Custos dos estudantes do ensino superior português - Relatório CESTES 2: Para a compreensão da condição social e económica dos estudantes do ensino superior

Abstract

O relatório do projeto CESTES 2 apresenta os resultados de um questionário aplicado em 2015/2016 a uma amostra representativa e estratificada de estudantes do ensino superior a nível nacional, envolvendo estudantes do ensino público, privado, universitário e politécnico. Neste estudo encontram-se dados que permitem caracterizar a condição socioeconómica dos estudantes do ensino superior e conhecer os custos de educação e de vida que os estudantes enfrentam durante a frequência do Ensino Superior, tendo em conta o impacto do tipo de instituição, curso, área científica e região onde o estudante se encontra inscrito.

The Project CESTES 2 is an Economics of Education research study, based on the cost sharing theory (Johnstone, 2004). It analyses the costs of the Portuguese higher education students in 2015/16, following similar studies developed by Cabrito (2000), Cerdeira (2005) and the 2010 CESTES 1 Project. Similarly to those previous studies, this research aimed to define the social and economic status of the Portuguese’s higher education students in 2015-16, collecting data on the Portuguese higher education students' costs of education and living, and understanding the relationship between those costs and the students' attendance in each type of Portuguese higher education institution, scientific area and geographic region. The project concludes that there has been a positive evolution in the Portuguese higher education in terms of number of enrolled students, number of graduates, and the quality and output of scientific research. However, some aspects are still restrictive, namely the students' availability to funding. The Portuguese higher education students and their families contribute with a significant portion to the financing of higher education, In comparison with their European colleagues, they are most penalized, and family budgets are heavily burdened with higher education attendance costs.