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NOVA School of Science and Technology

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General

The NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT) is one of the three largest and most prestigious schools of Engineering and Sciences in Portugal. It is located 15 minutes away from Lisbon, is renowned for its excellence in research, for the quality of its courses and for the large employability of its graduates (graduates, masters, doctors).

NOVA FCT, with about 8500 students, it has one of the best university campuses and is distinguished by a culture of excellent teacher-student relationship and an intense academic life with many different cultural and sport activities.

All courses are accredited by the A3ES (Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education) and all Engineering courses are recognized by the Order of Engineers, FEANI (Federation of Professional Engineers that unites national engineering associations from 33 European Higher Education Area (EHEA) countries) and EUR-ACE (European Accredited Engineer).

NOVA FCT is structured in 13 Departments and 16 Research Centers, offering 117 study cycles (19 Bachelor´s, 11 Integrated Master´s (no applications available for the academic year 2021/2022), 49 Master´s and 32 PhDs).

Its scientific production, resulting from the publication of a large number of articles in international scientific journals of great demand and quality, gives it wide international recognition (the value of the scientific production index - SciVal Citation Impact - is 1.35, NOVA FCT is 35% above the world average). This performance allows the Faculty to integrate the main technological university networks, such as the CESAER network and to participate in consortiums with European and US universities, namely MIT, CMU and the University of Texas.

The participation in 9 COLABs and the 17 ERC scholarships obtained by NOVA FCT researchers (the largest concentration of these laboratories and scholarships in Portuguese Universities), demonstrates how the NOVA School of Science and Technology is oriented towards the future and based on vanguard international research.

FCT Curricular Profile 

What is it?

It is a pioneering approach in the pedagogical implementation of  our courses: knowledge assessment became continuous and the school calendar now has a period between semesters (the Interim Period ) to provide the students with new skills

Who does it apply to?

To all BSc and MSc students

What are the advantages?

  • Increase the academic success rate
  • Expand the training horizon of students with essential skills for their personal and professional development
  • Facilitate the access to the job market

What happens during the Interim Period?

Between January and February, Undergraduate and first-year Master´s students have the so-called "Interim Period”, a period between semesters that is intended for curricular units relating to Complementary Skills and a wide range of training, cultural and sports activities. 

1st YEAR | GRADUATION

Transversal Skills for Science and Technology (3 ECTS)

  • Preparation of Curriculum Vitae / Professional Interview;
  • Communication in Sciences and Technologies (Reports);
  • Advanced use of Spreadsheet;
  • Time management – ​​Teamwork;
  • Bibliographic research and analysis of Information in Science and Technology;
  • Ethics and deontology.

 2nd YEAR | GRADUATION 

Society, Sustainability and Digital Transformation (3 ECTS) 

  • Understanding the contemporary techno-scientific world;
  • How to think and act actively and critically in the face of the impacts of science and technology in today´s society. 

 3rd YEAR | GRADUATION

Introduction to Scientific Research Program (3 ECTS)

Contact and collaboration with ongoing R&D projects of faculty members and researchers at NOVA FCT.

Introduction to Professional Practice Program (3 ECTS)

Contact with the business reality close to the course area, internships, occasional work.

 1st YEAR | MASTER´S DEGREE 

Entrepreneurship (3 ECTS) 

  • Awaken and promote students’ potential vocation for creating value from an idea;
  • Basic training for new business development.
GRADUATION AND MASTER DEGREES 

Free Credits (6 ECTS) 

Enrich training with skills from areas that are not included in the main focus of study. 

Personal Valuation

Training, cultural, artistic and sports activities promoted by NOVA FCT and the Students Association. 

Erasmus friendly semester

Most suitable semester for student mobility programs.


The school calendar (since 2012/2013) has been adapted to incorporate these transversal skills.

Mobility students

NOVA FCT´s Mobility

ERASMUS - Foreign Students

Contacts

Division of Mobility and Internationalization of Education
NOVA School of Science and Technology
Caparica Campus
2829-516 Caparica, PORTUGAL

International Students
+351 21 294 83 05 (Ext: 12301)
div.mie.int.students@fct.unl.pt

Incoming Mobility
+351 21 294 78 27 (Ext: 12302 and 12304)
div.mie.incoming@fct.unl.pt

Outgoing Mobility
+351 21 294 78 20 (Ext: 12303)
div.mie.outgoing@fct.unl.pt

Academic authorities

  • Dean José Júlio Alves Alferes
  • Management Council José Júlio Alves Alferes
  • Management Council José Paulo Moreira dos Santos
  • Management Council Eurico José da Silva Cabrita
  • Management Council Maria Cesaltina Charréu Frade
  • Vice-Dean (Scientifc Council) José Paulo Moreira dos Santos
  • Vice-Dean (Pedagogical Council) Carla Maria Quintão Pereira
  • Vice-Dean (Innovation and Research) Eurico José da Silva Cabrita
  • Vice-Dean (Campus and Infrastructures) Carlos Manuel Chastre Rodrigues
  • Executive Administrator (Administrative and Financial Management) Maria Cesaltina Charréu Frade

Admission and enrollment

Undergraduate Programmes Admission

National Admission System

Students are admitted to NOVA FCT, through the National Admission and Enrolment System for Higher Education, and register is made online in NOVA FCT´s academic management computer system, within the period set by ministerial dispatch.

More information: https://www.fct.unl.pt/en/education/how-apply

Questions: Please contact div.alm.licenciatura@fct.unl.pt

Readmissions, Change of institution / course pair

The application is made online in NOVA FCT´s academic management computer system.

More information: http://www.fct.unl.pt/ensino/candidato/reingressos-mudanca-de-par-instituicao-curso

Questions: Please contact div.alm.licenciatura@fct.unl.pt

Over 23 years old Admission

The application for this special contest is made online in NOVA FCT´s academic management computer system.

More information: https://www.fct.unl.pt/ensino/como-candidatar-me/maiores-de-23-anos

Questions: Please contact div.alm.licenciatura@fct.unl.pt


International Students

The application is made online in NOVA FCT´s academic management computer system.

More information: https://studyatfctnova.fct.unl.pt/international-student/

Qualifications Recognition - A Guide for Foreign Students

More information:

https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition

http://www.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/documentos/candidato/reconhecimento_de_qualificacoes-guia_para_estrangeiros.pdf

Questions: Please contact div.mie.int.students@fct.unl.pt


Master Degrees Admissions

The application is made online in NOVA FCT´s academic management computer system.

More information: http://www.fct.unl.pt/en/education/master-degrees

Questions: Please contact div.alm.mestrado@fct.unl.pt


PhD Programmes Admissions

The application is made online in NOVA FCT´s academic management computer system.

More information: http://www.fct.unl.pt/en/education/phd-programmes

Questions: Please contact div.aea.helpdesk@fct.unl.pt

Practical information

Libraries

The latest of the NOVA FCT´s buildings is the Library, a Campus ex-libris for its architectural design and functionality. It has six reading rooms (2 work zones: a silent zone and a collaborative zone), with documentation in free access, accessible to all teachers, researchers, students and employees of  NOVA FCT and the general public. Provides the following services: home loan, interlibrary loan, referral service, users training, photocopying, printing and scanning, remote access to documentation in digital support.

It is equipped with 42 computers, individual and group study offices, wireless net, equipment to people with motor disabilities, blind and amblyopic people, pest control system by anoxia, exhibition hall, auditorium and bar. 

Related to study offices, students have at their disposal:

  • Individual study rooms: 40;
  • Group study rooms: 8.

These offices are open from 9 am to 8 pm every working day.

It also has an auditorium with 72 seats, a Preguiçodromo - Informal Reading Room, an Exhibition Room and the Laboratory of Design and Innovation, equipped with tools (hardware and software) that allow the production of multimedia contents with 3D printing, of great use in the elaboration of projects, communication materials, film and video production, etc.

The Library also has a diverse annual cultural program: https://www.biblioteca.fct.unl.pt/

Other equipments

Study facilities:

The NOVA FCT Campus offers its students a wide range of study rooms and offices. The study rooms, dispersed by the Campus, are divided into:

General study rooms: 2.019 m2;

Study rooms with computers: 666 m2.

Part of these study rooms, namely the study rooms located in Building VII of Campus, are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Christmas Eve and New Year´s Eve.

Other support services:

In the Campus there are also other services such as: convenience store, reprography, stationary store and day care.

Interchange programs

NOVA FCT has a wide range of international exchange programs, available for consultation at the following links:

Scholarships

In addition to the Social Action Services (SAS) scholarships, FCT NOVA students can access other scholarships:

https://sas.unl.pt/en/scholarships/other-scholarships/

https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/outros-apoios

Food services

Students may eat at the Faculty of Science and Technology Canteen, located on Caparica Campus.

In addition to this space, there is a wide range of catering services, with bars and restaurants offering a total of 8 spaces:

  • Restaurante c@mpus.come - Restaurante. Location: Canteen Building
  • Bar c@mpus - Snack-Bar, with terrace. Location: Library Building
  • Tanto Faz - Bar Académico, Snack-Bar, with terrace. Location: Hangar I
  • Snack-bar SAS - Location: Canteen Building
  • Casa do Pessoal - Snack-Bar, with terrace. Location: Building I
  • Mininova - Location: Building I
  • A Tia - Location: Canteen Building (social room)
  • My Spot Bar - Location:  Building VII
  • Nova Alquimia - Location: Departamental Building
  • SportBar Restaurant - Location: NOVA Sports Club (padel)

Special needs facilities

NOVA FCT provides parking places specifically for students/academic staff with special needs, and also has access ramps to its buildings and lifts. It is also possible to carry out a case-by-case analysis to try and minimise any difficulties that such students/academic staff may feel.

Student association

AEFCT, Association of Students of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, was founded on November 8, 1979, with the purpose of defending the rights and interests of NOVA FCT students.

The AEFCT organizes several cultural, pedagogical, sports and recreational activities annually, such as the Caloiro Week, the Nucleus Forum, JORTEC, Sport Tournaments, Workshop´s and Lectures, among others. 

Other information

How to get to FCT:

The campus is served by a wide transport network, including combined services (bus, train, ferry) and by tram, which terminus ("University") is located along one of the NOVA FCT entrances.

https://www.fct.unl.pt/en/about-fct/how-get-fct

School calendar

1º Semester: 2024-09-01 -> 2025-02-28

2º Semester: 2025-03-01 -> 2025-07-31

1º Quarter: 2024-09-01 -> 2025-01-02

2º Quarter: 2025-01-03 -> 2025-03-31

3º Quarter: 2025-04-02 -> 2025-07-31

Lessons: 2024-09-10 -> 2024-12-06

Examinations: 2025-01-01 -> 2025-07-31

School registrations: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

Confirmar colocação ERASMUS (2ª fase): 2024-03-12 -> 2024-03-13

Inscrição curricular: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade: 2024-09-11 -> 2024-09-25

Matrículas/Inscrições: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

Confirmar colocação ERASMUS (1ª fase): 2024-02-28 -> 2024-02-29

Pré-Candidatura ao programa ERASMUS: 2024-02-07 -> 2024-02-20

Resultados provisórios erasmus: 2024-02-21 -> 2024-02-21

2º fase de candidatura erasmus: 2024-03-02 -> 2024-03-07

Lessons - 1º Ano: 2024-09-10 -> 2025-06-06

Lessons - 1º Semester: 2024-09-10 -> 2024-12-06

Lessons - 2º Semester: 2025-03-05 -> 2025-06-06

Lessons - 1º Quarter: 2024-09-10 -> 2024-12-19

Lessons - 2º Quarter: 2025-01-22 -> 2025-04-30

Lessons - 3º Quarter: 2025-05-05 -> 2025-07-31

Examinations - 1º Ano: 2025-01-02 -> 2025-07-31

Examinations - 1º Semester: 2025-01-04 -> 2025-01-21

Examinations - 1º Semester: 2025-07-21 -> 2025-07-25

Examinations - 2º Semester: 2025-06-24 -> 2025-07-09

Examinations - 2º Semester: 2025-07-21 -> 2025-07-25

Examinations - 1º Quarter: 2024-12-02 -> 2025-01-02

Examinations - 2º Quarter: 2025-03-15 -> 2025-03-31

Examinations - 3º Quarter: 2025-07-15 -> 2025-07-31

Registration for improvement - 1º Semester: 2024-12-26 -> 2025-01-19

Registration for improvement - 2º Semester: 2025-06-16 -> 2025-07-07

School registrations - 1º Ano: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

School registrations - 1º Semester: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

School registrations - 2º Semester: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

School registrations - 1º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

School registrations - 2º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

School registrations - 3º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

Registration in the turns - 1º Semester: 2024-09-02 -> 2025-10-11

Registration in the turns - 2º Semester: 2025-02-17 -> 2025-03-28

Sorteio dos Turnos - 1º Semester: 2024-09-07 -> 2024-10-11

Sorteio dos Turnos - 2º Semester: 2025-02-22 -> 2025-03-28

Inscrição curricular - 1º Ano: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade - 1º Ano: 2024-09-11 -> 2024-09-25

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade - 3º Quarter: 2024-09-11 -> 2024-09-25

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade - 2º Quarter: 2024-09-11 -> 2024-09-25

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade - 1º Quarter: 2024-09-11 -> 2024-09-25

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade - 2º Semester: 2025-02-17 -> 2025-03-21

Alteração de Inscrição em unidade - 1º Semester: 2024-09-11 -> 2024-09-25

Inscrição em unidade - 1º Ano: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Inscrição em unidade - 3º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Inscrição em unidade - 2º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Inscrição em unidade - 1º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Inscrição em unidade - 2º Semester: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-10

Inscrição em unidade - 1º Semester: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

Ficha de Unidade Curricular - 2º Semester: 2025-03-24 -> 2025-04-21

Responsabilidade de Unidade Curricular - 2º Semester: 2025-03-24 -> 2025-04-24

Inscrição em época especial - 2º Semester: 2025-06-30 -> 2025-07-16

Matrículas/Inscrições - 1º Ano: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

Matrículas/Inscrições - 3º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

Matrículas/Inscrições - 2º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

Matrículas/Inscrições - 1º Quarter: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-09-25

Matrículas/Inscrições - 2º Semester: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

Matrículas/Inscrições - 1º Semester: 2024-08-07 -> 2024-10-11

Inscrição em Dissertação - 1º Ano: 2024-09-25 -> 2024-10-11

Inscrição em Dissertação - 2º Semester: 2025-02-17 -> 2025-04-11

Inscrição em Dissertação - 1º Semester: 2024-09-25 -> 2024-10-11

Férias de Páscoa - 2º Semester: 2025-04-17 -> 2025-04-21

Remoção Tempo Parcial - 2º Semester: 2025-02-17 -> 2025-03-21

Marcação de testes de avaliação - 1º Semester: 2024-09-17 -> 2024-10-31

Marcação de testes de avaliação - 2º Semester: 2025-03-10 -> 2025-04-04

2º fase de candidatura erasmus - 1º Semester: 2025-06-30 -> 2025-07-16

Férias de Natal - 1º Semester: 2024-12-20 -> 2025-01-03

Troca de turno entre alunos - 1º Semester: 2024-09-07 -> 2024-10-11

Troca de turno entre alunos - 2º Semester: 2025-02-22 -> 2025-03-28