Language schools in Coimbra

@tony359 The only such courses I know of in Coimbra are offered by the University of Coimbra.

The university offers semester-long courses at various levels (including absolute beginner) in the spring and autumn terms and also has highly intensive three-week courses (also including absolute beginner level) two or three times a year.

Here’s a link to more info: https://www.uc.pt/international-applica … ses/index/

Unfortunately it looks like there isn’t an intensive three-week course in March.

You also have these options in Coimbra, among others:

Cursos de português para estrangeiros:

https://www.esec.pt/knowledge-factory/c … rangeiros/

https://www.cambridge.pt/aprender-portugues/

https://ihportugal.com/

Thank you so much!

I did find the university of Coimbra but those are proper semester-long courses as you found - I wasn't aware of the three weeks ones, too bad they're not available this week.

JohnnyPT

Escola Superior de Educacao de Coimbra seems to only have semester-long courses but the other two links do mention other options which might suit me. I'll get in touch now.

Here in the UK there are many schools I like calling "tourist schools" where you can opt for a proper course and get the relevant certification or you can just join "mid-year" for as long as you want and learn what you can. They're a bit less informal than a proper school but it's a great way to

1. Learn the language
2. Make new friends

My goal is to spend time in Portugal, explore, see how things are and - hopefully - make some friends and practice Portuguese with them "out of hours" (Even though I guess it would be hard to stay away from the "more universal" English!)

I'll update the thread with what I find, for future reference!

Thanks so far!