There are three types of evaluation methodologies: Continuous evaluation, periodical evaluation and final exam evaluation.

Continuous evaluation is when the evaluation elements are gathered throughout the semester in all (or, at least, in almost all) the classes. These evaluation elements can be of different nature: written tests, practical assignments, essays etc. The approval in this kind of methodology implies, at least, the presence in a minimum number of classes

In periodical evaluation, the evaluation elements happen in a (minimum 2) set number of pre-defined dates.

in this case, the student is evaluated at a single moment. Depending on the curricular unit, this exam can be divided in two parts, one of theoretical and the other of practical nature.

No. This depends on the subject, but this information must be conveyed to student at the beginning of the semester. In fact, the final examination must always be available and, from the other two, at least one of them must be available too.

No. You only have to be evaluated in one of the available methods but, if there are different alternatives you may be eligible to participate in more than one if you are not successful in one of them or you want to improve your marks. Check other FAQs below.

There are three calls for final exam evaluation: Normal call, re-examination call and extraordinary call. All students that were not approved in periodical or in continuous evaluation have direct access to the normal examination call. Those who were not approved in either of the previous calls, have access to the re-examination call, but have to enrol for the examination in the academic services and have to pay a fee. The extraordinary call is available for a restricted set of students, such as final year students who need the approval on a reduced set of subjects to complete their degree , athletes, student’s union direction members and a few other special situations.

This programme has a unique feature, the global/transversal work. In this case, students have to develop, during the first two semesters, a product development project, which is evaluated, both by a written report and a presentation, at the end of each semester. Each evaluation has an independent mark which is carried to the calculation of the final mark of each of the subjects in that semester. The marks for each subject are the weighted average of the marks obtained for the global/transversal work (70%), and that obtained in the evaluation methods specified for each subject (30%).

Students can attempt to improve their marks only once after approval on a subject and the final mark is chosen as the best of the two marks obtained. Mark improvement can be obtained either in the normal or re-examination calls. Students must enrol for improvement marks examination on the academic services and there is a fee for this act, although part of it may be refunded, should the student obtain a higher mark.