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Sede da Universidade Católica Portuguesa em Lisboa

Lisbon, Porto, Braga and Viseu · Portugal · Research university

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Private Catholic university on campuses in Lisbon, Porto, Braga and Viseu; English degrees in economics, neuroscience and data science.

Cristina Vilela · CC BY-SA 4.0

In English
4 programmes
City
Lisbon, Porto, Braga and Viseu
Founded
1967

Deadlines

Not published yetWatch ucp.pt

Every date in Portugal

What you could study here

Degree in Data Science and Technology (e-learning)

Licenciatura (bachelor's degree) · 3 yrs · Online (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Braga)

Maths AA (SL or HL) or AI HL for Mathematics A, plus Biology and Geology, Physics and Chemistry, or English.

Computing

What it asks of IB students

Apply to each faculty directly, not through the national contest: IB exams stand in for the Portuguese entrance exams, and each faculty sets its own exams, minimums and calendar.

Where it says so

Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

Católica Lisbon's three international business bachelor's have their own page on this site.

All 3 notes
  • Católica Lisbon's three international business bachelor's have their own page on this site.
  • EU students at schools abroad need a Portuguese certificate of equivalence from the Direção-Geral da Educação.
  • Porto's Economics and Management share one ranking; you choose the all-English route within the degree.

Sources
  1. Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Undergraduate, filtered to English (CLSBE, Medical School, Porto SBE, Health Sciences, Philosophy and Social Sciences) — checked 2026-09-26
  2. Católica Porto SBE — Economics Degree ('possibility of completing the degree entirely in English') — checked 2026-09-26
  3. Católica Porto SBE — Management Degree — checked 2026-09-26
  4. UCP Porto — Candidaturas: Licenciatura em Economia / Gestão (regime geral for national and EU candidates; exams; 2026/27 phases; 251 places) — checked 2026-09-26
  5. FCSE-Católica — BSc Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience — checked 2026-09-26
  6. FCSE-Católica — Foreign Secondary Education Applicants (European Union): IB equivalents, English C1, 2026/27 calendar, 30 places — checked 2026-09-26
  7. FFCS Braga — Degree in Data Science and Technology (EaD): 'entirely taught in English'; entrance exams — checked 2026-09-26
  8. FFCS Braga — E-learning admissions: eligible applicants, English B2 and accepted entrance-exam combinations — checked 2026-09-29
  9. UCP — Braga campus applications calendar 2026/27 — checked 2026-09-29
  10. UCP — Entrance exams and ranking formulas 2026/27 — checked 2026-09-29
  11. Católica Medical School — Integrated Master in Medicine (excluded: clinical component in Portuguese) — checked 2026-09-26
  12. Católica Medical School — Admission Requirements (exams 02, 07, 16; minimum 140; formula 40/45/15) — checked 2026-09-26
  13. Católica Medical School — General Admissions, Foreign Secondary Education (EU): IB equivalents, English B2, 2026 calendar — checked 2026-09-26
  14. Católica Medical School — Scholarships and Tuition fee 2026/2027 — checked 2026-09-26
  15. DGES — Índice de cursos 2026, private universities (UCP courses, durations and 2026-2027 places) — checked 2026-09-26
  16. CNAES Deliberação n.º 619/2026 (IB maths for Matemática A) — checked 2026-09-26