The Aerospace Engineering degree again tops the list of courses with the highest average acceptance rate in a list of 23 options, where only students who scored more than 18 points were able to gain entry.
According to the data provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) on the day of the announcement of the results of the 1st stage of the national competition for access to higher education, the Aerospace Engineering course at the University of Porto has the highest access score.
There, the most recent student admitted had an average grade of 19.45, having taken the same course at the University of Minho (19.14), Mathematics, Applied Economics and Management at the University of Lisbon (18.90), Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at the University of Porto (18.75) and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Lisbon (18.75).
These five courses are part of a list of 23, where only students who scored more than 18 points were able to enroll, six more than last year, and where the University of Porto stands out with 11 courses where the average score exceeded 18 points.
In addition to aerospace engineering, artificial intelligence, and data science, this group of excellent courses also includes options such as industrial engineering and management (18.63), architecture (18.60), and two integrated master’s degrees in medicine (18.55 at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences and 18.48 at the Faculty of Medicine).
The list of 21 courses is closed by IT and Computer Engineering at the University of Lisbon and Economics at the New University of Lisbon, where the students with the lowest grade entering this year’s 1st round have an average grade of 18.0.
The medical courses are also highlighted by subject, as in previous years, with 1,661 students enrolled, the highest ever, as a result of the increase in the number of vacancies left after the special entrance examinations in medicine for graduates.
After the two integrated master’s degrees taught at the University of Porto, which leads the “top”, next comes the University of Minho, where the last admitted candidate had an average score of 18.38, Aveiro (18.20), Coimbra (18.02), Nova Lisboa (17.93), Lisbon (17.77) and Beira Interior (17.70).
On the other hand, according to Lusa’s analysis, there were eight courses that could be entered with a negative GPA, and almost all of them were taught in polytechnics and in low-density areas.
The lowest average values (9.5) were recorded in business management courses (after work) in Beja, social education in Bragança, public administration in Castelo Branco and pharmacy in Guarda.
Almost 50,000 students were admitted to the first stage of the national competition for access to higher education, an increase compared to last year, with only 14.3% of candidates not taking part.
The results of the first stage of the competition are available on the website of the Directorate General of Higher Education (http://www.dges.gov.pt) from 00:00 on Sunday, and interested students have the opportunity from Monday until September 4 to apply for the 2nd stage.
The approximately five thousand vacancies remaining after Phase 1 will now be available for Phase 2, to which must be added vacancies that were filled but for which students did not enrol or register and therefore become available again.