Career Accelerator Lab (CAL) is a mandatory requirement for full-time MSc students planned by the Careers and Talent Office. It is designed to help students in CATÓLICA-LISBON’s Master programs to develop skills important for working with and managing people, as well as for approaching the job market, and lifelong employability and growth.
The CAL Grade is exclusive for the programs that require 4 ECTS for CAL. It takes into consideration the number of points, your professionalism, career involvement and your profile.
Reported will be the overall grade on 0-100 scale, along with its components.
1 Minimum of 57 Activity points is required to complete the CAL requirement of the study plan.
2 The final grade of the Career Accelerator Lab is a weighted average grade from all four dimensions. At the end of the program, the grade for Career Accelerator Lap will appear on the student’s transcript as "Excellent" (90-100), "Very Good" (80-89), "Good" (70-79), "Sufficient" (50-69).
3 This includes any activities for which a student enrolled and did not complete without justified reason (according to the School and CAL regulations). Bear in mind that this category can go down to a negative percentage if students are not approved to a high number of activities.
4 You must update your careerNETwork/Symplicity Account with your CV, Languages and Interests.
You will be able to check your current grade on Symplicity after each trimester. The final grade will be issued on eSCA/Fénix during your dissertation semester. Or at the end of the 4th trimester, if you are a Double Degree student.
Career Accelerator Lab absence justifications will only be accepted if you provide an EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE here.
The Absence Form should be submitted within two days after the date of the workshop/activity. If necessary, the justification documents can be provided later, but always within 5 working days after the date of the workshop/recruitment activity. At the end of this time period, the absence justification will be automatically declared invalid.
Since the Certificate of Conclusion does not list all activities completed during the Career Accelerator Lab program, students can request the Careers & Talent Office to issue a Career Lab Certificate that provides all that information.
As such, after the thesis defense, students can ask for this specific certificate by sending an e-mail to careerlab.clsbe@ucp.pt