Recognition of Foreign Higher Education Degrees and Diplomas
The recognition of academic degrees and higher education diplomas awarded by foreign higher education institutions has been regulated since 2019.
In Portugal there are three types of recognition – Automatic, Level and Specific – with the same legal value, but serving different purposes.
Whatever type of recognition is desired, it must always be requested by the holder of the diploma (or legal representative) by filling in the form provided by the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES).
Recognition of Portuguese Degrees and Diplomas
DGES is responsible for issuing declarations on the recognition of Portuguese higher education institutions and their degree courses.
This type of recognition can be requested by entities in any country in order to validate and recognize a qualification certificate, diploma or certificate of academic records.
The declaration in question can also be requested online by filling in the form available on the DGES website.
For more information, consult the DGES website or the ENIC/NARIC Portugal (National Academic Recognition Information Centre) or contact reconhecimentos@ipb.pt.
In section ‘6.1 – Complementary information’ of the diploma supplement, activities can be described which, although not part of the student’s normal academic record, are meritorious and worthy of recording. To this end, UPB provides a set of forms to prove that these complementary activities have been carried out.
For each activity in which they have taken part, the student must fill in the corresponding form which, once signed by the person entitled to do so, must be handed in to the UPB Academic Services.
The following forms are available:
The UPB provides consultancy and development support services to various stakeholders in the regional, national and international socio-economic sector.
The provision of services/consultancy accounts for a significant amount, of which around a third are innovation contracts with companies.
The UPB develops its mission in conjunction with society, including cross-border cooperation, from a perspective of territorial cohesion and national and international consolidation, with a view to the development of the Region, based on innovation and the production and transfer of scientific and technological knowledge, in accordance with its Statutes.
The UPB participates, on its own or through its organic units and R&D units, in activities that connect with society, namely the dissemination and transfer of knowledge, as well as the valorisation of scientific knowledge. Therefore, UPB’s purposes are to promote regional development through multiple forms of openness to the community, from the transfer of knowledge to participation in programmes and projects and the provision of services.
This is an institution with strong ties to the region, a driving force behind the creation of a culture that fosters entrepreneurship, technology transfer and the co-creation of technological innovation, with the potential for internationalisation.
According to the accounts reports, the enormous effort and commitment to promoting the growth of funding from innovation contracts with companies is visible.
Consultancy and the provision of research and innovation services contracted with companies continue to grow, already surpassing €1,650K (value in 2023), a third of which corresponds to innovation contracts with companies.
For more information on research and innovation services and consultancy services, please contact:
Project Support Office
Telephone number: (+351) 273 303 200
E-mail: projetos@ipb.pt
CIÊNCIAVITAE is the national science curriculum management system and is a central element in the ecosystem for managing information on scientific and technological activity, as well as a tool to support the modernization of administrative processes supported by a CV.
As part of the concept of scientific citizenship (Ciência ID), CIÊNCIAVITAE has emerged as a privileged space for the relationship between citizens and science, reflected in the format of an integrated and personalized repository of the journey through science.
CIÊNCIAVITAE brings together on a single platform the information currently scattered across multiple platforms, in a simple, harmonized and structured way, respecting the specificities of the scientific areas and establishing the principles of freedom and responsibility in the management and presentation of the curriculum.
This platform uses mechanisms for importing and automatically filling in curricular data, ensuring the principle of reusing information (enter once, reuse multiple times), in direct coordination with Ciência ID. The development of the platform respects best practices and international standards, and can be integrated with various national and international systems and identifiers.
CIÊNCIAVITAE is developed and managed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and is aimed at all those, Portuguese or foreign, who work in the academic and research context in Portugal.
See the profile of UPB teachers, researchers and research fellows at cienciavitae.pt.
To access the open procedures for research fellows, select “open competitions” and in the “Filter by career” field choose “Research Fellow”, as shown in the image:
To access the open competition procedures for Researchers you should select “open competitions” and in the “Filter by career” field choose “Research”, as shown in the image:
The Concursos.UPB portal, available at concursos.ipb.pt, centralizes all recruitment/hiring processes for teaching and non-teaching staff, researchers and research fellows.
On this portal, in addition to publicizing recruitment/hiring processes, interested candidates can manage and submit their applications.
To submit applications, interested candidates must register in advance.
The European Charter for Researchers is a set of general principles and requirements that specifies the roles, responsibilities and rights of researchers, as well as employers and/or funders of researchers. The aim of the Charter is to ensure that the nature of the relationship between researchers and employers or funders is conducive to successful performance in the generation, transfer, sharing and dissemination of knowledge and technological development, and to the career development of researchers.
The Charter also recognizes the value of all forms of mobility as a mean of encouraging the professional development of researchers. In this sense, the Charter constitutes a framework for researchers, employers and funders that invites them to act responsibly and professionally in their working environment and to recognize themselves as such.
This Charter is addressed to all researchers in the European Union at all stages of their career and covers all fields of research in the public and private sectors, regardless of the nature of the appointment or employment, the legal status of their employer or the type of organization or establishment where the work is carried out. It takes into account the multiple roles of researchers, who are called upon not only to carry out research work and/or development activities, but are also involved in supervisory, guidance, management or administrative tasks.
Regarding the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, this is made up of a set of principles that guarantee respect for values such as transparency in recruitment and fair treatment of all candidates, among others, “in particular with regard to the development of an attractive, open and sustainable European labor market for researchers, complementing those enshrined in the European Charter for Researchers”.
UPB and all those who make up UPB’s research ecosystem (research centers and units, associated laboratories, collaborative laboratories and research groups) have adhered to the principles of the European Charter for Researchers. The processes for hiring research staff follow the recommendations set out in the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
The UPB has accumulated a remarkable scientific capital, which allows it to affirm an intense scientific research activity, clearly linked to the institution and the region, but at the same time with considerable international impact. This is leveraged by the creation and promotion of research careers at the UPB.
UPB has active policies for recruiting and retaining human resources dedicated to scientific activity. These professionals are part of specific careers and contribute to applied research with regional, national and international impact.
Scientific employment at the UPB corresponds to several hundred people in its various categories (research fellows, researchers hired under Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of August 29, in its current wording, and career researchers).
