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Timetables
Academic Calendar
In the Higher Professional Technical Courses (CTeSP) and in the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree study cycles, each semester lasts 20 teaching weeks, corresponding to 30 ECTS and includes the assessment period.
Enrollment and Registration
Enrollment/registration for new students Enrollment/registration takes place exclusively online on the UPB enrolment portal. Renewal of enrollment UPB students can renew their enrollment online by accessing the online services. Students who do not have an active e-mail account (UPB Webmail) should obtain one here; All students enrolling online can pay their tuition fees by ATM …
Courses in English_TI
UPB offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees taught entirely in English. These courses are available to international and Erasmus students, as well as Portuguese students.
Postgraduate_TI
Postgraduate is the name given to a course taken after a first ‘degree’, usually a Bachelor’s degree, taught in a higher education establishment, within the scope of its training vocation and educational project, but in any case not conferring any degree. The term “postgraduate” and “postgraduate training” (and others that suggest higher education training is …
Doctorate_TI
The cycle of studies leading to a doctorate does not have a set duration or number of ECTS. Most commonly, it lasts 6 to 8 semesters and 180 to 240 ECTS credits. Its structure consists of: the preparation of an original thesis especially for this purpose, appropriate to the nature of the branch of knowledge …
Master's Degree_TI
Master’s degrees normally last 3 to 4 semesters, according to their total number of ECTS credits: 3 semesters/90 ECTS and 4 semesters/120 ECTS. Its structure comprises an organized set of curricular units (specialization course), corresponding to a minimum of 50% of the total credits of the study cycle, and a dissertation of a scientific nature …
Bachelor's Degree_TI
Bachelor’s degrees are higher education degree courses with 180 ECTS credits and a normal duration of 6 semesters, or, exceptionally, up to 240 ECTS credits and 7 or 8 semesters. The degree of graduate is awarded to those who, by passing all the curricular units that make up the study plan of the degree course, …
CTeSP_TI
The Higher Professional Technical Courses (CTeSP) are non-degree higher education courses with 120 ECTS credits and a duration of two years. Successful conclusion leads to the award of the technical specialization professional diploma, which corresponds to level 5 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and ISCED 2011 (International Standard …