💡 To enrol with a foreign diploma you usually need to have it recognised (reconhecimento) in Portugal - start the process early.
💡 Certificado de habilitações - the document that proves your education (school-leaving certificate or diploma with its supplement).
💡 Propinas - tuition fees; ação social - the service that helps students with grants and housing.
💡 For students under 23 there is a discounted travel pass, the passe sub23: you need proof of enrolment (declaração de matrícula), and you get it at the transport operator's shop (Navegante in Lisbon, Andante in Porto) or in its app; check the conditions there.
💡 At university you address lecturers as Professor / Professora, even without a surname.
💡 Entregar - to hand in work; prazo - deadline; avaliação - assessment.
💡 It's best to ask for an extension before the deadline and in writing, explaining the reason.
💡 Requisitar - to borrow a book; devolver - to return; renovar - to renew.
💡 You can usually extend the loan online, in your library account, without going in person.
💡 Palavra-passe - password (that's what they say in Portugal); piso - floor in large buildings.