CNAES
Published 4 November 2026, 00:38
CNAES — Comissão Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Superior (national commission for access to higher education)
The commission that sets the rules for university admission, including which foreign school-leaving exams can replace Portuguese entrance exams. The list is approved afresh every academic year in a separate decision.
Where you come across it. applying with a foreign school-leaving certificate, replacing an entrance exam, questions about recognising grades.
In the decision for 2026/2027, Russia and Ukraine are on the list of countries, but equivalence is recognised for only two entrance exams: "Biologia e Geologia" and "Física e Química". For maths, Portuguese and other subjects, the exams will have to be taken in Portugal.
Official website: dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/cnaes