News advanced by General In this Tuesday, January 17th edition.
According to the newspaper, the permission from the Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) is valid for one year, renewable for another three years, as is customary when opening a new course.
The decision to accredit the medicine course at Fernando Pessoa University was made last weekend and has not yet been made official. For this reason, the chaplain of a private higher education institution does not want to pronounce after.
Private institutions can open a new higher education course once it has been approved by A3ES. However, as happened, two and a half years ago, the opening of the Catholic University of Portugal was authorized The first training for doctors in a private institution of higher education, Fernando Pessoa University must wait for the beginning of the next academic year to open the course.