Diplomas
The diploma is a document certifying the award of an academic degree or the conclusion of a specialisation course (conclusion of the master’s degree teaching component).
You can request the Certificate of Degree Registration and/or the Course Certificate, both of which have the same certifying value, the difference between them is their visual appearance and the respective fee.
The Certificate of Degree Registration is a printed document in A4 format, issued in Portuguese and English within a maximum of 10 working days.
The Course Certificate is a more formal document (but of equal value to the Certificate of Degree), printed on A3 size paper and delivered in a metal box (commonly known as a “straw”), issued within 3 months.
You can request your Diploma at any time, immediately after you have reported your course as completed in Inforestudante. On this date your fees payment must be properly regularised.
The Certificate of Degree Registration and/or Course Certificate are requested on the Inforestudante platform at Academic Desk – Documents – Add.
Payment of these documents is made using the ATM references available at Inforestudante – Academic Desk – Fees Payment. Information about the creation of MB references is sent via notification.
Documents are issued upon confirmation of payment of the amount stipulated in the IPC fees table.
A notification of the documents being issued and made available is sent via Inforestudante.
Documents Identification:
E111 – Certificate of degree Registration / Diploma for master’s Degree and bachelor’s Degree
J1 – Course Certificate + Certificate of degree registration / Diploma – Bachelor’s Degree
J2 – Course Certificate + Certificate of degree registration / Diploma – Master’s Degree
J3 – Course Certificate – Bachelor’s Degree
J4 – Course Certificate – Master’s Degree
E40 – Certificate of degree Registration / Diploma of Specialisation Course (Master)
In order to collect your Diploma/Course Certificate, you need to:
Fill in the declaration (Model 247_03) properly signed by the diploma holder (accompanied by their ID card).
If you are not personally picking up the diploma, the person representing you must be properly identified and be provided with a declaration signed by you.
Diploma Supplement
The Diploma Supplement is a complementary document to the diploma (which is awarded at the end of a study programme). It contains a description of the origin country higher education’s system where the diploma is issued, it also characterises the institution which provided the education and awarded the diploma, the undertaken training and its objectives, as well as providing detailed information on the undertaken training and the achieved results.
The Diploma Supplement is a bilingual document issued by the awarding institution.
It is important to note that the Diploma Supplement is merely informative and does not replace the diploma nor constitutes proof of ownership of the qualification to which it refers. It must be issued free of charge whenever a diploma is given.
Following the commitments made under the Bologna process, Decree-Law 42/2005 of 22nd of February was published in Portugal. It approves the principles that regulate the mechanisms for the creation of an European higher education area, particularly regarding the Diploma Supplement. On 10th of January 2008, Administrative Rule no. 30/2008 was published to regulate article 39 of Decree-Law no. 42/2005.
In the leaflet ‘Diploma Supplement’, produced by NARIC, you can see the structure of the DS and general information.
EECC Calculation Formula (European Scale of Comparability and Ratings) – Decree-Law no. 42/2005 (CTC Deliberation of 11-03-2015).
How to request?
The Diploma Supplement is only issued for diplomas awarded in the Bologna system.
Applications – eligible activities (must be submitted to the academic services by the usual means)