International Student

ISMT annually launches a special admission process for international students.

Regulation of the Special Admission Process for International Students at ISMT (Regulation No. 676/2020)  [pdf] [in Portuguese]

Students may apply if they: 

• Do not hold Portuguese nationality;
• Are not national of a Member State of the European Union or of a State Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area;
• Are not family members of a Portuguese citizen, or of a citizen of another EU Member State, or of a State Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area;
• Have not been legally residing in Portugal for more than two uninterrupted years, as of January 1 of the year of application, nor their children who legally reside with them (for this purpose, time spent in Portugal under a student residence visa does not count);
• Are not, as of January 1 of the year of application, beneficiaries of equal rights and duties status granted under an international treaty signed between the Portuguese State and their State of nationality.

One of the following:

• Holding a Portuguese secondary education diploma or a legally equivalent qualification;
• Holding a qualification that grants access to higher education, understood as any diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority that certifies completion of an education program and grants the right to apply for and enter higher education in the country where it was awarded.

Specific academic qualification

One of the following:

• A national exam corresponding to one of the required entrance exams;
• A final secondary education exam from a foreign system considered equivalent to one of the entrance exams, according to current legislation;
• An entrance exam taken at ISMT.

Language proficiency

Currently, all ISMT courses are taught in Portuguese. The required level of Portuguese proficiency is independent user level (B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Applicants are exempt from providing proof of Portuguese language proficiency if they:

• Are nationals of a country where Portuguese is an official language;
• Have lived continuously in a Portuguese-speaking country for the past two years;
• Have completed secondary education in Portuguese.

All other students must hold an Intermediate Diploma in Portuguese as a Foreign Language (B2 level) or another certificate of Portuguese proficiency at B2 level issued by a Portuguese higher education institution.
Students with only B1 or A2 level Portuguese proficiency may enroll in the first year of ISMT bachelor’s programs, provided they commit to attending, at their own expense, a one-year Portuguese language course. Progression to the second year is conditional upon achieving B2 level proficiency.

Specific requirements

The courses currently offered at ISMT do not have specific additional requirements.

Applications can be submitted:

• Online (access: Candidaturas Online)

• In person, at the administrative services office, with the original documents

A preliminary, non-binding review of documents can be carried out by sending digital copies to the ISMT International Relations Office email: gri@ismt.pt

Documents to be submitted

One of the following situations:

International Student with ENEM (Brazil)

• Copy of identification document;

• Declaration of honor regarding nationality;[pdf]

• Proof of completion of secondary education in Brazil, with consular recognition (Hague Apostille);

• Screenshot showing the scores obtained in the ENEM exam.

International Student with national or equivalent foreign exams (Deliberation no. 674/2025, for exams taken up to 2025)

• Copy of identification document;

• Declaration of honor regarding nationality [pdf];

• Proof of completion of Portuguese secondary education, or a legally equivalent qualification, or a qualification that, in the country where it was obtained, grants the right to apply for and enter higher education in that country, with consular recognition;

• Proof of completion of a Higher Education Access Exam – national or equivalent (Deliberation no. 674/2025, for exams taken up to 2025) – required for the course being applied to, with consular recognition.

International Student without exams

• Copy of identification document;

• Declaration of honor regarding nationality [pdf];

• Proof of completion of Portuguese secondary education, or a legally equivalent qualification, or a qualification that, in the country where it was obtained, grants the right to apply for and enter higher education in that country, with consular recognition.

DL n.º 62/2018, de 06 de agosto [pdf]

Information
Office for International Relations
(+351) 239 488 037
gri@ismt.pt

Correspondence
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
Gabinete de Relações de Internacionais
Largo da Cruz de Celas, n.º 1
3000-132 Coimbra
Portugal