Confronted with frequent doubts regarding the calculation of average grades in the taught part of the 3rd cycle, in December, 2014, the Scientific Council gave clarification on this point. The average only includes the subjects completed at the FDUNL, not at other higher education institutions.
When accredited, these subjects maintain the grades obtained at the Portuguese higher education establishments where they were studied, or a grade will be given resulting from the Portuguese grade classification scale, when the foreign higher education institution uses a different scale to this one. However, they do not count towards this average.
At the same meeting, the Scientific Council also decided that, in the future, the grade obtained in the subject of legal research methodology (LRM) will no longer count towards the average, regardless of whether it has been accredited or completed at the FDUNL. The position of PhD students that have already attended or are currently attending (2014/2015 academic year) the LRM subject is safeguarded, as its classification will only be taken into account if beneficial to the individual student.