Description of ESCS


The School of Communication and Media Studies (Escola Superior de Comunicação Social - ESCS) is part of the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute. ESCS offers four degrees which have strong theoretical and practical components, thus guaranteeing a privileged position in what regards the labour market: Advertising and Marketing, Corporate Communication/ Public Relations, Journalism and Audiovisual and Multimedia.

For the school year of 2006/2007 the ESCS adapted its degrees to the principles of the Bologna Convention, adopting a method based on the transmission of competencies.

The degrees have a duration of three years (six semesters) with 19 to 21 class hours, distributed through five to seven classes by semester and are organised in a system of credits, distributed in different scientific areas.


LPP/Erasmus

The students of Communication, Advertising and Marketing and Audiovisual and Multimedia with whom the ESCS established a Bilateral Agreement through programmes LPP/Erasmus can attend a semester or a full school year.


Admission and enrolment

Before departing from home the selected students should send to the ESCS international relations’ Office or LPP/ Erasmus office, until 30th July, the following documents:


- Copy of Health insurance/E128
- 2 Photographs
- Student Application (PDF)
- Learning Agreement (PDF)

E128

Students that attend ESCS must bare an E128 form. They can request the form from the Social Security authorities of their country of origin.


Housing

If the student is interested in living in the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute’s residence s/he must request, as early as possible, the forms and information on admissibility conditions to the Social Action Services. The ESCS, through the international relations’ Office together with the students association supports students interested in searching for housing in the private market. Requests of information on housing can be sent to erasmus@escs.ipl.pt


Welcome day

At the beginning of the school year, the international relations’ Office organises a Welcome Day in which the student enrols in the school and receives a Survival Kit, an ESCS agenda, schedules and a student card. The students are informed through an e-mail of the date of the Welcome Day, which is always before the beginning of each school year.


Portuguese Culture and Language Course

The classes are lectured in Portuguese. The evaluation can be in another language if so is decided between the professor of each class and the student. The ESCS, with the other schools of the Polytechnic Institute, has Portuguese language courses for the foreign students that come under the Socrates/Erasmus programmes. These courses take place at the School for Education (Escola Superior de Educação). The courses take place from October to May. Students interested in carrying out the mentioned course should send the following document: Portuguese language course

Academic Calendar

Calendar 2009/2010