Check if you have the necessary IB admission scores
UC accepts applicants with a secondary education diploma who have done the International Baccalaureate (IB) exams in 2024 or in the five previous years: 2023, 2022，2021, 2020 or 2019.
To be able to apply students must have at least a score of 24. This is equivalent to 100 in the Portuguese 0-200 scale. Please note that this is the minimum score required for application, except for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dentistry (140) .
The table below shows the IB scores and their equivalent average score in the Portuguese 0-200 scale, to which all scores must be converted:
| IB scores | Portuguese scale scores [0-200] |
| 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 100 |
| 28.2 | 120 |
| 30.3 | 130 |
| 32.4 | 140 |
| 34.5 | 150 |
| 36.6 | 160 |
| 38.7 | 170 |
| 40.8 | 180 |
| 42.9 | 190 |
| 45 | 200 |
Additionally, students must apply with at least one or two subjects taken at a higher level (HL) depending on the chosen degree programme. To learn which are the required admission exams for your chosen undergraduate degree programme check this table.
The evaluation and ranking of the applications take also into account the curriculum analysis of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).
The selection process will occur later and will be based on the ranking of the scores, converted to the Portuguese scale, of all international student submitted applications.
Portuguese Language Requirements Different pathways are available according to the Portuguese language proficiency of applicants:
Further information available on the Additional Application Requirements page. |
Special requisites for specific degree programmes Some degree programmes have specific pre-requisites regarding capacities of functional, physical, sport, interpersonal, and vision nature. See more information on the Additional Application Requirements page. |
