National Information
OVERVIEW
- In Portugal all students are required to pay fees.
- Fee differentiation based on field of study or type of programme is applied for second cycle studies.
- Waivers and reductions are not available.
- Direct financial support in the form of need and merit-based grants is available to home full and part-time students only. Loans are available to home students only.
- Indirect financial support is provided through tax relief to students' parents and family allocations.
- Age limit is applied only with regards to access to family allowances.
Further readings
National education systems - Portugal, Eurydice
Reference for data: Number of students enrolled in HEI, per cycle of studies, in 2021/2022 (1st semester), available and published by DGEEC. Data on grants available and published by DGES.
Footnotes
Data reported is for reference academic year 2021/2022.