Scientific Research Career

• Law No. 55/2025, of 28 April (PDF, 850KB) – Approves the Statute of the Scientific Research Career and the common framework for research‑specific careers under private‑law employment.
• Ministerial Order No. 427‑B/2025/1, of 28 November (PDF, 132KB) – Regulates the procedural steps of recruitment procedures for the special scientific research career within State Laboratories and other bodies of the direct and indirect State administration whose staffing plans include the categories defined in the Scientific Research Career Statute.
• Decree‑Law No. 64/2023, of 31 July (PDF, 397KB) – Updates the legal framework for the academic title of Agregado.
• Decree‑Law No. 112/2021, of 14 December (PDF, 467KB) – Approves the regime for internal promotion procedures to intermediate and top categories of higher‑education teaching careers and the scientific research career.
• Order No. 6303/2018, of 28 June (PDF, 243KB) – Regulation for retired professors and researchers of Instituto Superior Técnico.
• Flowchart of the triennial reports for research staff (DOC, 467KB), updated on 13.04.2015
• Resolution of the Scientific Council on the granting of sabbatical leave to IST Professors and Researchers, dated 05‑01‑2015 (PDF, 654KB)
• Order No. 13109/2010 (PDF, 208KB) – Approves the equivalence of IST scientific areas.
• Regulation for the hiring of invited researchers within IST research projects (PDF, 220KB)
• Flowchart of procedures for hiring researchers (PDF, 92KB)
• Law No. 157/99, of 14 September (PDF, 360KB) – First amendment, following parliamentary review, to Decree‑Law No. 124/99, of 20 April.
• Decree‑Law No. 408/1989, of 18 November (PDF, 179KB) – Defines the remuneration framework for university teaching staff, polytechnic teaching staff, and scientific research staff.
• European Letter for Researchers (PDF, 512MB)

Hiring Regime

• Order No. 8295/2021, of 20 August (PDF, 437KB) – Regulation for the evaluation of the activity of researchers hired under Decree‑Law No. 57/2016.
• Regulatory Decree No. 11‑A/2017, of 29 December (PDF, 269KB) – Defines the remuneration levels under the hiring regime for PhD holders approved by Decree‑Law No. 57/2016, of 29 August.
• Law No. 57/2017, of 19 July (PDF, 171KB) – First amendment to Decree‑Law No. 57/2016, which establishes a hiring regime for PhD holders aimed at stimulating scientific and technological employment across all fields of knowledge.
• Decree‑Law No. 57/2016, of 29 August (PDF, 189KB) – Approves the hiring regime for PhD holders.

Service Provision

• Order No. 12775/2021, of 29 December (PDF, 953KB) – Regulation on Service Provision by Researchers at Instituto Superior Técnico.

Probationary Period

Information on the integration and career development of IST Faculty and Researchers available at: Shaping the Future Programme.

Exclusive Dedication Regime

• Order No. 135/CG/2020 – Implementation of the Control System for the Exclusive Dedication Regime of Faculty and Researchers.
• Addendum to Order No. 135/CG/2020 Addendum – Internal Control of Exclusive Dedication for Faculty and Researchers