Least five thousand applicants to higher education - TSF Online

registration deadline of the contest access to higher education and ended yesterday, according to data available on the website of the Directorate General of Higher Education, 40,546 students enrolled in the first phase.

Last year, in the same period were accounted for 45,838 applications, representing a break in 4847 students.

Público newspaper’s online edition, says 159,153 students are enrolled, of whom only 57% had expressed the intention of entering higher education, ie, less than half of the nearly 92,000 applicants to universities and polytechnics implemented the their application in this first phase.

The newspaper points out that, in total, public universities and polytechnics have 51,000 positions available (a reduction of 837 places over the previous academic year), much more than the number of candidates who appeared in this first phase Applications.

The second phase of the national competition for access runs from 9 to 20 September. Students will also have a third opportunity to access higher education, from 3 to 7 October.