Candidates can apply for the Change of Institution/Course Pair admission procedure if they:    

• Have been enrolled and registered in another institution/course pair and have not completed it.
• Have taken 1 or 2 national exams, with a grade equal to or higher than 95 points (on a 0–200 point scale):
  • 1 exam
    • Drawing (706)
    • Geometry (708)
  • 2 exams
    • Portuguese (639) + History of Culture and Arts (724)
    • Portuguese (639) + Drawing (706)
    • Portuguese (639) + Geometry (708)
    • History of Culture and Arts (724) + Drawing (706)
    • History of Culture and Arts (724) + Geometry (708)

The Change of Institution/Course Pair procedure applies to students who have been enroled and registered in a foreign higher education institution in a course of study classified as higher education by the legislation of the country in question and have not completed it.

The Change of Institution/Course Pair procedure does not apply to students who have attended a Professional Higher Technical Course, or a foreign course of a corresponding level.

Documentation

• Application — online
• Citizen Card or Passport
• ENES Form (National Secondary School Examinations), corresponding to the year of application, submitted as an original or certified photocopy.
• Certificate of the curricular units passed, with the respective grades, ECTS or workload, original or certified photocopy.

Prerequisites

• GROUP F – Visual and Motor Ability

Medical certificate, in line with Annex VIII.1, proving visual acuity and the absence of a mental, sensory or motor disability that interferes with functional capacity to the point of preventing learning by oneself or by others; to be handed in at the time of enrolment, at the ESAD office, which is an essential condition for enrolment and registration (Decree-Law no. 338/2023 of March 24).
 
The Medical Certificate must be handed in at the time of enrolment.

Places

• Degree in Digital Arts and Multimedia — 2
• Degree in Design — 3 

For information on applications, admission or scholarships at ESAD, the Administrative Services team is available to assist by email or telephone, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (in August, morning opening is at 9:00).