STEM
Published 8 November 2026, 21:11
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
The umbrella term for scientific and technical subjects: computing and everything around it, engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics. The term is English, and in Portugal it is used untranslated in the names of programmes, grants and government plans.
Where you come across it. Choosing a university course, adverts for scholarships and grants, job vacancies, school clubs.
In scholarship adverts, the label STEM decides nothing by itself: whether your course qualifies depends on its official CNAEF code, not on its name. A course with a similar-sounding name may not make the list, and vice versa.