Step 1. Mandatory requirements
(1) conclude Secondary Education until August 31st 2024 or have already completed Secondary Education.
(2) perform an eligible Mathematics Exam and obtain the final result between the August 31st 2022 and August 31st 2024.
(3) prepare a Personal Statement for this Application.
(4) update the Curriculum Vitae.
(5) fulfill the English requirement.
(6) record Elevator Pitch Video.
If the applicant ticks all the topics above, he/she may proceed to the next step.
Step 2. Applicant Profile and starting the Application
Submit the application through our Online Application Platform. To do so, the applicant must first create a user profile. After creating their user profile, applicants may login to begin their application. Applicants will be allowed to make changes and save a draft version of their application until submitting the final version.
Step 3. Submitting Application
Throughout the Online Application, applicants will be required to provide personal and academic information. The academic documents have to be submitted depending on their current situation.
To conclude this step, applicants must attach all mandatory documents (PDF format with a maximum of 10MB). When students have reached their Review section of the Application, they will have a final opportunity to verify that all 12 documents are attached and ready to submit. Once completed the Review Step is completed, students may submit their application and move on to the next step.
Applicants who submit an application as current Secondary Education Students must submit the requested documentation, once they finish their Secondary Education.
Step 4. Payment of the Application Fee
After submitting the Online Application, students will have to insert their credit card details, as requested in their Application Status Page. Applicants will have 72 hours to pay the Application fee. If the payment is not received within 72 hours, the application will be archived and will no longer be considered. Students who ask for their application to be reassessed after the 72 hours must pay a 100% fee penalty.
Step 5. Application Results
After the Online Application is submitted and the Application Fee payment is confirmed, it will be validated by the Screening Committee and then be assessed by the Admissions Jury. In some cases, applicants may be asked to submit additional information. Applicants will obtain a formal response within 5 to 6 weeks after the end of the respective round.
After evaluating the application, the Admissions Jury is going to communicate the decision, notifying applicants with one of the following statuses:
- Conditional Admission
- Waiting List
- No offer
- Ineligible
All applicants are going to be informed of the Admissions Jury’s decision and information on their status by email.
Results are given in 5-6 weeks after the rounds finish, by email.
Conditional Offer Admission
Applicants receive a “Conditional Offer Admission” if the Admissions Jury considers that the application is strong enough for the student to be offered a spot at CATÓLICA-LISBON’s International Undergraduate Programs. Applicants will be notified by email of the conditional offer admission and respective conditional scholarship. To secure their place at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics applicants must pay the conditional offer admission within 72 hours.
Students applying with final grades are also going to receive a “conditional offer admission”, since the offer is conditional to the delivery of documentation. However, the offer is solid, since it is based on final grades.
After paying the conditional offer acceptance fee, the vacancy is secured.
Waiting List
Applicants receive a “Waiting List” notification if the Admissions Jury considers that the application is not strong enough for admission at that moment in time. That means that the Admissions Jury is going to notify the applicant on their decision in July, making sure that a place is being secured in case the applicant’s results are considered strong enough to be admitted at that moment in time.
If the student wishes to update the grades, namely with a higher grade in the Mathematics Exam and/or in the High School Diploma, the results must be promptly uploaded in the Application Status Page and an email must be sent to the Marketing & Admissions Office at ug.admissions.clsbe@ucp.pt notifying that new grades have been inserted. After the applicant submits the final results, the application will be reassessed, and the student will receive the official result in July/August.
No Offer
Students who are notified with a “No Offer” notification are students who do not achieve the minimum application grade of 14,00/20 in the Portuguese grading scale. Students who wish to have their application reviewed must submit higher grades than the ones already submitted and send an email to ug.admissions.clsbe@ucp.pt, notifying that new updates were made to the application.
Ineligible
Applicants receive an “Ineligible” notification if either the Mathematics Exam and/or the High School Education are considered ineligible. This means that one or more of the following requirements are not met:
a) The minimum required grade(s);
b) Mathematics Exam eligibility;
c) High School Diploma equivalence to the Portuguese high school system by the Ministry of Education in Portugal, which is a mandatory requirement to attend Higher Education in Portugal. It is highly recommended that students contact the Marketing & Admissions Office if they have any questions regarding their ineligibility.
Official Results
Based on the students’ final results, CATÓLICA-LISBON is going to release the official results in July/August in two specific dates to be announced on Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s website and on Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics websites. The enrollment occurs right after the results’ publication date.
The following scenarios can occur:
a) If the grades correspond to the grades initially proposed, the conditional offer admission is going to become a definite admission. Applicants are then going to receive an email with the official admission to Católica Lisbon School of Lisbon & Economics, as well as more instructions on the enrollment procedure and welcome activities.
b) If the grades are higher than the ones initially proposed, the application grade will be reviewed accordingly, and a higher scholarship may be awarded. Applicants are then going to receive an email with the official admission to Católica Lisbon School of Lisbon & Economics, as well as more instructions on the enrollment procedure and welcome activities.
c) If the grades are lower, a reassessment will take place and the applicant may lose the scholarship or be retrieved the conditional offer admission.
Applicants are then going to receive an email with the official communication from Católica Lisbon School of Lisbon & Economics.
In case students are going to take an additional exam to improve their grades, they must contact the Marketing & Admissions Office and send upload those results in their Application Status Page, as a last chance reassessment will take place.
Step 6. Enrollment
To enroll after accepting a Conditional Offer, the student must comply with the Grade and Documentation Requirements. The Conditional Offer means the student still needs to meet specific results and conditions.
At the time of Enrollment, the student will receive, by email, instructions to complete the following:
- Delivery of Final Secondary Education Certificate and High-Level Mathematics Certificate;
- Fill out the Enrollment form;
- Submit a digital version of their vaccination card;
- Payment of first monthly tuition fee.
The applicant must submit in the application platform all certified paper copies of his/her Secondary Education Certificate with grades (translated to Portuguese) and the Mathematics Examination certificate to conclude his/her Enrollment, as soon as they are available.
Enrollment will only be completed after the payment of the First Tuition Fee is confirmed by the Admissions Office.
Note that if the submitted documentation is considered ineligible, the student will not be able to attend the International Undergraduate Programs.
Step 7. Welcome to CATÓLICA-LISBON
After the Enrollment process is completed, candidates are officially CATÓLICA LISBON students. At this time, they will receive important information regarding the Welcome Activities and their first day of classes.