Isolated Curricular Units

Applications will be available in the following periods:

• 1st semester: 01 to 12 September 2025

• 2nd semester: 05 to 16 January 2026.

To apply, you must follow the instructions below (get an account to access Fénix):

Accont creation

To submit an application check your situation:

1. Student of CIÊNCIAS, with a valid account - you should enter your CIÊNCIAS student account data and password at https://fenix.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/ and then access the application form in the "Candidato" section.
    

2. Student of CIÊNCIAS, without a valid account (applicants who are not currently enrolled in the study cycles of the Faculty of Sciences) - they should go to https://balcaoc.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/servico/criar-conta-utilizador to reactivate their account. Automatic account reactivation uses your mobile phone number and/or personal email address. If these contacts are not in our systems or are out of date, you will need to request activation directly at the IT Services desk (room 1.2.10). You can then access the application form in the "Candidato" section.
    

3. External applicant, who is not a student of CIÊNCIAS - you must create an account directly at https://fenix.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/accountCreation.
   Afterwards, you will receive your credentials (format: User bennuXXX ) and will be able to access the application form in the "Candidato" section;
   If you do not receive the e-mail or you forget your password, you can request it to be resent at https://fenix.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/passwordResetRequest.

Online application

1. Fill in/validate all the fields in the Application tabs

2. Collect the mandatory documents

3. Scan and attach the documents to the application

4. Submit the application

5. Pay the application fee (per application: €40) by consulting the ‘Payment Details’ tab.

   After submitting the application, the application fee will be generated automatically.

   Payment should be made by:
   ATM reference;
   Bank transfer (payment only for applicants who do not live in Portugal). In the case of payment by bank transfer, the applicant must submit the corresponding proof in the application, uploading it in the corresponding tab.

   Bank details:
   N.º IBAN: PT50003508240001225203011
   SWIFT CODE/BIC: CGDIPTPL

NOTICES:

• Before submitting your application, please consult the application and enrolment rules and the associated payments

• The application fee must be paid by the application deadline, otherwise the application will be cancelled

• A single application fee of 40.00€ (forty euros), applicable to each application submitted

• There are two separate application periods per academic year: one for the 1st semester and one for the 2nd semester. The fee is due for each application submitted, even if it takes place in the same semester. Therefore, if you submit more than one application in the same semester, the fee will be applied to each submission individually

• Acceptance is dependent on the availability of places in each curricular unit, determined after the enrolment of students on the degree and non-degree programmes in CIÊNCIAS. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places, the selection/serialisation criteria set out in the Regulations in force will be applied

• Enrolment in Isolated Curricular Units is subject to the payment of fees defined by the Management Board of CIÊNCIAS ULISBOA.

• 1st semester: 16 September to 30 September 2025;

• 2nd semester: 02 February to 13 February 2026.

NOTICES:

• In each academic year, the maximum number of isolated curricular units that a candidate may enrol in may not exceed a total of 30 ECTS

• Whenever enrolment is subject to assessment, each student may enrol in a maximum number of 60 accumulated ECTS, throughout their academic career

• Enrolment depends on the availability of places on each course

• Under this system, applications are not accepted for dissertation/internship report/project work/thesis/thesis seminar courses or other courses of the same nature

• Applications from students enrolled on the study cycle to which the course belongs as an optional course: may apply for enrolment but in addition to those required for completion of the corresponding study plan.

Enrolment in Isolated Curricular Units is subject to the payment of fees defined by the Management Board of CIÊNCIAS ULISBOA:

1. For students attending a degree course in CIÊNCIAS or taught in association with CIÊNCIAS:
   Tuition fee = 1.5 x P x I ECTS/60
   Where P corresponds to the annual tuition fee of the course the student is enrolled in and I ECTS to the sum of the number of ECTS of the curricular units the student is enrolled in.

2. For students not attending a degree course in CIÊNCIAS or taught in association with CIÊNCIAS: 70€ per ECTS (for all study cycles)

3. Enrolment fee: 50€.

More information available at the regulations for enrolment in Isolated Curricular Unit(s).