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Students who enrol in higher education after completing vocational (professional) courses tend to prefer polytechnic institutions, while those who completed secondary education via the scientific-humanities route more often choose universities. This pattern is outlined in a new study by the think tank EDULOG on student mobility in Portugal, which is being released.
Students from scientific-humanities courses are most penalised. In Medicine courses, socio-economic factors are the main constraint on mobility.
Travel and accommodation costs penalise the choices of students from inland regions. Medicine remains among the most socially selective programmes. And almost half of graduates are enrolled at institutions in Lisbon and Porto, a study on regional inequalities and mobility in higher education finds.
There is a heavy concentration of students on the coast and the “near inevitability” of those living inland having to travel. Researchers map student mobility and make recommendations.
