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Welcome Guide 2011/2012 9
Academic Calendar
The academic year is divided into two semesters. All
degrees offer semester-based courses. Generally, the
winter semester starts in September and finishes at the
end of December. The spring semester starts in February
and finishes at the end of May. The exam period for the
1st semester occurs in January and for the 2nd semester
in June.
Academic Calendar 2011/2012
1 st cycle degrees and Master degrees
Lectures
1 st
Semester
Christmas Holidays and
Preparation for Exams
1st Period of Exams
Preparation for 2nd
period of exams
2nd Period of Exams
Time Period
19/09/2011 to
16/12/2011
17/12/2010 to
02/01/2011
03/01/2012 to
16/01/2012
17/01/2012 to
23/01/2012
24/01/2012 to
30/01/2012
Nr of
Weeks
13
2
2
1
1
National Holidays
1st of January: New Year’s Day
25th of April: Democracy (Revolution) Day
1st of May: Labour Day (International)
10th of June: Portugal’s National Day
15th of August: The Assumption
5th of October: Implantation of the Republic
1st of November: All Saints’ Day
1st of December: Independence Day
8th of December: Immaculate Conception
25th of December: Christmas Day
Varying Holidays:
21st of February: Carnival
6th of April: Saint Friday
8th of April: Easter Sunday
7th of June: Corpus Christi
13rd of June: St. Antony’s Day (Lisbon Only)
Language Requirements
Lectures
2 nd
Semester
Carnival Holiday
Easter Holidays
Preparation for exams
(study period)
1st period of Exams
Preparation for 2nd
Period of exams
2nd period of Exams
Time Period
13/02/2012 to
22/05/2012
18/02/2012 to
21/02/2012
31/03/2012 to
09/04/2012
23/05/2012 to
29/05/2012
30/05/2012 to
15/06/2012
16/06/2012 to
24/06/2012
25/06/2012 to
29/06/2012
Nr of
Weeks
13
2 days
1
1
2
1
1
You can also choose classes that are not lectured in
English. For those classes, lectures are given in Portuguese;
a reasonable knowledge of the language is essential.
However, language competence is not an entrance
requirement. There are different Portuguese language
courses to which you may apply in Lisbon.
In recent years this school has provided students with a
Portuguese language course.It is aimed at providing the
fundamental tools of the Portuguese language in order to
facilitate your studies and your daily life in Portugal. When
you arrive, you can sign up for the course and pay a fee of
50 euros. This amount may be updated at the beginning
of each academic year. At the end of the course you will
receive a certificate. If there is a minimum of 10 students
enrolled for the Portuguese language course, it will be held at
ISEG. If not, the students will be distributed within the other
schools of the Technical University. The total duration of
the course is 40 hours (3 times a week, 2 hours each day).
In case you are interested in attending this course, please
fill in the Attendance of Portuguese Course for Foreigners
and send it back to us together with your exchange student
application process. By sending us this document you