What are the rules for selecting candidates?

For candidates holding higher, post-secondary and secondary education qualifications, including those holding a higher professional technical course and a technological specialization diploma (for DTeSP, see selection rules and table of degree courses for which the holder of a TeSP can apply via special competition and ECTS credits to be accredited in the study plan); for DET, see selection rules and table of degree courses for which the holder of a DET can apply via special competition and ECTS credits to be accredited in the study plan): 1.º The number of credits corresponding to the certified training to be accredited; 2.º The marks obtained in the certified training to be accredited; 3.º The total number of credits submitted in the accreditation process; 4.º The classifications of the credits submitted in the accreditation process; 5.º Curriculum evaluation. II – For candidates who have passed the special exams designed to assess the ability of people over the age of 23 to attend higher education (for exams taken at UPB, see selection rules and table of exams considered equivalent): a) Candidates who pass the Bragança Polytechnic University exams will be ranked first according to their final classification, rounded up to the nearest hundredth. In the event of a tie, candidates will be ranked by curriculum evaluation; b) If, after the procedure described in the previous paragraph, there are still vacancies in a given course at the Bragança Polytechnic University, the candidates from the UPB or another higher education establishment who have passed the examinations considered equivalent will be ranked second, according to the final classification obtained in these examinations, on a scale of 0-20 points. In the event of a tie, candidates will be ranked by curriculum evaluation; c) The Technical-Scientific Councils of the UPB Schools define, on an annual basis, which exams taken at the UPB are considered equivalent for the purposes of the ranking provided for in point b). d) The Technical-Scientific Councils of the UPB schools are responsible for assessing the equivalence of exams taken at another higher education establishment. e) The tie-breaker provided for in a) and b) is the responsibility of the Technical-Scientific Councils of the UPB Schools.