Bachelor's programs
Escola Superior de Saúde (ESSEM)

Physiotherapy

4
Duration (Years)
50
Slot
240
ECTs
508*
Investment (euros)
*monthly (12 months)
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....

Syllabus

Get on board for this journey

  • 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

Application Deadlines

For EU students: July 19th 2024