Immigration to Portugal by purchasing property focus on Portuguese education: Higher education institutions in Portugal are divided into public and private institutions. Regardless of whether they are public or private, the courses offered are recognized by the Ministry of Education, and the degrees awarded are equivalent, including bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. However, compared to private institutions, public institutions have significant advantages in terms of quality assurance and tuition standards.
Since 2006, Portugal has entered the Bologna Process, achieving the integration of European higher education, a unified credit system, and a three-cycle higher education structure consisting of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The undergraduate stage generally lasts 3 years; after completing 3 years of undergraduate study, students can obtain a master's degree by continuing for another 2 years, and after completing a master's degree, they can obtain a doctoral degree by continuing for another 3 years, which is the 3+2+3 model. The undergraduate program for law is 4 years. Engineering and medical majors do not offer bachelor's degrees, but instead offer 5-year and 6-year master's degrees, respectively.
The higher education system in Portugal is a binary system, consisting of university education and polytechnic education, with each system having specific academic philosophies and different educational objectives. University education can award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, while polytechnic education only awards bachelor's and master's degrees.
A distinctive feature is that Portugal is a member of the European Union; obtaining a Portuguese student visa means that students can freely enter or study in other European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and others. Furthermore, the costs of Portuguese universities are far lower than those in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and other countries. Additionally, students can work part-time while studying, and the income earned is sufficient to cover living expenses.
