Main legislation published in the field of tertiary education, 2005-2009

Law 49/2005 of 30 August    Basic Law on the Education System (amendment) Decree-Law 64/2006 of 21 March    Access to tertiary education by students over 23 years of age. Decree-Law 74/2006 of 24 March    Legal system of tertiary education degrees and diplomas. Decree-Law 88/2006 of 23 May    Regulation of technological specialisation courses (CETs). Decree-Law 40/2007 of 20 February    Regulations for special entrance tests for admission to Medicine degree programs. Decree-Law 396/2007 of 31 December     Ministerial Order 401/2007 of 5 April    Regulation for program change, transfer and re-entry into Tertiary Education. Decree-Law 239/2007 of 19 June    Academic title of professor with aggregation. Law 38/2007 of 16 August    Legal framework for quality assurance of tertiary education (RJAES). Law 62/2007 of 10 September    Legal framework of Tertiary Education Institutions (RJIES). Decree-Law 341/2007 of 12 October    Legal arrangements for the recognition of foreign tertiary degrees. Decree-Law 369/2007 of 5 November    Tertiary Education Evaluation and Accreditation Agency. Ministerial Order 29/2008 of 10 January    Regulations regarding procedures for the register of foreign diplomas. Ministerial Order 30/2008 of 10 January    Supplement to the diploma. Decree-Law 107/2008 of 25 June    New mechanisms for monitoring the Bologna process and simplification of procedures and flexibility in the access to tertiary education. Ministerial Order 781/2009 of 23 June    Establishes the structure and organization of the national qualifications catalogue and the model of qualifications based on competences. Ministerial Order 782/2009 of 23 June    Regulates the national qualification framework and defines the descriptors for the national qualification levels Glossary of Portuguese Terms