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Medical Schools in Portugal

12 verified medical schools awarding a primary medical qualification in 9 cities. Verified program languages: English, Portuguese.

Initial reconciliation completed. Every candidate from the official discovery sources has been verified, excluded, flagged as a duplicate or listed as unresolved. Not a guarantee of completeness.

Last reviewed October 13, 2026.

Medical education in Portugal

Medical qualification structure

  • The physician-entry degree in Portugal is the Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, listed by DGES as a six-year (360 ECTS) integrated master. Source: dges.gov.pt · verified October 13, 2026

Entry routes

  • Public medical schools fill places through the national access contest; Porto's Faculty of Medicine, for example, requires entrance exams in biology and geology, physics and chemistry, and mathematics. Source: dges.gov.pt · verified October 13, 2026

Tuition categories

  • The University of Algarve lists 2026/2027 annual fees of EUR 697 for national applicants and EUR 18,000 for international applicants. Source: fmcb.ualg.pt · verified October 13, 2026

Verified medical schools

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How this country was researched

Research status
Initial reconciliation completed
Candidates in discovery sources
12
Verified operating or listed schools
12
Unresolved candidates
0
Excluded after checking
0

Discovery sources

Limitations: English names were not verified on each school's site (translated). Teaching language and international admissions were checked only for the University of Algarve. The Wikidata items 'Lisbon Medical-Surgical School' and 'School of Health Sciences' are historical or generic and were not treated as candidates.

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