Incoming programs
We have several programs adapted to different international students. Choose bellow if you are inside or outside European Union and then search for the program most suitable to you.
If you wish to learn Portuguese during your stay at NOVA FCSH, you can take a Portuguese Language course for Foreigners (additional fees apply).
I'm inside European Union
NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) is a party to more than 350 Erasmus+ bilateral agreements, with universities from all over Europe in the different areas of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities and for the three cycles of study: Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral or equivalents.
Students wishing to do an exchange period at NOVA FCSH must apply in their home universities. Please check with your home university if there is an agreement with NOVA FCSH for your area of studies.
Your home university must send us your nomination within the following deadlines:
Until May 31st – for students coming in the 1st semester, 2nd semester or the full following academic year.
Until October 31st – for students coming in the 2nd semester.
Applications
After we receive your nomination, we will send all necessary information to your email address (provided by your home university upon nomination) concerning deadlines and procedures for your application in FCSH NOVA’s online platform.
Incoming students apply to NOVA FCSH within the following periods:
June and July (days to be defined) – for students coming in the 1st semester (Winter) and full year
November and December (days to be defined) – for students coming in the 2nd semester (Spring).
Are you coming to NOVA FCSH? Get the relevant information in the Mobility Student Handbook.
How to apply
Incoming students should submit their application to NOVA FCSH using NOVA’s online platform (link and application guide will be sent by email before the application period).
Be aware of all e-mails sent by mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt, as well as the notifications sent by the platform once your register.
Application Requirements
While choosing the study plan, incoming mobility students at NOVA FCSH have to meet the following requirements:
– Minimum: one course;
– Maximum: 30 ECTS. To the 30 ECTS, students can add the semester-long Portuguese language course worth 6 ECTS);
– Select at least one course from the academic department that has accepted them at NOVA FCSH (according to the existing bilateral agreement). The remaining courses can be chosen from other departments within NOVA FCSH;
– Bachelor students (1st cycle) can only take 1st cycle subjects. Master students (2nd cycle) can take both 1st and 2nd cycle subjects. Doctoral students (3rd cycle) can choose courses from all levels (except courses from the International curricula);
– Students can change the course selection and Learning Agreement during the first two weeks of the semester.
– All questions concerning academic content, should be addressed to the respective Departmental Mobility Coordinator, who will be the person responsible for signing the Learning Agreement;
– Students must attend the welcome meeting, taking place in the beginning of the semester (date to be announced). If the student does not attend it, he/she must go to the Mobility Office as soon as possible after the arrival to register.
Students arriving after the second week will not be accepted.
Language Requirements
At NOVA FCSH, the language of instruction is Portuguese. Therefore, when applying to NOVA FCSH – in July or December – incoming students must present a Portuguese language certificate at level A2 or higher (Common European Framework of Reference).
Accepted certificates to validate the language requirement:
– A2 certificate or higher issued by the Department of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PLE) of the Luis Krus Center – Center for Lifelong Learning at NOVA FCSH.
or
– Initial Certificate of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (CIPLE) or higher issued by a Center for Assessment and Certification of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (CAPLE). You can find HERE the nearest CAPLE center.
or
– A2 certificate issued by a Higher Education Institution (after, at least, 60 hours of Portuguese language classes).
Exceptions:
– Students from Portuguese-speaking countries
– If the course is lectured exclusively in English. If the student intends to attend courses in English, they must submit an English certificate at level B1 or higher. English-taught courses are primarily from the Department of Languages and Literatures. The NOVA FCSH English offer is published HERE every semester.
– Students who only conduct research for their thesis during mobility at NOVA FCSH.
(Updated in March 2024)
The Almeida Garrett Program is a national mobility program for public university students that involves all the universities represented in the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. This program allows undergraduate and graduate students (1st and 2nd cycle) to spend a semester in a Portuguese public university different from their home institution and pay the tuition fees only to their home university. This program does not include mobility grants. The acceptance and application procedures are the same as for any student exchange program.
Applications
After we receive your nomination, we will send all necessary information to your email address (provided by your home university upon nomination) concerning deadlines and procedures for your application in FCSH NOVA’s online platform.
Incoming students apply within the following periods:
June (days to be defined) – for mobilities in the 1st semester and full year
November (days to be defined) – for mobilities in the 2nd semester
How to apply
Incoming students need to submit the application through our online plataform Inforestudante.
Be aware of all e-mails sent by mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt, as well as the notifications sent by our platform once your register.
You can find here a manual for incoming students’ application.
NOVA University of Lisbon has been executing agreements with Higher Education Institutions all over the world.
Through General Framework Agreements and specific addenda for mobility programs, students enrolled in partner institutions can spend an exchange period at NOVA FCSH. In some cases, these mobility programs are financed by home universities or countries, or by private institutions (such as the Santander Bank, for example).
The terms and conditions governing each mobility program are set out in the Addendum executed by the corresponding partner institution. The acceptance and application procedures are the same as for any student exchange program.
Applications
Applications for exchange at NOVA FCSH for 2021/2022 (full academic year, 1st semester or 2nd semester) will be open soon.
How to apply
Incoming students need to submit the application through our online platform Inforestudante.
Be aware of all e-mails sent by mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt, as well as the notifications sent by our platform once you’re registered. You can find here a manual for Incoming Students.
It is possible to attend curricular units of any degree available at NOVA FCSH by submitting an application to attend an isolated curricular unit.
Applicants must create a user profile in the student platform, Inforestudante. Register as a New User and apply for Isolated Courses. This will allow applicants to submit the formal request to attend isolated curricular units.
See the deadline to submit the request in the academic calendar HERE. Fees apply to each curricular unit, plus the insurance and administrative costs.
For more information, please contact the Academic Services:
tel:+351 217 908 300 | Ext. 31428
Undergraduate Services: licenciaturas@fcsh.unl.pt
Master’s Services: mestrados@fcsh.unl.pt
You can also apply to long term programs available at NOVA FCSH, some of them with optional courses lectured in English.
- Bachelor degrees
- Post-graduate courses
- Master’s degrees, including Erasmus Mundus programs
- PhD degrees
I'm outside European Union
The Erasmus + Programme now opens study exchange opportunities to Higher Education Institutions (HEI) from other parts of the world. Under the International Credit Mobility (ICM), students of a HEI in a Partner Country can spend a study exchange period in a partner HEI within a Programme Country and vice versa.
NOVA University Lisbon is party to four International Credit Mobility projects to which students from partner countries can have access. All the information and application forms are available in the following project webpages:
- JAMIES
- ICM 2019
- ICM 2020
- Merging Voices 2019
- Merging Voices 2020
- Mare Nostrum 2018
- Mare Nostrum 2019
After acceptance, students under International Credit Mobility projects shall follow the same procedures as for exchange students.
Since 2017, NOVA FCSH has been working with the Academic Programs International (API) – an organization developing study abroad programs for U.S. students – for the designing of the courses within its curricula.
The Mobility program of the Association of Portuguese Language Universities (AULP) is the first academic mobility program that promotes exclusively student exchanges between institutions of Portuguese-speaking countries and Macao (MSAR, China). Each University of the AULP can host two students for each semester. Through the execution of a study agreement, the exchange students do not need to pay tuition fees and the credits for the courses passed are acknowledged by their home institution.
Students can apply to this program directly through the AULP. Once NOVA University Lisbon is notified of the results of the applications, the application procedures for the students of this program are the same as for any student exchange program
In 2000, NOVA FCSH executed the only agreement in Portugal between a Higher Education Institution and the Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE), an organization promoting study abroad programs for North-American university students.
Through the “Language + Culture” program – based on a multidisciplinary curriculum taught in English – every year rough 40 North American students are hosted at NOVA FCSH to acquire or improve their knowledge of Portuguese history and culture.
This mobility program started in the academic year 2009/2010 with the execution of the Cooperation Agreement with the University of Foreign Languages of Dalian. At present, this program involves five Chinese universities, whose students come every year to attend the courses at NOVA FCSH. As in the other exchange programs, the home Universities select the exchange students who will come to study at NOVA FCSH.
Partner Universities
- Dalian University of Foreign Languages
- College of Foreign Languages of Nankai University
- Jilin International Studies University
- South China Business College – Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
- Heilongjiang International University
The curriculum of this multidisciplinary program includes Portuguese language studies and courses from other areas of Social Sciences and Humanities. During the past 10 years of collaboration, this exchange program has trained students who concluded – in both their home country and in Portugal – their master degree and Ph.D. on topics related to Portuguese language and culture, developing successful professional careers involving the relationships between China and the Portuguese-speaking world.
In 2015, the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) developed an interdisciplinary and interuniversity exchange program with Portugal devoted to US students – the Study in Portugal Network – to which NOVA FCSH is part.
You can also apply to long term programs available at NOVA FCSH, some of them with optional courses lectured in English.
- Bachelor degrees
- Post-graduate courses
- Master’s degrees, including Erasmus Mundus programs
- PhD degrees
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The Mobility Office (NAM) assists students through the procedures of Incoming and Outgoing Exchange.
+351 217 908 332 | Ext. 31581
Personal Assistance:
Av. Berna, Tower B, 1st floor
Mondays and Wednesdays: 9h30 to 13h00
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 14h00 to 18h00
+351 217 908 332 | Ext. 31581 mobilidade@fcsh.unl.pt