Applications are submitted online through the IPVC platform.

The following students can apply to IPVC licentiate degree programs through the special admissions process for international students:

• Students who do not have Portuguese nationality
• Students who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Union
• Students who do not legally reside in Portugal for more than two years continuously, as of January 1 of the year in which they intend to enter a higher education program
• Students who, as of January 1, are not beneficiaries of the equal rights and duties status granted under international treaty between the Portuguese State and the State corresponding to the student’s nationality

International students may apply to IPVC licentiate degree programs:

• Those who hold a qualification that allows them access to higher education, which may be any diploma or certificate issued by a competent authority, thereby certifying their approval of the educational program and conferring upon the student the right to apply and have access to higher education programs in the country where the qualification was conferred
• Those who hold a diploma issued by a Portuguese secondary education program or a legally equivalent qualification

International students who meet all the following criteria are admitted to this special admissions process:

• Those who have academic qualifications in the areas of knowledge required for the intended cycle of study
• Those who have or commit to achieve the required level of understanding of the Portuguese language to attend the cycle of study (B1, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
• Those who meet the prerequisites for the cycle of studies they are applying to, within the scope of the general access regime

The application is submitted online by filling out a form and uploading the necessary documents:

a) Copy of identification document

b) Document which proves the applicant has completed secondary education or the equivalent, thereby conferring the applicant’s right to access higher education in the respective country

c) Document which demonstrates the classification obtained in the required entrance examinations or in the equivalent examinations referred to in paragraph 1 of article 4

d) Certificate of B1 level of comprehension of the Portuguese language or a statement committing to achieve this level, if the applicant did not complete their secondary education in the Portuguese language or is not from a country whose official language is Portuguese.

The documents referred to in subitems b) and c) must be translated whenever they are not issued in Portuguese and must be certified by the consular service or presented with the Hague Apostille issued by the competent authority of the State relative to the original document.

The originals of the documents used to verify whether the applicant meets the conditions of admission and identification must be submitted to the respective academic services upon registration so that the copies may be validated.

Payment of the application fee in the amount of € 50 (non-refundable) is made by bank transfer, whose expenses are the payer’s responsibility.

Upon submitting the application, the applicant must present a pdf file of the receipt for the payment in the attached documents.

The application will only become valid and effective after payment of the respective fee and reception of the respective receipt in a pdf file, submitted through the platform.  Payment information:

Name INSTITUTO POLITECNICO VIANA CASTELO

Account 0852128707330 – EUR – Conta Extrato

IBAN PT50 0035 0852 00128707330 46

BIC SWIFT CGDIPTPL

Non-payment of the fee will result in the immediate cancellation of the application.