Basic Education
Qualification awarded (in original language)
"Licenciatura em Educação Básica". Title of "Licenciado".Level of qualification
1st Cycle of Studies. EQF level 6. ISCED 2011 level 6.Admission requirements
Students may apply to this 1st cycle programme, through the general regime, if they obtain a minimum classification of 95 points (on a scale of 0 to 200) in the following national entrance examinations: Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences (17) and Portuguese (18); or Mathematics (16) and Portuguese (18); or Mathematics A (19) and Portuguese (18);Application may also be possible, through special regimes, for:
. students inside the Portuguese educational system who want to re-enroll, change course of studies, or transfer education institution;
. holders of technological specialization courses;
. holders of professional technical courses;
. olders than 23 who have succeeded a special exam of assessment of capabilities to access the Higher Education System;
. holders of middle or high level courses;
. students coming from foreign higher education systems.
The access requirements for the 1st cycle of studies of Higher Education appear in the description of the Portuguese Higher Education System, provided by NARIC (http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Reconhecimento/NARICENIC/) and presented in section 8 of the Diploma Supplement.
Recognition of prior learning
Following the implementation of the Bologna Process and the consequent legislation regarding the mobility of students among degrees and higher education institutions, prior learning must be recognized and credited. The prior learning concept comprises all the previous learning/training undertaken in other higher education study cycles in national or international institutions (crediting of certified training), as well as previous professional experience and any post-secondary school training or education. As such, the IPB promotes the crediting of the student’s prior learning when arriving at the institution.Aiming at a quick and full integration of the student in his/her new education programme, the recognition procedures must be submitted when enrolling at the IPB.
For further enquiries on crediting and recognizing prior learning and training at the IPB (calendars, procedures and assessment criteria), please go to the Applicant Portal at www.ipb.pt/portaldocandidato.
Qualification requirements and regulations
6 Semesters (3 years). 20 Weeks of study, per semester, full-time (40 per year). 40 total Hours per week. 1620 total Hours per year. 180 ECTS Credits (30 per semester); 1 credit corresponds to 27 hours. Variable number of Contact (teaching) Hours, depending on the established schedule for each Course Unit. A period of on-the-job training with 13 ECTS Credits is included.Holders of this diploma are entitled to apply to the career of high staff in central and local public administration, as well as in private enterprises and institutions or to undertake their own independent qualified activity.
Profile of the programme
The profile of the programme comprises the development of the technical-scientific knowledge and professional skills in the study areas of teacher qualificativo. The main areas are: Specific Didactics, General Education, Teaching Area and Initiation to Professional Practice.Key learning outcomes
The bachelor’s degree in Basic Education is awarded to those students that demonstrate, in this field, the ability to:a) develop and enhance the acquired knowledge;
b) apply acquired knowledge and understanding capacity in order to clearly demonstrate a professional approach to the work carried out;
c) solve problems based upon their own arguments;
d) collate, select, and interpret relevant information which will enable them to consolidate the solutions they present and the opinions they put forward, including the analysis of relevant social, scientific and ethical aspects;
e) communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, both to experts and non-experts;
f) develop competences that will enable them to benefit from lifelong learning with a high degree of autonomy.
To complete the qualification, the student is required to pass all compulsory and optional course units of the study plan.
Occupational profiles of graduates
The degree of "licenciado" (bachelor) in Basic Education belongs to the education and training area of Education and Teacher Training. Graduates are qualified to develop a professional activity within the profile of the programme. However its main goal it is give access to a master degree in teacher education, according to the decrete law 79/2014.Access to further studies
The bachelor’s degree in Basic Education allows to proceed to post-graduate studies, according to the diagram of the Portuguese Higher Education System, provided by NARIC (http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Reconhecimento/NARICENIC/) and presented in section 8 of the Diploma Supplement. This degree gives access to a master’s programmes, awarding a professional diploma for the Basic School Teaching, according to the Law-Decree no. 79/2014, May, 14h.Graduation requirements
Graduation is obtained after completion of the total ECTS credits foreseen in the study plan.Examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination and assessment are regulated by the IPB general regulation, available in www.ipb.pt/sa, and by the Attendance and Assessment Regulations of the School, available in www.ese.ipb.pt.Consult this Guide under the option “The ECTS at the IPB” for information on the grading and qualification system.
Mode of study
Full-time.Programme director
| Maria Cristina do Espirito Santo Martins ( | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
Scientific areas of the study plan
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS Credits | |
| Compulsory | Optional | ||
| General Education | GE | 14.0 | 6.0 |
| Introduction to Professional Practice | IPP | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| Specific Didactics | SD | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| Training in Teaching Area | TTA | 122.0 | 6.0 |
| Total | 168.0 | 12.0 | |
Course structure
| Year | Sem | Type | Code | Course Unit | Scientific Area | ECTS Credits |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-1101-00-23 | Physical and Motor Expression | TTA | 6.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-1102-00-23 | Introduction to Linguistics | TTA | 5.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-1103-00-23 | Research Methodology in Education | GE | 4.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | Option I ↓ | 3.0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-1105-00-23 | Organization and Data Processing | TTA | 6.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-1106-00-23 | Educational System and Curriculum Organization | GE | 3.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-1107-00-23 | Information and Communication Technologies in Education | GE | 3.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-1201-00-23 | Algebra | TTA | 6.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-1202-00-23 | Musical Expression | TTA | 6.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-1203-00-23 | Fundamentals of Physical and Chemistry | TTA | 5.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-1204-00-23 | Introduction to Literary Studies | TTA | 5.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-1205-00-23 | Developmental Psychology and Learning | GE | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-1206-00-23 | Territory, Society and Culture | TTA | 4.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-2101-00-23 | Ecology and Earth Sciences | TTA | 4.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-2102-00-23 | Plastic Expression | TTA | 6.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-2103-00-23 | Portuguese Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology | TTA | 5.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-2104-00-23 | History of Portugal | TTA | 6.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-2105-00-23 | Numbers and Operations | TTA | 6.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | Option II ↓ | 3.0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-2201-00-23 | Life Sciences | TTA | 4.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-2202-00-22 | Dramatic Expression | TTA | 6.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-2203-00-23 | Geometry | TTA | 6.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-2204-00-23 | Initiation of Professional Practice I | IPP | 4.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-2205-00-23 | Child and Juvenile Literature | TTA | 5.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-2206-00-23 | Portuguese Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics | TTA | 5.0 |
| 3 | - | Annual | 9853-531-3001-00-22 | Initiation of Professional Practice II | IPP | 9.0 |
| 3 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-3101-00-23 | Education for Health Promotion | TTA | 4.0 |
| 3 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-3102-00-23 | Physical and Motor and Artistic Expressions | TTA | 6.0 |
| 3 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-3103-00-23 | Geography of Portugal | TTA | 5.0 |
| 3 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-3104-00-23 | Quantities and Measurements | TTA | 6.0 |
| 3 | 1 | Semestral | 9853-531-3105-00-23 | Portuguese Literature | TTA | 5.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-3201-00-23 | Didactics of Mathematics in Basic Education | SD | 4.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-3202-00-23 | Didactics of Expressions in Basic Education | SD | 4.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-3203-00-23 | Didactics of Environmental and Social Studies in Basic Education | SD | 4.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-3204-00-23 | Didactics of the Portuguese in Basic Education | SD | 4.0 |
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | Option III ↓ | 3.0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | Option IV ↓ | 3.0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Semestral | 9853-531-3207-00-23 | Research Seminar in Introduction to Professional Practice | IPP | 3.0 |