The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) has postponed the release of national exam results from July 14 to July 17. The second phase of exams is now scheduled to begin on July 20, with final results expected on August 7, following IT difficulties in the electronic grading process.
Exam results delayed due to technical grading issues
Saturday, 4 July 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação, MECI) is Portugal's national ministry responsible for education policy from pre‑school through higher education and for national science and innovation policy. In this story MECI announced that public higher education will have 78,283 places for the 2026/2027 academic year, an increase of 1,465 from the current year, which affects university admissions and capacity planning for students and institutions.
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- 9th-grade exam results will also only be released on 17 Julypublico.pt ·
- Second phase of exams starts on July 20 and results are released on August 7cnnportugal.iol.pt ·
- Second phase of exams starts on 20 July and results will be released on 7 Augustdn.pt ·
- Exams: second phase on July 20, results on August 7observador.pt ·
