Mobility programmes
Universidade Católica Portuguesa students have access to various International Mobility Programmes.
Erasmus+
The Erasmus + Programme is a European Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth, and Sport in effect from 2021 to 2027.
The Erasmus Programme enables the mobility of students wishing to undertake a period of studies at another institution with which there is an Erasmus + Bilateral Agreement. The mobility may be of a one-semester duration up to a maximum twelve-month period.
Erasmus+ also provides higher education students with the opportunity to undertake a curricular, extracurricular, or recent-graduate internship, from two to twelve months, within a working context (SMP mobility). This programme includes specific grants for internships.
Other mobility programmes
Almeida Garrett Programme
The Almeida Garrett Programme is a national mobility Programme for higher education students that seeks to enhance the quality and strengthen the national scope of the Portuguese university education system. The Programme provides the means for undertaking a period of studies with full subsequent academic recognition at one of the higher education institutions represented on the CRUP - Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. You can check the Programme's Guiding Principles and Regulations here.
UCP students interested in taking part in the Almeida Garrett Programme should contact the International Office of their School or Regional Centre.
Students from partner universities wishing to undertake a mobility period at UCP should contact the International Office of their School to formalize their application, in accordance with the requirements set out in the Regulations and considering the following application deadlines:
1st Semester: 30th April
2nd Semester: 31st October
Various exchange programmes are established by the respective academic units. Please see the websites of the respective units for further information.
Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
Faculty of Law – Lisbon School
Institute for Political Studies
Faculty of Human Sciences
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing - Lisbon (Former Institute of Health Sciences)
School of Arts
Faculty of Law – Porto School
Faculty of Biotechnology
Católica Porto Business School
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing - Porto (Former Institute of Health Sciences)
National Mobility
Faculty of Law – Porto School
National mobility, throughout one semester, at the UCP Lisbon School of the Faculty of Law.
Free Mover
Mobility without funding to universities with which UCP has no partnership agreements. Not all UCP Schools allow this type of mobility for their students.
Free mover students are responsible for contacting the university where they wish to undertake their mobility period, handling the entire process without the involvement of the UCP School.
In this type of mobility, students pay tuition fees at the host university. Regarding the payment of tuition fees at the home university (UCP), the decision belongs to each School.
Academic recognition of the modules taken under this scheme is subject to prior approval by the School of a study plan.