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Higher Education, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal - Information on the functioning of the school year 2020/2021

Because I am receiving questions, in social media, from both Portuguese and foreign students, I share here the email I received from the rectory on 31-07-2020.

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Preparation of the 2020/2021 school year 

The Iscte is also awaiting guidance from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MSTHE) and the Directorate General of Health (DGH) regarding the operating conditions for the next school year.
However, for the start of the 2020/2021 school year, the Iscte has already defined the following principles:
1. in line with the practice of previous years, it is planned to start classes, for most courses, in September 2020.
2. In the case of the 1st year of undergraduate and integrated master's degrees, given the schedule of the National Access Competition, classes will begin only on October 6 and end in December, according to the school calendar.
3. It is anticipated that classes will be taught in face-to-face from the Iscte rooms.
4. Classes are expected to be held in a mixed regime (face-to-face and online simultaneously).
5. For foreign or international students, who are unable to travel to Lisbon due to the pandemic, the classes can be transmitted online, in English. 

The ways of implementing these principles, as well as their exceptions, will be defined after the approval and dissemination of the MSTHE and DGH guidelines.

Academic Greetings,

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues
Dean


Avenida das Forças Armadas, Edifício Sedas Nunes, Reitoria
1649-026 LISBON Portugal
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