Programs designed for foreigners

Contacts and information:
Many universities have an International Relations Office where students can get pertinent information.
In situ, the social action services, are always willing to help students, including, of course, foreign students.
- Departemento do Ensino Superior (DESUP)
Av. Duque d’Avila 137
1050 Lisboa
Tel: 00 351 1 354 72 70 (354 72 92)
Site: http://www.desup.min-edu.pt/

Programs designed for foreign students:
Some universities offer summer Portuguese courses and the Camões Institute offers scholarships for Portuguese language studies and for research in Portuguese language and culture for graduate students.

Exchange programs:
The principal universities in Portugal have exchange programs; most of them are with the European Union such as Socrates/ERASMUS, LEONARDO DA VINCI and CRE. With Latin America, there is the ALFA program; with Eastern Europe, TEMPUS; and with the Middle East, MED-TEMPUS. There are also exchange programs with Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, etc.
There are exchange programs among Portuguese universities such as the exchange program between the University of Coimbra and the Technical University of Lisbon.