4
Duration (Years)
50
Slot
240
ECTs
533,40*
Investment (euros)
*monthly (12 months)
João Rocha Vaz
The Undergraduate Degree in Physical Therapy combines theoretical and theoretical-practical teaching with a strong practical component. The new syllabus has a set of new curricular units that enable a dynamic and scientific vision of human movement....
Why you should apply
Existence of our own clinics where an important part of the theoretical-practical classes and practices of the course will be held, together with the Physiotherapy rooms that we have properly equipped for your learning and training.
Practical teaching since the 2nd year of the course, in a total of 1000 hours of practice in a clinical context.
Since the 4th year in benchmark hospitals in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, clinics, at the Senior Residence Egas Moniz, among other institutions with whom we have protocols.
Once you complete the course you will be able to perform functions in:
- Public and private healthcare institutions: hospitals, health centers, physiotherapy cabinets, rehabilitation centers, occupational health departments;
- Support centers for the elderly;
- Special education schools;
- Sports Clubs;
- Educational Institutions;
- Home support;
- Thermal spas.
Syllabus
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- Human Anatomy I
- Functional and Molecular Biology
- Biomechanics
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Developmental Psychology
- Study of Human Body Movement I
- Introduction to Physical Therapy
- Human Anatomy II
- Human Physiology
- Human Pathology
- Study of Human Body Movement II
- Social Psychology of Health
- Physical Therapy Equipment and Technology I
- Physical Therapy Evaluation Techniques I
How to start
What you need to apply
For students coming from a non-Portuguese High School (EU):
- Have completed, or have completed in the current academic year, a course of high school education;
- Have taken in the two previous years or be taking in the year in which you apply for, the entrance exams — national examinations of secondary education (homologous to the portuguese national exams) — fixed for the course to which you intend to apply. These candidates will have to request the equivalence of their foreign secondary education at a public portuguese high school or at DGE Portugal - General-Directorate of Education. Afterwards, while applying to Egas Moniz, candidates have to request the replacement of the portuguese entrance examination through article 20-A.
For non-EU students:
- Non-holders of any EU citizenship (in accordance with Article 2 of the Regulation);
- Be the holder of a high school qualification or equivalent (through Equivalence of Foreign Qualifications at DGE);
- Have taken national final exams of foreign secondary education that are considered homologous to the entrance exams set for the chosen program. - In the absence of said exams, the candidate will have to take entrance exams at the institution.
Application Regime
For EU students: (ESSEM) | Institutional Contest
For non-EU students: (ESSEM) | Special Contest - Applications for Isolated Curricular Units
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