Students enrolled in higher education with health conditions that fall under the concept of special educational needs, referred by Portuguese higher education institutions.
Supplementary notes
The source states that special educational needs are those resulting from a set of significant limitations in terms of activity and participation in one or more areas of life, arising from permanent functional and structural changes, resulting in ongoing difficulties in communication, learning, mobility, autonomy, interpersonal relationships, and social participation, which give rise to the mobilization of specialized services to promote biopsychosocial functioning potential.
Data compiled using multiple editions of the same report by the source.
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Higher education students with special needs in Portugal 2018-2024
The number of students with special educational needs enrolled in higher education in Portugal has increased throughout the years. In the academic year 2018/2019, there were *** students with health conditions that fall under the concept of special educational needs. Despite a decrease after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this number reached the all-time highest number of students with special needs in the 2023/2024 academic year.
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Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. (November 1, 2024). Number of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal from 2018/2019 to 2023/2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1620696/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. "Number of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal from 2018/2019 to 2023/2024." Chart. November 1, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 21, 2026. /statistics/1620696/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. (2024). Number of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal from 2018/2019 to 2023/2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 21, 2026. /statistics/1620696/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. "Number of Higher Education Students with Special Educational Needs in Portugal from 2018/2019 to 2023/2024." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 1 Nov 2024, /statistics/1620696/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students/
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Number of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal from 2018/2019 to 2023/2024 [Graph], Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência, November 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1620696/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students/
