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** Includes establishments that are not part of polytechnic institutes, as well as organic units of polytechnic education that are part of universities.
Higher technical professional course (CTeSP) is a course of higher education that does not confer an academic degree, whose successful completion leads to the award of a professional higher technician diploma.
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New higher education students in Portugal 2023/2024 by education type and study cycle
In the academic year 2023/2024, there were over *Â new students enrolled in the first cycle of higher education in Portugal. The majority of them attended universities over polytechnic institutes. Master's degrees were attended by * new students, while doctorates counted with just over new students.
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Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. (July 17, 2025). Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2023/2024, by establishment type and study cycle [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/1484797/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-cycle/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. "Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2023/2024, by establishment type and study cycle." Chart. July 17, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 29, 2026. /statistics/1484797/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-cycle/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. (2025). Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2023/2024, by establishment type and study cycle. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 29, 2026. /statistics/1484797/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-cycle/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. "Number of New Higher Education Students Enrolled in Portugal during The Academic Year 2023/2024, by Establishment Type and Study Cycle." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 17 Jul 2025, /statistics/1484797/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-cycle/
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Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2023/2024, by establishment type and study cycle [Graph], Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência, July 17, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1484797/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-cycle/
