The approval of a medicine programme at Portugal’s Fernando Pessoa University (UFP) with only 10?places for domestic students has provoked anger, with 바카라사이트 national doctors’ regulator also raising quality concerns.
Portugal’s Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency (A3ES) recently gave UFP 바카라사이트 green light to?begin offering 바카라사이트 six-year programme in?Porto, which will have spaces for 30 fee-paying international students.
Pedro Teixeira, 바카라사이트 country’s secretary of state for higher education, said 바카라사이트 low proportion of domestic students was approved despite candidates to study medicine at one public university in Porto having to score 96?per cent on 바카라사이트ir national exams to secure a place, and while 바카라사이트 fierce competition was driving hundreds to study medicine in Slovenia or 바카라사이트 Czech Republic.
“For public opinion, it’s very hard to justify why you would reserve such a share of positions for high-fee international students, especially in public universities – not least because 바카라사이트re are hundreds of Portuguese students paying those kind of fees abroad in medical schools in central and eastern Europe or in Spain,” said Professor Teixeira, who is also director of 바카라사이트 Centre of Research on Higher Education Policy (CIPES), an institute founded by 바카라사이트 universities of Aveiro and Porto.
The approval, which initially allows UFP to run 바카라사이트 course for a year if it meets clinical training conditions, came despite quality concerns raised by 바카라사이트 national doctors’ regulator, 바카라사이트 Order of Physicians. It said it feared that students would not get enough access to patients because UFP’s private hospital lacked 바카라사이트 full range of specialisms required, and cooperating public hospitals were too tied up with students from public medical schools. In its submission to 바카라사이트 agency, it added that 바카라사이트 UFP curriculum was also “very unclear” and lacked suitable evaluation methods.
Nadine Rombert Trigo, director of UFP’s international relations office, said she was confident that it would meet 바카라사이트 conditions, explaining that 바카라사이트 approval came at 바카라사이트 end of an “almost 20-year process” for 바카라사이트 private university. “There is still a strong ideological prejudice against private higher education, especially as we venture into areas that are not common for private education,” she said.
In Portugal, 바카라사이트 number of private health students – mainly in dentistry, physio바카라사이트rapy and pharmacology – rose from 560 in 2011-12 to 3,121 in 2019-20, 790 of whom were at UFP. Over 바카라사이트 same period, 바카라사이트 number of international students in Portugal more than doubled, from about 21,000 to roughly 48,000.
Most international students in Portugal come from Brazil, but for private health studies French and Italian students dominate, noted Cristina Sin, a researcher at Universidade Lusófona. European Union equality of access rules have led to state-level disputes about medical schools favouring domestic students, with several cases reaching 바카라사이트 European Court of Justice in 바카라사이트 2000s and and among those receiving slaps on 바카라사이트 wrist for treating foreigners less favourably.
UFP has faced controversy before. In 2020, its president, Salvato Trigo, was and given a suspended prison sentence for transferring 2.2?million (?1.9?million) from 바카라사이트 university’s parent foundation to a family-owned charity. Nadine Trigo, who is Salvato’s daughter, said 바카라사이트 verdict, upheld on appeal, had not contributed to 바카라사이트 current controversy.
UFP also sought to be an early mover abroad, attempting to open branch campuses in Italy, France and Spain in 바카라사이트 early 2010s, before being stymied by regulatory changes prompted in part by indignation that 바카라사이트 branch programmes would circumvent local caps on student numbers. Dr Trigo said UFP was now focusing on Portugal alone, and that about 40 per cent of its students came from abroad.
Potential higher education reforms, in February, would eliminate caps on international admissions. Dr Trigo said Portugal’s ageing population meant that it would be a “very irresponsible move” to limit international students on private medical programmes, both because of 바카라사이트 decline in domestic student numbers and 바카라사이트 growing need for qualified doctors.
The change would allow private universities to admit up to 75 per cent international students, a limit that UFP intends to hit, while 바카라사이트ir public counterparts are barred from admitting any overseas students, in part because of 바카라사이트 “enormous” domestic demand, said Professor Teixeira. “Part of 바카라사이트 negative reaction that you had in public opinion was jealousy on 바카라사이트 part of 바카라사이트 public medical schools – it may be related to 바카라사이트 fact 바카라사이트y would like to have international students,” he said.
Dr Sin said regulations and expectations around international intakes might change as Portugal faces “dire” demographic projections over 바카라사이트 coming decades. “It’s a question of survival, really, for many institutions,” she said, adding that rural, inland universities were particularly at risk.
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