"Diploma de Técnico Superior Profissional em Contabilidade"

EQF level 5. ISCED 2011 level 5.

The following may apply for the CTeSP: those who hold a secondary education course or legal equivalent; those who have been approved in the exams specifically directed to assessing the ability of applicants over 23 to attend higher education, exams that were taken within the desired degree, in accordance with the Law no. 64/2006, 21st March; those who have a diploma in technological specialisation or of higher professional technician or another higher education degree that seek to achieve their professional requalification.

2 Years. 3240 total Hours. 120 ECTS Credits; 1 credit corresponds to 27 hours. It includes an internship comprising 30 credits.

The higher professional technician diploma is granted after a 120-credit cycle of studies, which encompasses 3 training components: general and scientific (24 credits), technical (66 credits) and work context (30 credits). In order to complete the course, students must pass all curricular units in the cycle of studies. The higher professional technician in Accounting diploma is awarded to the students who demonstrate that they: a) possess knowledge and comprehension skills; b) know how to apply the knowledge and comprehension skills acquired in professional contexts; c) display the skill to identify and use information, so as to provide answers to well-defined problems, both concrete and abstract; d) possess skills that allow them to convey their understanding about issues, skills and activities to their peers, supervisors and clients; e) demonstrate learning skills that enable them to pursue studies autonomously.

The holders of a higher professional technician diploma can access to a bachelor's degree and to an integrated master's degree. Access and enrolment is done by means of a special application enshrined in a particular law.

Full-time.