International Student

ISMT annually launches a special admission process for international students.
In this process, online applications are not possible.
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 nationals 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.

      Applicants must cumulatively meet the following requirements: 

• Academic qualification 

      One of the following situations: 

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

• Specific academic qualification 

• If the applicant holds a Portuguese secondary education diploma, the grades from the national exams corresponding to the required entrance exams for the chosen program will be used.
• If the applicant holds a non-Portuguese qualification considered equivalent to Portuguese secondary education, it is required one of the following:
1. Have taken national exams corresponding to the required entrance exams;
2. Have taken final national secondary education exams considered equivalent to the required entrance exams;
3. Present to the entrance exams at ISMT. 

• Language proficiency 

      Currently, all ISMT programs are taught in Portuguese. The required level of Portuguese proficiency is Independent User (B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). 

      Applicants are exempt from providing documentary proof of Portuguese proficiency if they: 

1. Are nationals of a country where Portuguese is an official language;
2. Have resided continuously in a Portuguese-speaking country for the last two years;
3. Have completed secondary education in Portuguese. 

     Other applicants must hold an Intermediate Diploma in Portuguese as a Foreign Language (B2 level), or any other B2-level certificate of Portuguese issued by a Portuguese higher education institution. 

      Applicants with only B1 or A2 Portuguese proficiency may enroll in the first year of ISMT undergraduate programs provided they commit, at their own expense, to attending a one-year Portuguese language course. Progression to the 2nd year of the program is conditional on achieving B2 proficiency in Portuguese. 

• Specific requirements 

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

To apply under the International Student Admission Process, candidates must submit: 

• International Student Application Form OR International Student Application / Change of Institution-Course Form, duly completed [PT];
• Copy of identification document;
• Declaration of honor regarding nationality [PT];
• Document proving completion of Portuguese secondary education, with final grade, OR document proving completion of a qualification legally equivalent to Portuguese secondary education, with final grade, OR document proving completion of a qualification that, in the country where it was obtained, grants the right to apply for and enter higher education in that country, with final grade, duly validated by the competent authority in that country;
• If applicable, document proving completion of national secondary education exam(s) in the required subject areas, with the respective grades; in the case of Brazilian applicants, the ENEM is accepted;
• If Portuguese is not the mother tongue, an Intermediate Diploma in Portuguese as a Foreign Language (B2 level), OR another B2-level certificate of Portuguese issued by a Portuguese higher education institution; OR proof of continuous residence in a Portuguese-speaking country during the last two years;
• If any original documents are missing, a sworn statement declaring that the required conditions are met and committing to submit the missing documents within the deadlines established for the admission process. 

A preliminary, non-binding analysis of the documentation may be requested by sending digital copies to the ISMT International Relations Office (gri@ismt.pt).

The application must be formally submitted in person at the Academic Services office, with the original documents, and within the stipulated deadlines.

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