Latest news and stories about scholarships in Portugal for expats and residents.
New regulations for higher education scholarships will be implemented in phases during the 2026-2027 academic year. The government stated that full implementation was delayed, so current rules remain in place for most areas, with updates limited to displaced student status, accommodation support, and a new incentive grant for low-income students.
Applications are now open for the new scholarships launched by .PT to support girls and women choosing to pursue their academic path in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Each scholarship is worth five thousand euros and is intended for students enrolled in undergraduate or master's degree courses in...
More than 80 scholarships were awarded to needy students thanks to a social fund provided by 16 patrons, who distributed a total sum of 177,470 euros.
Merit. University award seeks ten finalists for five master's scholarships
The two selected calls will allow for the awarding of four scholarships in a non-academic environment and one scholarship in an academic context, the Azorean executive announced this Monday.
Santander has opened applications for this year's edition of the Primus Inter Pares Award, which provides five scholarships of up to 15,000 euros for graduates wishing to pursue a master's degree in Portugal. The bank explains that the goal is to recognise young people with 'high academic and leadership potential', contributing to...
The application process for the scholarship programme supported by the Leões de Portugal association begins today.
The Sporting CP foundation, Leões de Portugal, is opening the application process for its scholarship programme today.
Demand for undergraduate degrees in Basic Education has increased again. In the first phase of higher education placements, almost 97% of the available spots were filled.
The poorest students represent only about three percent of the nearly 50,000 placed in the first phase of access to higher education.
Failing to enrol on time means losing your spot, but there are other deadlines to be aware of, particularly for the 10,522 students who have not yet secured a place. And that is not all.
The student selection process was already the responsibility of each higher education institution, which selected students who passed all subjects and had an average grade of at least 16 out of 20.
They are now awarded by higher education institutions
Applications for scholarships for the academic year must be submitted between 14 August and 2 October. This year, an incentive grant of 1075 euros will be paid to students with the greatest financial need.
Students entering Higher Education for the 2026/27 academic year can apply for scholarships starting this Friday, 14 August. The process now allows applications before enrolment, and the government has introduced a new calculation model that considers local living costs, aiming to increase the average annual scholarship value by 53%.
New higher education scholarship regulations increase support for displaced students from 92 to 161 euros per month and eliminate the requirement for a rental contract.
PRESS REVIEW | The measure is included in the new regulation for the allocation of higher education scholarships, published on Tuesday in the Diário da República.
Details on the implementation and operation of the new financial aid programme for students in need, launching this September.
It is official: the promise to have scholarship values closer to the actual cost of studying has been postponed. What can students actually count on?
Incentive scholarships of 1,075 euros for the most needy students will be awarded starting in September.
The Government has decided to postpone the full implementation of the new social action system in higher education until the 2027/2028 academic year, justifying that the conditions are not yet met to implement the new grant system. Even so, some of the reform's measures will come into effect as early as 2026/2027, including the new...
Displaced scholarship holders retain priority access to student residences but may opt for private accommodation while continuing to receive support. The new social action system will be implemented in phases.
Applications are now open for this year's edition of BrightStart, a programme promoted by Deloitte that provides scholarships to students in higher professional education in technological fields and offers them the opportunity to gain professional experience at the consultancy. This time, students from Braga, Lamego, Setúbal, and Viseu are also included.
The 12 scholarships will be awarded to the students with the highest grades in Agronomy and Veterinary Nursing from the 2026/2027 National Access Competition. The value of 697 euros corresponds to the annual tuition fee.
Higher education student representatives are asking Fernando Alexandre to make a definitive decision quickly and believe that the minister has learned from the problems with the national exams.
Pedro Teixeira argues that higher education should broaden access without compromising standards, and warns of the risk of reducing the number of scholarship holders due to the new scholarship calculation model.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is supporting 150 underprivileged students from the Tâmega e Sousa region with scholarships. It is a project that includes incentives for access to culture and science. RTP followed the first summer camp in Lisbon.
