Applicants with Foreign Secondary Education (EU Nationals)

Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Have completed secondary education or at least the 12th grade abroad. In this case, they must obtain official equivalence to the Portuguese secondary education system;
• Fulfill Pre-requisite Group A, as determined by CNAES for the academic year 2025/2026;
• Hold Portuguese or European Union nationality, and not fall under the international student category as defined by:

Decree-Law No. 36/2014 of March 10,

Amended by Decree-Law No. 113/2014 of July 16 and Decree-Law No. 62/2018 of August 6;

• Have achieved a minimum application score of 130 (on a scale of 0 to 200);
• Have completed final exams in terminal subjects from their foreign secondary education curriculum, equivalent to Portuguese entrance exam subjects. The following combinations are accepted:

(02) Biology and Geology and (07) Physics and Chemistry or

(02) Biology and Geology and (19) Mathematics A

Minimum score for each entrance exam: 95 (on a scale of 0–200)

The required entrance exams are considered equivalent to the corresponding Portuguese national exams in accordance to the Deliberation No. 677/2024.

Note: Final national exams are valid as entrance exams in the year they are taken and for the four subsequent years, in accordance with Legal Opinion 4/2022 (Diário da República, 2nd Series, July 12, 2022).

Application Score Calculation

· 50% – Final secondary school grade

· 50% – Entrance exam scores (25% from each subject)

Required Documents

• Copy of a valid Identification Document (ID card or passport)
• Diploma from the foreign secondary school with:
• Final grade
• Individual exam results
• Certificate of Equivalence to Portuguese secondary education
• Proof of having satisfied Pre-requisite Group A

[1] Documents issued outside Portugal must be:

· Legalized by the Portuguese diplomatic or consular authority in the country of origin,

· Or bear the Hague Apostille,

· Unless issued in the UK, EU, EEA, or EFTA countries.

If documents are in a language other than Spanish, English, French, or Italian, they must be accompanied by a certified translation according to Portuguese notarial law.

[2] The Certificate of Equivalence must be obtained from a Portuguese secondary school. [Click here for more information.]

Application Process

Applications are submitted online.

Step 1

Start your online application. Fill in your personal details and select the Integrated Master’s in Dental Medicine program.

Step 2

After submitting your application, pay the application fee using the ATM reference provided in the final step.

Note: Applications are only considered complete after both the fee payment and the submission of all required documents.