Academic Deadlines

Normal Season Registration

During the normal season, all students enrolled in the curricular unit are automatically registered and do not need to register on the Inforestudante platform.

Registration for Appeal and Improvement Exams

Appeal Season and Improvement of Classification in Appeal Season 1st and 2nd Semester
Improvement in Normal Season 1st and 2nd Semester
Improvement in Appeal Season 1st and 2nd Semester
It is compulsory to register in Inforestudante up to 2 days before the exam date.

Registration for Special Season Exams

Special Season 1st Semester and 2nd Semester – It is compulsory to register in Inforestudante up to 2 days before the exam date.

Request for special status or special condition

High-performance athlete status
Youth association leader
Special educational needs
Firefighters
Military service
Religious issues
Motherhood and fatherhood
Worker-student
– Up to 30 consecutive days after enrolment/registration
– Up to 30 consecutive days after the start of the 2nd semester, with no effect on the 1st Semester’s Curricular Units.
– Up to 30 consecutive days after the situation that gave rise to the status, has occurred.

Apply for Part-time Enrolment (only applicable to degree courses)

30 % – up to 15 ECTS (included)
50 % – between 16 ECTS and 30 ECTS (included)
70 % – between 31 ECTS and 45 ECTS (included)
– On registration or up to one month after registration

Crediting

Request Credits – Academic Desk – request – request for credits
credits
– Up to 30 consecutive days after enrolment/registration

Change of curricular unit enrolment by student request

To request a change of registration in curricular units
-Until the deadline for renewal of registration.
– Inforestudante: Academic Desk/Course Registration – select – Course –
Requests to Change Registration in Curricular Units – 2025/2026.

Registration in an extracurricular unit (Curricular Unit beyond the student's curricular plan)

To request – Academic Desk – Requests – General Request, by attaching the form (Mod5_229) available on the academic portal (www.iscac.pt – Academic Services – Forms/Prints), duly completed, in accordance with the following timetable:
– 1st semester – available soon
– 2nd semester – available soon

Registration for Free Option Curricular Unit - 3rd curricular year (only applicable to Bachelor's programmes)

Registration and attendance must follow the rules set out in the regulations and it must be attended during the running semester. This curricular unit’s number of credits will be considered when renewing your enrolment.
If you want to choose a free option unit that is not available in the list of units on the platform, you must use the Academic Desk – Requirements – General Requirement and then attach the form (Mod5_229) available on the academic website (www.iscac.pt – Academic Services – Forms).
– Deadline: 1st of August to 15th of October 2025

Scholarship / Tuition fee

Those students who declare their intention to apply for a scholarship and provide proof of this application, or declare their intention to apply, may choose not to pay the first tuition fee instalment when they do their registration, as long as the following conditions are respected:
– Students who are awarded scholarships must pay the tuition fee within a maximum of 10 consecutive days, counted from the day after the scholarship is made available to them, not being charged for late payment interest.
– If the student has signed the declaration on honour, but has not submitted the scholarship application, or if the competent services find that the application is not valid, all the instalments are considered to be due to date, as well as the respective interest on late payment for non-compliance.

Withdrawal from Studies

1st Cycle of Studies – Bachelor’s degree
If the student, by express request, withdraws from enrolment in a given academic year or cancels his/her (first) enrolment in the first year of a bachelor’s degree programme, the following amounts are owed as tuition fees:
– By the 30th of October, 10% of the established tuition fees (for that academic year) is owed by the student and must be paid;
– By the 15th of December (included), 50% of the established tuition fees (for that academic year) is owed by the students and must be paid;
– After the date indicated in the previous paragraph, the amount due is the total tuition fee.

2nd Cycle of Studies – Master's degree

If the student withdraws, by express request, from enrolment in a given academic year or cancels his/her (first) enrolment in the first year of a master’s degree programme, the total amount of the annual tuition fee (which was charged at the time of enrolment/registration) is owed by the student (as provided in Article 7, number 5, of the IPC’s tuition fee regulations).