Portugal
What you need to study with us.
Here you will find lots of useful information for students from Portugal including entry and English language requirements, scholarships and funding information, and where you can meet our representatives in-country.
Have a specific question in mind? Contact our International Student Advice team. We also run regular webinar sessions to help get you ready for life in Suffolk.
For entry onto an undergraduate degree, applicants are required to have the following qualification:
- Certificado de fim de Estudos Secundários (previously Certidão do Décimo Segundo Ano) or Diploma Nível Secundário de Educação / Certificado Nível Secundário de Educação with 13 points and above
- European Baccalaureate with a minimum 6.5/65%
For entry onto a postgraduate course, applicants are required to have on of the following:
- Diploma de Estudos Superiores Especializados – DESE or a Licenciado with 14 and above
All applicants from Pakistan will now be required to provide an approved English Language Test (ELT) result as part of their application.
The update is intended to support applicants in demonstrating visa readiness and to help ensure the strongest possible outcome at the visa stage.
Applicants who have already taken or booked an acceptable English Language Test are encouraged to submit evidence as soon as it is available.
The most commonly known assessments for this that we accept are;
- IELTS (Academic/UKVI)
- Cambridge English
- Pearson (Academic)
- TOFEL (iBT)
- ZIMSEC
Please see our English Language page for further details of requirements for your course.
We work with educational agencies in Portugal who will be able to guide you through your application to study with us. We currently work with the following agency:
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Scholarships
To reward high calibre candidates, we are offering a range of generous scholarships to international fee-paying students joining us in the 2026/27 academic year.