According to the Portuguese Law, the following candidates are eligible for entry to the course of study leading to the Mestre degree:
The candidates who have, in the preceding year, completed the bachelor´s degree (licenciatura) in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering or the degree in Environmental and Biological Engineering offered by the School of Technology-IPT have direct access to the master´s programme in Chemical Technology.
Without prejudice to the general entry requirements, the following candidates are accepted for entry onto the master´s degree in Chemical Technology subject to admission quotas:
- Holders of a licenciado degree or equivalent in chemical and biological technology related areas such as chemical, biochemical, food, environmental and others;
- Holders of a foreign higher degree in chemical and biological technology areas awarded on completion of a first-cycle programme organised in the framework of the Bologna Process;
- Holders of a foreign higher degree in chemical and biological technology which is deemed by the ESTT/IPT Technical-Scientific Committee to meet the requirements of a licenciado degree.
- Holders of a bacharel degree in chemical and biological areas whose scientific and professional curriculum is deemed by the ESTT-IPT Scientific-Technical Committee as appropriate to access this course of study;
- Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum in chemical and biological areas which is deemed by the ESTT-IPT Scientific-Technical Committee as appropriate to access this course of study.
- Accrual of credits to candidates holding a licenciado degree in chemical engineering or similar programs prior to the Bologna process with a duration equivalent to 300 ECTS credits (5 years of study) is formally analysed on a case-to-case basis.
