Portugal

UNIVERSITIES
In Portugal there are 10 universally qualified universities, of which only 1 offers English studies,
the Autonomous University of Lisbon. This university offers four English
studies: Theatre Studies, Speech, Language and Communication,
Sociology and science education
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, but these are 3
rd
cycle level, so you are
unable to do these before you did your master or bachelor. However,
there are a lot of bachelor Portuguese studies and it is wise to do a short
study of Portuguese before you go live there nevertheless.

An extensive list of all studies at the best universities in Portugal can be found here:
You can do a 10 months study for 445 at the LOI, this study can also be done at double speed,
this still requires you to do the same amount of hours but can be completed in 5 months. You
get a certificate of the level you are at, this can vary if you did better at the final tests.

Another option is study of 12 to 15 months for 300 at NHA, they will give you an 16 hours a
month of lessons and you get an official institute certificate, which proves you are pretty
capable of speaking Portuguese.

However it might be risky to do a Portuguese study with just a small study, as a professor most
likely speaks both faster and uses more difficult language than
what you get thought, also Portuguese is spoken rather fast
compared to Germanic languages and it can therefore be hard
to grasp. This could bring you into difficulties in your study.
Therefore I would recommend you arriving before your study
starts in Portugal to improve your Portuguese more and get
used to real Portuguese people talking better.

Note
Before you think about doing any study check if the certificate you get is accepted in The
Netherlands and elsewhere; you can check this at the IDW. You have to fill in a form and send
it to them, more information can be found at http://www.idw.nl/diplomawaardering-
aanvragen.html

Costs
Student fees vary a lot, the 4 English studies are all 4 2750 a year and are 3 years long, so this
results in a total cost of 8500.
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For all studies goes the following, the minimum tuition fee

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Living in Portugal is not very expensive, as the average cost to sustain yourself(including
accommodation is approximately 450 a month.
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If you add up these costs (450 * 36 +8500) you get to a total costs of 24,700. This a relatively
low amount compared to The Netherlands, especially now the basisbeurs is gone.

Below are some prices of daily items that you might need:
Metro: 23
A bottle of water (1.5l): 0.40
Bread roll: 0.10
Rice (1 kg): 0.70
Coffee (espresso): 0.60
Meal (university canteen): 2.15
Meal off campus: 515
Bus (STCP): 0.95 cents (ticket bought in advance); 1.45 (ticket bought on the bus)
Newspaper: 1
Cinema: 4 (student concession)
Bottle of wine (mid-range): 3.50
Domestic beer (0.5 litre): 0.95
Imported beer (0.33 litre): 1.00
Pack of cigarettes: 4.20

As you can see are the items below relatively cheap compared to Dutch prices, although prices
in the supermarket are relatively the same, products that require labour are cheaper because of
lower wages in Portugal
A JOB TO SUPPORT YOURSELF?
Getting a job as a student is very hard in Portugal, as there is a huge amount of unemployment
and most part-time jobs have been taken by people that would otherwise have been working a
full time job or are working below their level. Moreover, most scholarship schedules do not
allow extensive amount of working
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(Due to a Siesta a rather large amount of your day is
consumed). However if you are lucky you might be able to get a job in the tourist industry in
the summer, due to the large amount of tourist there are a lot more jobs available in

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http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/international/europe/portugal/
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http://www.wilweg.nl/landen/meer-landen/portugal/studie-in-portugal/wonen-in-portugal
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http://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/563/studying-in-portugal-living-costs-tuition-fees-and-
scholarships.html
restaurants and bars, also these jobs will most likely not interfere with you school schedules as
they are at night. However the chances of a job are not very high and it is not wise to
financially relay on that.

A STUDENT GRANT?
You will only get a student grant in Portugal as a foreign student when you either are a female
and doing a scientific study or in some special scientific studies. However, these studies are in
Portuguese so you probably will not end up doing these.


In some cases it is possible to get a student grant from a third party, companies that do this a
lot are (click for access of webpage):
DGES
FCT
Prmio Calouste Gulbenkian

There also are a lot of companies or institutions that offer student grants, you can advise
http://www.scholarshipportal.eu/students/search-results/?q=fco-1|pp-study|tco-
21&order=destination_scope&direction=desc for funding for your education, this is really
worth a visit as some institution asks very little in return and some even give it for nothing in
return if you prove to be a promising student.

HOUSING
Housing is due to the economic crisis cheap in Portugal, so there are a few options.
Buy/rent an apartment single room apartment for yourself
Buy a multiple room apartment
Join a flatshare apartment

Renting a small 1 bedroom apartment outside of the city centre will cost you around 375 per
months, this will require you to use public transport, however an apartment in the city centre
is approximately 550 a month
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so that is worth it as the public transport is cheap.

Buying a multiple room apartment is rather expensive, and costs vary from 50,000 to
200,000 for an apartment of less than 100m in Lisbon.
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However it is possible to rent out
some rooms, which could earn you some money. The money you earn depends on how many
rooms you rent out and where your apartment is situated, but it will most likely in the end give
you a profit if you sell the apartment again after. The thing is that you first have to buy the
apartment, for which you need really generous parents, a loan for this is not smart, as you put
yourself to a huge risk and you have to pay quite a bit of rent to the bank.

The third option is joining a flatshare apartment, the costs of this vary from 200 a month and
400 a month, the cheapest ones with bills included are around 250. You can easily find such

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http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Portugal&city=Lisbon
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http://www.easyquarto.com.pt/?l=1
an apartment on for example http://www.easyquarto.com.pt/?l=1 or
http://www.clickflatshare.co.uk/Lisbon/ .In most cases you share a kitchen and bathroom with
some other people.

FLIGHTS
The cheapest flights to Lisbon can be found at
http://www.transavia.com/hv/main/nav/processflightqry A single trip will cost you 55. This is
off course lowest class and flies from Eindhoven on a Monday. It is necessary to order a ticket
long in advance because they get more expensive over time.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Portugal has good and cheap public transport, with metro, tram and bus. It is possible to get
various pre-pay cards (like the OV-card) to get a price as cheap as possible, this will result in
getting tickets of 0.95 for short trips of a couple of kilometers. It is also possible to buy a Via
Viagem card for 5.00, this allows complete travel of the whole public transport network
(including trains) for 1 day.
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