GLOSSARY OF PORTUGUESE TERMS

Agregado: Assistente: See ttulo de agregado. Lecturer at a polytechnic institute, holding a licenciado degree. First step of the academic pre-career at a polytechnic institute. Assistente: Lecturer at a university holding a mestrado degree and preparing a doutoramento to access to a position of professor auxiliar. Second (and last) step of the academic pre-career at a university. Assistente estagirio: Lecturer at a university, holding a licenciado degree. First step of the academic pre-career at a university. Bacharel: First academic degree conferred by polytechnic institutes before Bolonha Process implementation conferred after a bacharelato course lasting 3 years. Bacharelato: Degree course at polytechnic institutes before Bolonha Process implementation, lasting 3 years and leading to bacharel degree. Boletim de registo acadmico: Transcript of records, issued to a student who has undertaken or will undertake part of a higher education course as a mobility student. Carta de curso: Carta doutoral: Carta magistral: Catedrtico: Doutor: Doutoramento: Bacharel, licenciado or mestre degree diploma. Doutor degree diploma. Mestre degree diploma. Now replaced by carta de curso (see). See professor catedrtico. Third (and last) academic degree. 3rd cycle level. Process leading to doutor degree, including the elaboration and defence of an original thesis specially written for that purpose Licenciado: First academic degree conferred after a 1st cycle degree course of licenciatura.

Licenciatura: Mestrado: Mestre: Numerus clausus: Professor associado:

1st cycle degree course lasting 3 or 4 years leading to licenciado degree. 2nd cycle degree course lasting 3 or 4 semesters (exceptionally 2) leading to mestre degree. Second academic degree conferred after a 2nd cycle degree course. Maximum number of vacancies for admission to a degree course. Professor at a university, holding a doutor degree. Second step of the academic career at a university.

Professor auxiliar:

Professor at a university, holding a doutor degree. First step of the academic career at a university.

Professor catedrtico:

Full Professor at a university, holding a doutor degree and the ttulo de agregado. Third (and last) step of the academic career at a university.

Professor-adjunto:

Professor at a polytechnic institute, holding a mestre degree. First step of the academic career at a polytechnic institute.

Professor-coordenador:

Professor at a polytechnic institute. Second (and last) step of the academic career at a polytechnic institute.

Provas de agregao: Provas de ingresso: Ttulo de agregado:

Public examination leading to the ttulo de agregado (see). Higher education entrance examinations. Academic title attesting, for a certain branch of knowledge or speciality, the quality of academic, professional, scientific or pedagogical experience, the capacity for research and also the aptitude for managing and conducting independent scientific work. The title is conferred after the accomplishment of provas de agregao.