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Catolica Medical School – Integrated Master in Medicine · Lisbon · Portugal
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Lisbon teaches medicine in English. The programme runs 6 years, the academic year starts in September. Not sure whether this is the right route into medicine? A free consultation with Medschool Experts settles it.
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The key facts about this university at a glance.
Programmes
Medicine
Tuition fees
Non-EU approx. €24,350/year; EU/CPLP approx. €19,200/year; plus €1,710 enrolment
Duration
6 years
Language of instruction
English
Admission process
Application file + admission assessment/interview
Intake
September
Recognition
Living costs
Total students
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Study Medicine in Lisbon, Portugal
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa is based in Lisbon, Portugal. The medicine programme is taught in English and takes 6 years.
Teaching starts in September. What matters for a first comparison — programmes, teaching language, length of study and intake — is in the overview above.
Study medicine abroad at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
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Accreditations of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Portugal
Is Universidade Catolica Portuguesa a state-accredited university? Yes. The Integrated Master in Medicine at Catolica Medical School is accredited by the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal's state authority for the quality assurance and accreditation of higher education, which communicated the accreditation of the programme to the university in September 2020. A3ES is recognised by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) as an accrediting agency (WFME recognition granted in March 2025, valid for ten years) — the basis for the ECFMG's "Recognized Accreditation Policy," under which only graduates of programmes accredited by a WFME-recognised agency are eligible for ECFMG certification and, therefore, for the USMLE. Universidade Catolica Portuguesa holds this accreditation and is authorised to award its degree on this basis.
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