Language School

Applications 1ºst Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year

Registration: until september 4th

Applications must be submitted via the platform: https://inforestudante.ipc.pt/ 

*PLEASE check the course schedule on this page before proceeding with your application.

(IPC students/graduates must use their credentials to access this platform. IPC teaching and non-teaching staff, as well as the general public, need to register using a personal email address)

Manual de apoio à candidatura (Application support manual) PT

CEFR self-assessment grid

COURSE DETAILS (see ‘Schedules’)

• Weekly workload: 4 hours (2 2-hour lessons)
• Total: 60 hours
• Number of credits: 6 ECTS
•  E_LEARNING-REGIME (see “Schedules”)

E-LEARNING

• German
• Spanish
• French
• Portuguese Sign Language
• English
• Italian

FACE-TO-FACE/ONLINE

• Portuguese for Foreign Students A1
• Portuguese for Foreign Students A2

CANDIDATURAS E PRAZOS

• Applications: until September 4^th 2025
• Admission list: September ^5th 2025
• Registration: 8^th to 11^th September 2025
• Classes: To start in September 2025 (after registration dates)

DOCUMENTS TO HAND IN WHEN APPLYING

Copy of ID card (by providing this document you consent to its use by GAIEI. If you do not consent, please contact the office in person);

Proof of IBAN;

Documentation to qualify for reduced tuition fees (optional);

FEES (Fee + Tuition Fee + Certificate)

• Application fee: €25 *;
• Enrolment fee: €25 *;
• Tuition fee (paid in full on enrolment or in 4 instalments according to Table 1):
  • General: €130
  • Reduced: 75% of the tuition fee set for the course
    • Current ESEC students and graduates (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Postgraduate, Specialized Training, and CTESP courses);
    • Current and retired teaching and non-teaching staff at ESEC;
    • Internship supervisors and cooperating professors for academic years 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.

• Certificate Fee*: €15

 * According to the IPC Fee Schedule

Tuition fee payment plan:

RANKING CRITERIA

Applications will be processed strictly in the order in which they are submitted.

IMPORTANT NOTES

• Courses will only start with a minimum of 15 students.
• If a course is canceled due to insufficient enrollment, all fees paid will be refunded.
• Enrolment is only valid once the tuition payment is confirmed.
• Withdrawal from Studies: Students may withdraw from the course they are enrolled in at any time, provided they submit a formal request via the Nonio platform. However, withdrawal does not exempt students from the obligation to pay any tuition fees or other charges accrued at the time of registration.

In an increasingly global world, learning foreign languages is ever so important, as they are not only a gateway to the international labour market, but also a way of cultural broadening of significant interest and scope.

The Coimbra Education School intends to offer the whole internal and external community a wide range of training programmes in foreign languages, as well as Portuguese as a non-native language.

The chosen format will be free courses, structured in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which consists of the Common Reference of Learning for foreign languages in Europe.

ESEC’s scientific offer is rich and varied, and results from the multidisciplinarity that occurs in more than twenty bachelor’s and master’s degrees in different areas of knowledge. For this reason, we are able to offer a variety of short courses, at different times of the year, and in distinctive styles, which can include workshops in gastronomy, illustration, design, or any other area of interest to an audience eager to enrich their knowledge and carry out valid, high-quality training.

Strategy

Quality in the teaching, propagation and promotion of languages and cultures through offering, the internal and external ESEC community, courses in different areas of knowledge, lengths and formats.

Resources

Courses are exclusively taught by highly qualified native speaking teachers with wide-ranging experience, using multimedia technology, interactive methodologies, reference materials and online support.