Tuition fees and taxes
Grants and Scholarships
Student Card and online Services
Exams, grading system and academic calendar
Academic Calendar 2012/2013

Tuition fees and taxes

Exchange Students
No tuition fees are payable to the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon for students studying with us within exchange Programmes (Erasmus, bilateral agreements).
Nevertheless, the payment of taxes may be requested for extra services. For example: special examinations, request of extra statements.

Free-movers Students (Free Regime course units)
As there is no agreement between the universities, the student needs to pay a fee.
Please click here for more details about the fees and other taxes applicable to you.
 

Full degree Students
The Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon has fixed tuition fees for all students following a full degree.
Tuition fees vary for each degree.
Please click here for more details about the tuition fees and other applicable taxes that apply to your degree.


Grants and Scholarships 

Social Services Scholarships

Students who prove to have financial difficulties can ask the Social Services of the University of Lisbon (Serviços de Acção Social da Universidade de Lisboa – SASUL) for a Social grant. To be considered so, students must earn at least 50% of the annual credits of their course and fit into one of the following cases:

• To be a Portuguese citizen;
• To be a citizen from a European Community country;
• To be stateless or political refugee;
• To be a citizen from a country which cooperation agreement with Portugal includes this benefit or that gives an equivalent benefit to a Portuguese student in the same circumstances.



Student Card and online Services

Student Card
The Faculty of Science does not issue student cards but has a partnership with the bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos. This bank issues FCUL’s student cards and there is also the possibility to open an account associated with that card. In case you are not interested in opening an account, you can request  the student card only.
The bank agencies nearer from FCUL are the following:

• Universidade de Lisboa
  Contacts:  Alameda da Universidade, 1649-016 Lisboa
  Tel: (+351) 217 948 050      Fax: (+351) 217 948 057
• Metro – Campo Grande
  Contacts: Estação de Metro do Campo Grande
  Rua Cipriano Dourado/Av. Padre Cruz, 1600-428 Lisboa 
  Tel:  (+351)217 502 120      Fax: (+351) 217 502 127
   

The student card gives access to several facilities such as libraries, computer rooms, student space, etc,
This card gives also access, outside the University of Lisbon, to several discounts in cultural activities such as cinemas, theatres, exhibitions, etc.  
 

Online Services
After being registered in at  the International Office, you will be given a registration document with your student number. Then you should go to the Informatics Unit (C1 Building, Floor 1) in order to get an username and password for an e-mail account.That account gives access to several informatics facilities such as access to the internet, to Moodle, to several computer rooms, etc.



Exams, grading system and academic calendar
 

Exams and grading system
The continuum evaluation model method (whether through written and spoken presentations or others) is decided by the course responsible professor. Yet, the enrolment in the first and second calls is mandatory and it is made through the user account.

Students can enroll in both exam dates and if they pass the first call exam, the second call will only be considered as grade improvement. You can also enroll to improve a degree of a course you took last year.

In the winter semester, exams take place between January and February, and in the summer semester, between June and July. For detailed dates and other informations, please check the exams calendar. 
 

The Portuguese grading systems expresses itself in values between 0 and 20, being 10 the minimum grade for approval. Sometimes, tests, essays or exams grades have decimal values, such as 9,5. When such happens, the semester final grade is rounded down if the decimal value is 0,4 or inferior, or rounded up if the decimal value is 0,5 or superior.

Even so, you should have in mind that the professor may contemplate factors like class attendance and participation to add to exams and essays grades, which can affect your final grade.

Academic Calendar
The academic year is divided into two semesters:

• Autumn Semester starts during the 2nd or 3rd week of September and ends during the mid of February;
• Spring Semester starts during the mid of February and ends in the beginning of July.
  Ordinary courses run for 13-15 weeks, each semester.

   
  Academic Calendar 2012-2013