{"id":4504,"date":"2026-09-15T14:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iesuperior.pt\/?page_id=4504"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:13:31","slug":"provas-de-ingresso","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iesuperior.pt\/en\/provas-de-ingresso\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrance Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"block_c127e26d98a99558448b0eca47182725\" class=\"content-block b-text --bg-white --padding-v-default --width-normal\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-section-intro --align-left\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"headline-1\">Access to Higher Education \/ Public Higher Education \/ National Entrance Exam<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"headline-2\">Entrance Exams<\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-wysiwyg\"><p>According to current legislation, to compete through the national entrance exam, it is necessary to demonstrate the ability to attend higher education.<\/p>\n<p>This verification is done through entrance exams and, in some cases, prerequisites.<\/p>\n<p>Although they may take other forms, entrance exams are currently conducted through national final exams at the secondary school level.<\/p>\n<p>The entrance exams required for each course are determined by each institution.<\/p>\n<p>The number of entrance exams required for each course must be between one and three.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<section id=\"block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743\" class=\"content-block b-accordion --bg-white --padding-v-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-accordion-toggle\" aria-controls=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-1\">1. Required Entrance Exams<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-description\"><p>The required entrance exams are published:<\/p>\n<p>in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dges.gov.pt\/guias\/?plid=593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Course Index<\/a> and Application Guides<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iesuperior.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GuiaCandPub2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application Guide \u2013 Public Higher Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iesuperior.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GuiaCandPriv2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application Guide \u2013 Private Higher Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-accordion-toggle\" aria-controls=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-2\">2. Implementation of Entrance Exams<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-description\"><p>Currently, entrance exams are administered through national final exams at the secondary school level.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, in order to pass a specific entrance exam, you must take the corresponding national final exam.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, an entrance exam corresponds to several national final exams, so it is only necessary to take one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Consult the General Examination Guide annually to find out which exam you need to take to complete an entrance exam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-accordion-toggle\" aria-controls=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-3\">3. Minimum Classification<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-description\"><p>For each course at each institution, only exams in which a grade equal to or higher than the minimum grade set by that institution for that course can be used as entrance exams.<br \/> The minimum scores for the entrance exams are published annually in the Application Guide for that year&#039;s competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-accordion-toggle\" aria-controls=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-4\">4. Validity of Exams as Entrance Exams<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-description\"><p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/files.diariodarepublica.pt\/2s\/2014\/06\/110000000\/1512415124.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resolution No. 1233\/2014<\/a> of the National Commission for Access to Higher Education, national final exams are valid as entrance exams in the year they are taken and in the two following years. From 2022 onwards, the exams are valid in the year they are taken and in the four following years, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcdn.dges.gov.pt\/sites\/default\/files\/esclarecimento_deliberacao_cnaes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNAES Resolution No. 1043\/2021, of 13\/10.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-accordion-toggle\" aria-controls=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-5\">5. Examinations to be used as Entrance Examinations in the 1st Phase of the Competition<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-description\"><p>Please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcdn.dges.gov.pt\/sites\/default\/files\/esclarecimento_deliberacao_cnaes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resolution No. 1043\/2021 of the National Commission for Access to Higher Education, dated October 13th<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-accordion-toggle\" aria-controls=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-6\">6. Replacing Entrance Exams with Foreign Language Exams<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" id=\"sect-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"acc-block_0239c821cfc9716738d87c3898071743-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-description\"><p>For students holding non-Portuguese qualifications legally equivalent to Portuguese secondary education, entrance exams may be replaced by final exams in subjects from those courses, in accordance with the provisions of the Resolutions of the National Commission for Access to Higher Education in force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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