Cost of studying in Portugal: tuition fees at 17 universities
A year's tuition in Portugal runs from €450 to €34,200, and typically €1,500 to €4,500, across the 17 universities that publish a rate.
- Universities with a published fee
- 17
- Typical year
- €1,500 – €4,500
- Lowest published
- €450
- Highest published
- €34,200
Every figure on this page is the rate the university or the country's own fee law publishes for an international student. Where a university publishes nothing, it is left out rather than estimated, so 17 is the number of universities in Portugal that state a rate, not the number that exist.
What each university charges an international student
The rate each university publishes for a year, in EUR. Open a university to see which programmes the rate covers and where the figure came from.
| University | City | THE rank | Tuition a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universidade do Porto | Porto | 401-500 | €3,500 – €16,500 |
| University of Lisbon | Lisbon | 401-500 | €1,500 – €18,000 |
| Universidade de Aveiro | Aveiro | 601-800 | €2,000 – €8,500 |
| University of Algarve | Faro | 1001-1200 | €1,750 – €4,500 |
| Fernando Pessoa University | Porto | — | €450 – €3,000 |
| Instituto Politécnico da Guarda | Guarda | — | €1,300 – €1,500 |
| Instituto Politécnico da Maia | Maia | — | €2,339 – €4,621 |
| Instituto Politécnico de Beja | Beja | — | €495 – €950 |
| Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa | Lisbon | — | €1,100 – €6,900 |
| Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e do Turismo | Porto | — | €4,686 – €7,810 |
| Academia de Música de Lisboa | Lisbon | — | €1,100 – €1,105 |
| Centro de Estudos Geográficos | Lisbon | — | €697 – €4,500 |
| Escola Superior Náutica Infante Dom Henrique | Paço de Arcos | — | €697 – €1,900 |
| Forward College | Lisbon | — | €19,500 – €34,200 |
| Greater Lisbon Christian Academy | Ramada | — | €5,255 – €24,173 |
| Instituto Europeu de Estudos Superiores | Fafe | — | €1,500 |
| Universidade Lusíada de Vila Nova de Famalicão | Vila Nova de Famalicão | — | €1,100 |