The Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon/Portugal) helps students with economic needs to apply to a scholarship from the Portuguese Government, namely from the Directorate General for Higher Education (DGES), to pay tuition fees.
Students’ family need to have a per capita income equal or lower than €5969 a year and a movable heritage no more than €100612. The applicant cannot have debts to the tax office and to social security.