Every year, we welcome over 550 international students from 75 countries. As an international student at NOVA School of Science and Technology, you qualify to:

• Enter a large and prestigious school in Portugal and Europe, with internationally recognized research activity and courses with high employability
• Live an intense academic environment (culture, sport, social) just 20 minutes from Lisbon and with good accessibility (bus, train, metro, boat)
• Enjoy the country with the sunniest days in Europe, with short, mild winters and hot, long summers
• Enjoy the multicultural environment that offers the comfort of the Portuguese language
• Excellent teacher-student relationship
• Enjoy a curriculum profile that provides complementary skills for better integration into the international job market
• Have the opportunity to test your entrepreneurial and innovative ideas and join relevant projects
• Challenge yourself academically with a selection of more than 94 courses taught in Portuguese in areas of study such as: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Physics, Informatics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Science of Materials, Conservation and Restoration, Applied Social Sciences, Biomass Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Life Sciences