Erasmus
The Institute of Portuguese Language and Culture, ins strict collaboration with Lisbon University offers a Portuguese as a Foreign Language course to incoming foreign students in the Erasmus+ programme.
This initiative aims to support the development of activities that promote the internationalization of the University and, at the same time, encourage the international student community to continue their studies at ULisboa.
Classes have 15 to 20 students from different academic backgrounds and with distinct areas of interest and who have in common the fact that they are living a university exchange experience, in the Erasmus+ program.
The courses last 56 hours and the groups are organized into sub-levels, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Classes take place at the facilities of 4 of the schools that are part of ULisboa: FLUL, IST, FAUL, FMH and the completion of the course entitle participants to 6 ects.
Upcoming Courses (2nd semester 2025/2026)
School of Arts and Humanities ULisboa (FLUL)
Dates: from 11th February to 28th May, 2026
Applications: from 1st December 2025 to 16th January 2026
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Dates: from 2nd March to 17th June, 2026
Applications: from 19th January to 6th February 2026
Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL)
Dates: from 11th February to 28th May, 2026
Applications: from 1st December 2025 to 16th January 2026
Faculty of Human Kinetics (FMH)
Dates: from 11th February to 28th May, 2026
Applications: from 12th to 23rd January 2026
56 hours | 6 ECTS
Schedule* - Classes take place in person, at the Schools aforementioned, twice a week, at two different times:
- Mondays & Wednesdays - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
- Tuesdays & Thursdays - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
*Should the student fail to select one of the available time slots, a schedule will be allocated by the ICLP.
General Informations:
Directed to: Erasmus+ mobility students of all ULisboa Schools Students will be placed in the different sublevels according to the results of a previous language test. Classes will take into account the students’ profiles and the specific academic context they are enrolled in. To obtain the certificate and the ECTS, students must attend, 75% of classes (at least).
The opening of a class requires a minimum of 15 students.
TUITION
Deadline:
- FLUL: from 1st December 2025 to 16th January 2026
- FAUL: from 1st December 2025 to 16th January 2026
- IST: from 2nd March to 17th June 2026
- FMH: from 12th to 23rd January 2026
Required Documents:
- copy of identification document
- photo
- proof of being an Erasmus+ student at ULisboa
- linguistic profile - chose the one that fits the School of your application:
- IST -> DOWNLOAD IT HERE
- FLUL -> DOWNLOAD IT HERE
- FAUL -> DOWNLOAD IT HERE
- FMH -> DOWNLOAD IT HERE
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