| A3ES | Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education |
| ASE | School Social Action |
| CIPES | Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies |
| CNE | National Education Council |
| CNIPES | National Council for Pedagogical Innovation in Higher Education |
| CTeSP | Professional Higher Technical Course |
| DGE | Directorate-General for Education |
| DGEEC | Directorate-General for Statistics of Education and Science |
| DGES | Directorate-General for Higher Education |
| DGEstE | Directorate-General for School Establishments |
| EE | Education Statistics |
| ENES | Secondary Education National Exams database |
| ESCS | Economic, Social and Cultural Status index |
| EU | European Union |
| FCCN | National Research and Education Network |
| IAS | Social Support Index |
| IEFP | Institute for Employment and Vocational Training |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| MCTES | Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education |
| MECI | Ministry for Education, Science and Innovation |
| OECD | Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PNAES | National Housing Plan for Higher Education |
| RABEES | Regulation for the Allocation of Scholarships to Higher Education Students |
| RAIDES | Survey on the Registration of Enrolled and Graduated Higher Education Students |
| REA | Annual School Census |
| RRF | Recovery and Resilience Facility |
| RRP | Recovery and Resilience Plan |
| SAS | Social Action Services |
| TEIP | Priority intervention educational territory |
| TSI | Technical Support Instrument |
Higher Education in Portugal
Policies for Access and Success
