Language School

Applications 2ºst Semester of 2025/2026 Academic Year

Registration: until 2 March 2026

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

APPLICATIONS AND DEADLINES

• Applications: until 2 March 2026
  List of admitted students: 4 March 2026
  Enrolment: 4 to 9 March 2026
  Classes: second half of March

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: €0 – As the application fee will be deducted from the enrolment fee – €25*;
    • Tuition fees (paid in full upon enrolment or in 5 instalments according to Table 1):
      General: €130
    • Reduced: 75% of the tuition fee set for the course:
      • Students and graduates of ESEC (from Bachelor’s, Master’s, Postgraduate, Specialised Training and CTESP courses);
      • Current and retired teaching and non-teaching staff of ESEC;
      • Cooperative teachers and internship supervisors in the last two years.

Tuition fee payment plan:

RANKING CRITERIA

– There are no minimum entry requirements;
– The ranking will strictly follow the order in which applications are received.

IMPORTANT NOTES

•  If the course does not start because it does not reach the required number of students, the amount paid will be refunded.
• All courses are distance learning, with the exception of the ‘Portuguese for Foreigners’ course, which is classroom-based, with the option of distance learning.«
• Withdrawal from studies: Students may withdraw from the course they have enrolled in at any time, provided that the withdrawal is requested through Inforestudante. Withdrawal from studies does not exempt students from paying the instalments due for tuition and fees, which they become liable for upon enrolment.

DESPACHO N.º 1/2026-P6 Cursos livres de línguas 2025/2026 – 2.º semestre_Candidaturas

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.