diploma.degree.graduate=DEGREE diploma.degree.description={0}, Director of the Academic Services of the @institution.name@ hereby certifies that \ , daughter of {4} and {5}, born in {6}, successfully completed all the \ curricular units in the course work of the degree's in {7}, on {8}, obtained {9} credits. \ All legal requirements have been complied with and I have therefore authorized the issue of this Diploma conferring the degree in \ with the final classification of . diploma.master_degree.graduate=MASTER'S DEGREE diploma.master_degree.description={0}, Director of the Academic Services of the @institution.name@ hereby certifies that \ , daughter of {2} and {3}, born in {4}, successfully completed all the \ curricular units in the course work of the masters's in {5}, as well as the public defense of {6} dissertation on {7}, {8} obtained {9} credits. \ All legal requirements have been complied with and I have therefore authorized the issue of this Diploma conferring the master's degree in \ with the final classification of . diploma.supplement.title=Diploma Supplement diploma.supplement.structure.description=This Diploma Supplement follows the model developed by the European Commission, Council of Europe and UNESCO/CEPES. \ The purpose of the Supplement is to provide sufficient independent data to improve the international 'transparency' and fair academic and professional recognition of qualifications \ (diplomas, degrees, certificates, etc.). It is designed to provide a description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were pursued \ and successfully completed by the individual named on the original qualification to which this Supplement is appended. It should be free from any value judgements, equivalence statements or \ suggestions about recognition. Information in all eight sections should be provided. Where information is not provided, an explanation should give the reason why. diploma.supplement.section.1=1. Information identifying the holder of the qualification diploma.supplement.subsection.1.1=1.1 Family name(s): diploma.supplement.subsection.1.2=1.2 Given name(s): diploma.supplement.subsection.1.3=1.3 Date of birth (year/month/day): diploma.supplement.subsection.1.4=1.4 Student identification number or code: {0}\n Identity card/Passport number: {1} diploma.supplement.section.2=2. Information identifying the qualification diploma.supplement.subsection.2.1=2.1. Name of qualification and title conferred (in original language): diploma.supplement.subsection.2.2=2.2. Main field(s) of study for the qualification: diploma.supplement.subsection.2.3=2.3. Name (in original language) and status of awarding institution: diploma.supplement.subsection.2.4=2.4. Name (in original language) and status of institution (if different from 2.3) administering studies: diploma.supplement.subsection.2.5=2.5. Language(s) of instruction/examination: diploma.supplement.section.3=3. Information on the level of the qualification diploma.supplement.subsection.3.1=3.1. Level of qualification: diploma.supplement.subsection.3.2=3.2. Official length of programme: diploma.supplement.subsection.3.3=3.3. Access requirement(s): diploma.supplement.section.4=4. Information on the contents and results gained diploma.supplement.subsection.4.1=4.1. Mode of study: diploma.supplement.subsection.4.2=4.2. Programme requirements: diploma.supplement.subsection.4.3=4.3. Programme details (e.g. modules or units studied), and individual grades/marks/credits obtained: diploma.supplement.subsection.4.4=4.4. Grading scheme and, if available, grade distribution guidance: diploma.supplement.subsection.4.5=4.5 Overall classification of the qualification: diploma.supplement.section.5=5. Information on the function of the qualification diploma.supplement.subsection.5.1=5.1 Access to further study: diploma.supplement.subsection.5.2=5.2 Professional status: diploma.supplement.section.6=6. Additional information diploma.supplement.subsection.6.1=6.1 Additional information: diploma.supplement.subsection.6.2=6.2 Further information sources: diploma.supplement.section.7=7. Certification of the Supplement diploma.supplement.subsection.7.1=7.1 Date: diploma.supplement.subsection.7.2=7.2 Signature: diploma.supplement.subsection.7.3=7.3 Capacity: diploma.supplement.subsection.7.4=7.4 Official stamp or seal: diploma.supplement.section.8=8. Information on the National Higher Education System diploma.supplement.section.8.description=The description of the Portuguese Education System, officially provided by NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centre), can be found enclosed (see Appendix II). diploma.supplement.annex2.description=The Framework Law on the Education System (Law nr. 46/86, dated 14 October 1986, further amended by Laws nr. 115/97, \ dated 19 September and nr. 49/2005, dated 30 August) establishes the general legal framework of the Education System. According to this Law, \ the educational system comprises three levels: basic, secondary and higher education.
\ Basic Education is universal, compulsory and free and comprises three cycles, the first cycle lasts for four years, the second lasts for two years \ and the third lasts for three years. Pre-school education is optional and is for children between the ages of 3 and the age of entering basic education.
\ Secondary education is not compulsory and it comprises a 3-year cycle (corresponding to 10th, 11th and 12th year of schooling).\

\ Higher Education Structure\
\ Higher Education includes university and polytechnic education.
\ University education is offered by public, private and cooperative university institutions and polytechnic education is offered by public, \ private and cooperative non-university institutions.
\ Private higher education institutions must be subject to the previous recognition of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.\

\ Licenciado degree
\ Both university and polytechnic institutions confer the degree of licenciado (bachelor).
\ In polytechnic education, the cycle of studies that leads to the degree of licenciado has 180 credits and a normal length of \ six curricular semesters of students' work. In certain cases namely those covered by internal legislation or by European legislation, \ the cycle of studies can have up to 240 credits with a normal length of up to seven or eight curricular semesters of students' work.
\ In university education, the cycle of studies that leads to the degree of licenciado has from 180 to 240 credits and a normal length between \ six to eight curricular semesters of students' work. \ In the 1st cycle of studies, the degree of licenciado is conferred to those that, after concluding all the curricular units that integrate \ the study programme of the licenciatura course, have obtained the established number of credits.\

\ Mestre degree
\ Both university and polytechnic institutions confer the degree of mestre (master).
\ The cycle of studies that leads to the degree of mestre has from 90 to 120 credits and a normal length of between three to four curricular semesters of students' work.
\ In polytechnic education, the cycle of studies that leads to the mestre degree must ensure predominantly that the student acquires a \ professional specialization. In university education, the cycle of studies that leads to the mestre degree must ensure \ that the student acquires an academic specialization resorting to research, innovation or expansion of professional competences.
\ In university education, the mestre degree may also be conferred after an integrated cycle of studies, with 300 to 360 credits and a normal length \ of 10 to 12 curricular semesters of students? work, in cases for which the access to the practice of a certain professional activity depends on that length \ of time established by legal EU standards or resulting from a stable practice consolidated in the European Union. In this cycle of studies the degree \ of licenciado is conferred to those who have obtained 180 credits corresponding to the first six semesters of work. \ The degree of mestre is conferred to those that, after concluding all the curricular units that integrate the study programme of the mestrado course, \ have obtained the established number of credits, as well as successfully defended in public their dissertation, their project work or their traineeship report.\

\ Doutor degree
\ The Doutor (doctor) degree is only conferred by university institutions. The degree of Doutor is conferred to those that, after concluding all the \ curricular units that integrate the study programme of the Doutoramento (doctorate) course have successfully defended their thesis in the public act.\

\ Access conditions
\ General regime to accede to higher education
\ National and foreign students wishing to apply through the general regime to the first cycle of studies, must fulfil the following conditions:\
  • Have successfully completed a secondary course or a national or foreign qualification legally equivalent;
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  • Have set for the entrance examinations required for the degree programme the student wishes to attend and get the minimal mark required (There are higher education institutions that accept foreign tests or exams);
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  • Have fulfilled the prerequisites for the higher education course the student wishes to attend, if required.
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    \ Special conditions
    \ Besides the regime geral (general regime), there are special conditions for top level atheletes, Portuguese citizens on an official mission abroad, \ national or foreign staff in diplomatic mission, permanent staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces and scholarship holders within the framework of \ cooperation agreements signed by Portugal.\

    \ Special Competitions
    \ Besides the general regime and the special conditions there are also special competitions for applicants with certain specific qualifications \ thus allowing new publics to accede to higher education in a perspective of lifelong learning, namely:\
  • applicants over 23 years old who have passed a especial exam for assessing their capacity to accede to higher education;
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  • holders of a specialization technological course.
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    \ Admission to higher education institutions is subject to numerus clausus\

    \ Those who meet the following conditions may apply to the cycle of studies that leads to the mestre degree:\
  • Holders of the licenciado degree or legal equivalent;
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  • Holders of a foreign academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a State that has subscribed this Process;
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  • Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted.
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    \ Those who meet the following conditions may apply to the cycle of studies that leads to the doutor (doctor) degree:\
  • Holders of the mestre (master) degree or legal equivalent;
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  • Holders of a licenciado degree who have a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted.
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  • Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted.
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    \ Classification System
    \ The degrees of licenciado and mestre shall have a final classification between 10 and 20 on a numerical scale of 0 to 20, \ as well as its equivalent in the European scale of comparability of classifications.
    \ The academic degree of doutor is assigned a final classification pursuant to the regulating standards approved by the university that confers it. diploma.supplement.annex.1=APPENDIX I - Academic Record diploma.supplement.annex.2=APPENDIX II - Information on the National Higher Education System diploma.supplement.annex.3=APPENDIX III - Diagram of the Portuguese Higher Education System according to Bologna diploma.authentication.description=Academic Services of @institution.name@, on {0} not.applicable.content=Not applicable information.not.available=(*) - Information not available # Qualification level information level.of.qualification=University Education - {0} - Level {1} (ISCED) access.requirements=Enrolment on the Degree Course can be achieved through the National Competition for Access to Higher Education, \ the Special Regimes, the Special Access Competitions or the Re-Entry, Change and Transfer of Course Regimes.
    \ To apply for access to higher education through the National Competition, students must fulfill the requirements described in section 8. # Information on the contents mode.of.study=Full time mode.of.study.PARTIAL_TIME_STUDENT=Parcial time scientific.areas=Scientific Areas compulsory.ects=Compulsory optional.ects=Optional other.scientific.areas=Other Areas grading.schema.and.grade.distribution=On a 0 to 20 grading scheme, a minimum grade of 10 in each course unit is necessary to pass. ects.grading.scale=ECTS Grading Scale percentage.of.graduates=% of Graduates grades=Grades mobility.agreement.information=In the academic year {0}, the student performed the {1} semester of the {2} year at {3}, under the {4} Programme, achieving a total of {5} ECTS credits.
    \ The following course units were carried out within this scope: # Qualification info function further.study.access=The {0} degree allows access to postgraduate studies, according to the terms described in section 8. # Certification information stamp.or.seal.declaration=This document is officially stamped. # Curricular course list curricular.unit=Course Unit curricular.unit.regime=Regime curricular.unit.type=Type curricular.unit.academic.year=Academic Year curricular.unit.grade=Grade curricular.unit.ects.grade=ECTS Grade\n curricular.unit.credits=Credits curricular.unit.observations=Obs. curricular.unit.original.grade=Original Classification # Curricular course list summary extra.curricular.unit=Course units subject to academic recognition exemption.curricular.unit=Unidades curriculares por equivalência # Curricular course list legend regime.legend=(1) - Regime regime.anual=A - Annual regime.first.semester=1 - 1st Semester regime.second.semester=2 - 2nd Semester type.legend=(2) - Type type.compulsory=OB - Compulsory type.optional=OP - Optional grade.legend=(3) - Grade grade.sublegend=On a 0 to 20 grading scheme, a minimum grade of 10 in each course unit is necessary to pass. ects.grade.legend=(4) - ECTS Grading Scale credits.legend=(5) - ECTS Credits credits.academic.year=1 academic year = 60 credits.semester=1 semester = 30 credits.trimester=1 term = 20 curricular.unit.exemption.legend=(6) - Course units subject to academic recognition curricular.unit.exemption.sublegend=The corresponding course units can be found in item 4.3 of the Diploma Supplement, whenever taken under academic mobility programmes. extracurricular.unit.legend=(7) - Extracurricular course units document.request.director.title=Director of Academic Services diploma.supplement.annex3.description=

    (*)Except when in order to exercise a certain professional activity requiring \ education and training rating between 210 and 240 ECTS. \

    \

    (**) In exceptional circumstances, and subject to the fulfillment of every requirement relating to the definition of the \ objectives of the degree and the conditions for acquiring the latter, a cycle of studies leading to a Mestre degree in \ a specialized field may be amount 60 credits resulting from a stable and consolidated practice in that specific field \ at international level.\

    \

    (***) A Mestre degree may also be granted following an integrated cycle of studies of which the duration, for the \ purposes of obtaining access to a professional activity, a) is established by European Union regulations; and b) \ results from a regular and consolidated practice within the European Union; in such cases, a Licenciado degree is \ granted to students having obtained 180 ECTS (3 years, 6 semesters)

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