The Polytechnic University of Guarda is launching a new edition of the 'Blockchain Fundamentals' course starting on 23 November. The 30-hour course, worth six ECTS, follows a hybrid model with classes running Monday to Friday from 17:30 to 20:30, and registration remains open until 12 November.
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The Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, stated that the current social support model ensures that financial need should not prevent students from attending university. He intends to increase outreach starting in the 9th grade to ensure students and families are aware of available state scholarships, travel subsidies for displaced students, and the flexibility of using housing aid for private rentals. The Minister also noted that tuition fees will be updated for inflation starting in the 2027/2028 academic year, but emphasized that students on scholarships remain exempt.
Around 50 students gathered outside the University of Évora's main building on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, to protest against proposed tuition fee hikes and demanding better student housing and social support conditions. Under the State Budget proposal for 2027, undergraduate tuition fees—frozen since 2020—are set to be updated according to the inflation rate starting from the 2027/2028 academic year. Similar protests also took place in Coimbra and Covilhã.
The Association of Private Higher Education (APESP) has formally questioned the Ministry of Education's decision to exclude private institutions from a 5.5-million-euro contract to provide professional training courses for teachers. The current program, which offers 1,036 spots, is limited to the Universidade Aberta, the University of Lisbon, and the polytechnics of Beja and Setúbal.