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Rules & Student Handbook

Here you will be able to see important rules, guidelines and procedures.

Rules & Student Handbook

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To best help you through your time at CATÓLICA-LISBON but also in Lisbon, we have prepared a Master Student Handbook.

Here you will find everything you need to know about our school, our academic code of conduct and integrity, our resources, facilities, services, master programs, educational activities, administrative procedures and student life in general.

The Master Program Procedures compiles information about exams, assessment rules, class absence policy, grading, final settlement of ECTS, and other rules and procedures, relevant during your stay at CATÓLICA-LISBON.

Please be reminded that an original certificate is required and you will have to hand it in at the Academic Services > Library Building > Ground Floor. The document must be in English or Portuguese.

Should you not comply with this procedure, the Master affairs team cannot proceed with your request.  

More information about this mandatory requirement is HERE.

The ACADEMIC INTEGRITY CODE aims to provide specific guidelines about students' expected behaviour while attending Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. 

Below you will find useful resources to better understand what constitutes plagiarism and how you can avoid it:

As usual, when in doubt do not hesitate to ask for advice from a Faculty member.

Master students must have completed at least 42 ECTS at CATÓLICA-LISBON before going abroad.

After completing all courses of the study plan, and before defending the thesis, students are allowed to take an additional semester of optional courses. In this case, another annual registration fee will be charged, plus the tuition fees of a full semester. The maximum number of credits allowed for this additional semester is 36 ECTS. 

Penalty for giving up from the International Master Program

A student who has been selected for a partner university, but decided to give up from the Exchange semester before going abroad, he/she will be requested to pay a penalty fee and will need to do a formal request to change for the national program with specialization or fill in the international requirement with an internship abroad.

A student that was abroad and completed the exchange semester, but failed to complete the minimum number of ECTS or decided to change to the national program, he/she will need to do a Formal Request to change to the national program with specialization. However, this student will continue paying the fee for the international program during the thesis semester.

The student that was abroad and completed the exchange semester successfully with a minimum of 18/20 ECTS approved, will not be allowed to change for the national program with specialization.

To guide you through the Dissertation process, we have compiled the DISSERTATION RULES AND GUIDELINES which contains important information concerning: types of supervision, workload, recommended resources, content and standard of the Dissertation, Dissertation format and length, submission process and requirements, turnitin (plagiarism detection software), Dissertation defence, etc.

Please, do read it carefully since it contains essential instructions and regulations.

Courses in which a student has failed (at CATÓLICA-LISBON or abroad) do not appear in their final transcript. However, if and when applicable, the Central Administrative Services will include a note about the fact that the student did not comply with the requirement of completing at least 18 ECTS during the exchange semester. 

Courses failed are not taken into consideration when calculating a student's final average. 

The final average grade for students who started the program before Fall 2015:
The final MSc average grade is calculated as the weighted average of the curricular units which the student successfully completed with a quantitative grade (on a 0-20 scale), with the weights being given by the number of ECTS credits of each unit.

Celebrating Excellence

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In 2022, the MSc Academic Council nominated students who ranked in the top 10% or with GPA ≥ 17.5 upon conclusion of each Master's Program to graduate with honors.

The ranking for Graduation with Honors is based on the cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) earned during the program (including courses taken at a partner university during an exchange semester or Double Degree/Joint Degree year, and dissertation). Students’ GPA is ranked by program according to the year of final degree award.

The Dean’s List, published annually, is awarded to the students who rank in the top 20% of each Master program’s scientific area (i.e. Management, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics) to recognize their academic performance during the program’s first year.

First-year academic performance is determined based on the weighted Grade Point Average (GPA) for all courses during the first and second semesters of the program. The students are required to complete at least 52.5 ECTS (excluding all Career Accelerator Lab activities) during the first academic year to be eligible.

Students placed on the Dean’s List will be notified by email during the Summer break.

For more information, please click HERE.

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