Escola Profissional da Metropolitana (EPM) was established in the 2008/2009 academic year with the Instrumentalists in Strings and Keyboard course and the Instrumentalists in Wind and Percussion course, both at a level equivalent to the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades of upper secondary education. After fifteen years of activity, it is now fair to say it has been a successful venture.
The virtues of integrated music education are well known, where general education subjects merge with specialised training — in this case, individual instrument lessons combined with chamber music and orchestral practice.
Workplace-based training, enhanced by the highly stimulating environment that characterises the world of Metropolitana — under the motto One Orchestra, Three Schools — results in an integrated teaching model capable of shaping young citizens and musicians, fully prepared to start a professional career as instrumentalists and to continue their studies at higher education level.
Alongside their Chamber Music work, EPM students are part of the Orquestra Clássica Metropolitana and the Orquestra de Sopros da Metropolitana, being challenged throughout each academic year with a season marked by a wide variety of activities and repertoires — Temporada Ensaio Geral 2025/2026.
Admission Requirements for Year 10
Completion of Year 9 (Portuguese education system)
Admissions Roadmap 2026–20267
Entrance examinations include:
a) Musical Training Test – Musical Training Test Framework; Sample Tests
b) Instrument Test, performed before a jury – Test Framework
c) Interview, conducted by the Instrument Test jury
Application period for the Entrance Examinations
1st phase 10 March to 12 April 2026
2nd phase 18 to 28 May 2026
3rd phase 2 to 5 September 2026
Instruments: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, double bass and piano
Admissions Exams
1st phase
April 18–May 10, 2026
2nd phase
June 3–10
3rd phase
September 7 and 8
Musical Training Tests
Entrance Musical Training Test – Framework
Aural Skills Sample Tests
Instrument Tests
Instrument Test Frameworks
Results 2025–2026
Secondary School Admissions – 1st stage
Tuition Fees for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
No tuition fee (free of charge)
Social Benefits
Available under the rules of the Ação Social Escolar programme
Further Information
Travessa da Galé, No. 36, 1349-028 Lisbon
Tel.: (+351) 21 361 73 20 / – 27
School Office
Ana Dias – anadias@metropolitana.pt
Monday to Friday: 8:30–12:00 and 13:00–17:00
Only teachers may enter the school officeoutside these hours.
The office is closed during the month of August.