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University of Porto
Universidade do Porto · Porto, Portugal
Accreditation: not yet checkedBachelor'sPortuguese-taught3 years€3,500/yearEst. 1911
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Overview
The University of Porto (founded 1911) is one of Portugal's largest and most research-active universities. Most bachelor's teaching is in Portuguese. Non-EU students apply through Portugal's International Student Statute, and tuition varies widely by faculty rather than following one fixed rate.
Programme shown
Bachelor's programmes under International Student Statute
Degree level
Bachelor's
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Duration
3 years
Typical length for a European Bologna-system bachelor's degree (180 ECTS credits) — this is an approximate guide, not independently verified per programme. Some professional or engineering programmes run 3.5-4 years, so confirm your specific programme's length with the university.
Accreditation
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Enrollment & international mix
ETER ingestion for this institution is not built yet.
Student residence permits issued in Portugal
Eurostat migr_resedu ingestion for Portugal is not built yet.
No approval rate is published for any European country. Eurostat's migr_resedu dataset reports permits issued by citizenship, not applications refused — there is no denominator, so no approval or rejection percentage exists in the source data. When this section goes live it will show volume and trend for your nationality only.
International (non-EU) tuition
€3,500/year
≈ $3,906 USD/year (€1 ≈ 1.12 USD · rate updated 2026-11-07 · ExchangeRate-API)
for €3,500–16,500/year for International Student Statute (non-EU) applicants, depending on faculty and programme. We list the low end of the published range here, not a single flat rate.
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This is the low end of a wide official range, not the price for any specific programme — the university's own tuition-fee pages returned an access error when we tried to fetch the per-faculty breakdown directly, so we could not narrow this to one figure. Confirm the exact fee for your chosen faculty before budgeting. Students from CPLP (Portuguese-speaking) countries may qualify for reductions up to 45%, which does not apply to applicants from other countries.
Estimated cost of living in Porto
€700/month
Estimated, not verifiedEstimate for a frugal international student: shared room, home cooking, public transport, basic phone/internet.
This is a rough planning ballpark, not a sourced, verified figure like the tuition above — there is no single official database for per-city student living costs. Your actual spending depends heavily on housing choice, lifestyle, and exchange-rate movement. Adjust it yourself in the full cost calculator →
Living in Portugal — permit basics
Legal work rights
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Proof of funds
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