2026/2027

The undergraduate course in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering is a 3 year programme awarding 180 ECTS credits, divided among 162 credits in mandatory course units, 18 in electives and 6 credits in transversal skills course units.

Unidades curriculares	Semester	ECTS
Calculus I *	1	6.0
Ethics and Professional Deontology *	1	2.0
Fundamentals of Computer Architecture *	1	6.0
Introduction to Programming *	1	6.0
Linear Algebra *	1	6.0
Algorithms and Data Structures *	2	6.0
Calculus II *	2	6.0
Mathematics Topics for Telecommunications *	2	6.0
Mechanics and Waves *	2	6.0
Operating Systems *	2	6.0

* Mandatory course

Recommended optative

The choice of an elective course, in at least one of the semesters of the 3rd year, must fall within one of the scientific areas of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DCTI), namely Telecommunications or Computer Science. The following selection is recommended:

1st semester – Fundamentals of Multimedia Signal Processing

2nd semester – Concurrent and Parallel Programming

Unidades curriculares	Semester	ECTS
Circuit Theory *	1	6.0
Databases *	1	6.0
Electromagnetism *	1	6.0
Fundamentals of Signals and Systems *	1	6.0
Object Oriented Programming *	1	6.0
Artificial Intelligence *	2	6.0
Electronic Circuits and Systems *	2	6.0
Fundamentals of Computer Networks *	2	6.0
Guided and Wireless Transmission Fundamentals *	2	6.0
Random Signals in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering *	2	6.0

* Mandatory course

Recommended optative

Unidades curriculares	Semester	ECTS
Modulation and Coding *	1	6.0
Network Architectures *	1	6.0
Programmable Electronics and Digital Signal Processing *	1	6.0
Software Engineering *	1	6.0
Network Security and Management *	2	6.0
Optical Communication Systems *	2	6.0
Telecommunication Systems Project *	2	6.0
Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems *	2	6.0

* Mandatory course

Recommended optative

Objectives

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Students are expected to be able to:

at Knowledge level: identify, describe and differentiate the main telecommunications systems, services, networks and computer systems;
at Ability level: apply the knowledge gained to implement and maintain telecommunication systems, services, networks and computer systems;
at Skill level: identify and solve problems in the main telecommunication systems, services, networks and computer systems.

Faculty

The quality of the programme's teaching is ensured by its highly qualified teaching staff, who received their doctorates from the best Portuguese and foreign universities and maintain permament connections to not only world-class scientific research but also the business world.

Iscte is a favorable environment in the area of Management, assuring students an differentiated education that covers also the financial and economic components of organizations. This training produces high-quality professionals who able to work as top-tier technicians. Students may also develop skills in areas such as mobile communications, digital television, fiberoptics, Internet services, computer systems and networks management and multimedia content production.

2025/2026

Luís Gonçalo Cancela

Senior lecture

Bráulio Alexandre Alturas

Associate Professor with aggregation

Filipe Alexandre dos Santos

Invited Senior Assistant

Joaquim Lourenço Esmerado

Octavian Adrian Postolache

Professor

Pedro Alexandre Esteves Duarte

Invited Senior Assistant

Rui Neto Marinheiro

Senior lecture

Sancho Moura Oliveira

Senior lecture

Sérgio Matos

Associate Professor with aggregation

Vicente de Almeida Catarino Silva

Invited Senior Assistant

Adriana Fernandes

Invited Assistant Professor

Adriano Martins Lopes

Invited Assistant Professor

Américo Manuel Correia

Professor

António Pedro Galguinho

Invited Senior Assistant

Cristina Isabel Diogo

Senior lecture

Daniel Sobral Fernandes

Invited Assistant Professor

Filipa Ribeiro Sá da Costa

Invited Senior Assistant

Filipe Alexandre Pedra Aguiar de Moura

Assistant Professor

Alexandre Manuel de Castro Passos de Almeida

Assistant Professor

João Nuno Garcia Nobre Prata

Assistant Professor

Eugénio Ribeiro

Assistant Professor

Luís Eduardo de Pinho Ducla Soares

Professor

Marco Alexandre Ribeiro

Assistant Professor

Nuno Manuel Branco Souto

Associate Professor with aggregation

Nuno Miguel de Figueiredo Garrido

Assistant Professor

Olga Silva

Invited Senior Assistant

Helena Isabel Ferreira Soares

Senior lecture

Paulo Jorge Pereira

Invited Associate Professor

Fernando Manuel Pereira da Costa Brito e Abreu

Senior lecture

Pedro Daniel Pais Cerqueira

Invited Senior Assistant

Francisco José Guimarães

Invited Associate Professor

Tomás Gomes Silva Serpa Brandão

Assistant Professor

Tomé Filipe Silvestre Graxinha

Invited Senior Assistant

Pedro Ricardo Freitas Coelho

Invited Senior Assistant

Ricardo Amado Lopes

Teaching Assistant

Ingress conditions

National candidate

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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 (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA);
has another nationality, but is:
- spouse¹of a Portuguese or EU/EEA citizen;
- child under 21 years old² of a Portuguese or EU/EEA citizen or his/her spouse¹;
- dependent mother or father of a Portuguese or EU/EEA 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/EEA citizen or his/her spouse are also eligible. | ³ Children who live with the Portuguese/EU/EEA citizen or his/her spouse are also eligible.

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.

Ingress Exams

19 Mathematics A

and

One of the following exams:

02 Biology and Geology

03 Drawing

04 Economics

07 Physics and Chemistry

10 Descriptive Geometry

18 Portuguese

Minimum ratings:

Application grade: 100 points

Specific exams: 95 points

Calculation formula:

Secondary average: 50%

Specific exams: 50%

Entrance examinations minimum score	Minimum application score	Formula for calculating the application score
95	100	Secondary school average 50% + Entrance examination average 50%

Extra Info Tuitions

Year	Value
Year 1	697.00 €
Year 2	697.00 €
Year 3	697.00 €

International candidate

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An international candidate is considered to be one who:

has no Portuguese nationality;
is not national of a member state of the European Union/EEA;
is not a family member of Portuguese or EU/EEA 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.

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.

Round	Start Date	End Date	Vacancies	Application fee	Reservation fee	candidacy.reservation_fee_international
1st round \| Licenciatura/Undergraduate - International Student	2025-12-15 09:30	2026-01-14 17:00	8	70.00 €	200.00 €	1200.00 €
3rd round \| Licenciatura/Undergraduate - Estudante Internacional	2026-02-26 09:30	2026-04-06 17:00		70.00 €	200.00 €	1200.00 €
4th round \| Licenciatura/Undergraduate - Estudante Internacional	2026-04-07 09:30	2026-05-13 17:00		70.00 €	200.00 €	1200.00 €
5th round \| Licenciatura/Undergraduate - Estudante Internacional	2026-05-14 09:30	2026-06-24 17:00		70.00 €	200.00 €	1200.00 €

Extra Info Tuitions

Year	Value
1st Year	7000.00 €
2nd Year	7000.00 €
3rd Year	7000.00 €

Special competitions

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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 contest for Double Certification courses

The Special Competition for Holders of Double Certification Courses of Secondary Level and Specialized Artistic Courses is intended for candidates who meet all the following conditions:

be the holder of an educational and training offer of double certification at secondary level, conferring level 4 of qualification of the National Qualifications Framework - see art. 13-A, DL no. 113/2014, of July 16, in its current wording;
have taken and passed the specific test(s) required by the institution to apply to the course;
candidates must not be covered by the status of international student.

To apply to the Iscte through this competition, in addition to taking the written test(s), the candidates should take into account the list of correspondences of the education and training areas available in the relevant resolutions, which may be consulted here: CNAES - Vocational Pathways Graduates | DGES

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)

Questions

If you are unsure about your candidates profile, please fill in the contact form.

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Employability

The undergraduate course in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering was designed from scratch to provide a wide range of job opportunities, providing a skillset aimed at supplying the foreseeable needs of the national and European job market. In this context, we have seen a high demand for our students by the main companies in this sector (telecommunication operators, information technology companies, energy, etc.).

This integration into the workforce frequently starts with supervised internships, in collaboation with IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) or with participation in programs like ERASMUS, which has brought students to institutions like BT Exact (England), SIEMENS (Germany), and CERN (Switzerland).

Among the skills developed through LETI and METI, the following areas stand out:

Production of audiovisual content (new technologies that utilize the combination of synthesis and natural images, computer animation, ...);
Planning and management of telecommunications systems;
Maintenance of intelligent networks and telecommunications systems;
Real-time Internet publication
Electronic commerce and banking;
Electronic network security;
Business management information systems;
Research and development of new applications (mobile radio services, multimedia databases, virtual reality, entertainment and 3D images, ...);
Development of intelligent systems for environmental applications.

contacts

School of Technology and Architecture

home Edifício Sedas Nunes, Sala 1E07

email secretariado.ista@iscte.pt

call (+351) 210 464 013

nest_clock_farsight_analog 9:30 - 18:00

language Website