Country extension · Portugal
.edu.pt domain name
What you need to know about .edu.pt: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .edu.pt
- Country
- Portugal
- Registry
- dns.pt
- Registration period
- 1 year, 3 years or 5 years
- Renewal period
- 1 year, 3 years or 5 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 50 working days
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 8 to 15 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 13
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .edu.pt?
- A .edu.pt domain name can only be registered by public educational institutions and by owners of private and cooperative educational institutions.
- The domain name must match the name of the educational institution as stated on the document recognising the institution, or an abbreviation or acronym of it. An abbreviation must not reverse or add to the name.
- A name must not be contrary to the law, public order or public morality.
- A name must not be identical to an existing or planned top-level domain name, or to an internet protocol, application or term.
- A name must not be misleading about who the owner is, for example by matching someone else's well-known trademark.
- Geographical names may only be registered by the competent administrative authority for that area.
- The registry checks the technical contact's details.
- Since 30 June 2026, the registrant's contact details must be verified in advance, both the email address and the phone number. Without this verification, a registration, change of ownership or change of contact details will not go through.
Additional details for registration
- Your tax identification number (VAT number) as the registrant, without the country code.
- The technical contact's tax identification number (VAT number), without the country code.
- Whether you are registering as an organisation or as an individual.
- The basis on which you are registering: the name matches the name, abbreviation or acronym of the educational institution, or you have a statement from the Portuguese Ministry of Education.
Documents
- The registry may ask for additional supporting documents in the first five days after your application. You will then receive an email from the registry explaining where and how to upload them.
- If the registry later finds that your details appear to be incorrect, incomplete or false, it may ask for proof. You usually have to provide this within 8 days.
- For a change to, for example, the company name or contact person, you submit a form with supporting documents as a PDF of no more than 10 MB.
Good to know when registering
- After your application, there is a five-day period during which the registry may ask for your details to be verified.
- If you don't provide the requested details in time, the registry will cancel the registration.
- Two-character names are premium names with a higher price. The conditions for these are on the registry's website.
- If you can't provide the requested supporting documents later on, the registry may delete the domain name.
Transfer
Transferring a .edu.pt
- To transfer a domain to another registrar, you need a transfer code, which you request from the registry as the registrant.
- You give the transfer code to your new registrar, who uses it to start the transfer.
The transfer code
- You request the transfer code yourself via the registry's portal at https://registo.dns.pt. You log in there with the registrant's login details.
- If you don't know your login details, use the forgotten password function.
- In the portal, go to the domain details, choose the linked contacts and then the action to transfer domain management.
- The transfer code is sent to the registrant's email address.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- If the registrant's tax identification number changes, it counts as a transfer to a new owner.
- For a transfer, the current owner first approves it within 8 days using the link in the email from the registry. The new owner then has 8 days to accept the transfer.
- Both the old and the new owner need an account on the registry's portal. The registry provides the login details and has a forgotten password function.
- The current owner can cancel a transfer that has been started via the registry's portal at https://registo.pt.pt/.
- If the tax identification number stays the same and only, for example, the company name or contact person changes, it's a regular change. For this, you submit a form with proof. There is no renewal and the registration period doesn't change.
- The new registrant's details must be verified in advance. Otherwise, the transfer won't go through.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- If you let a domain name expire, you can still restore it afterwards.
- If you explicitly cancel a domain name and it is deleted, you can no longer restore it.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website dns.pt
- Registry whois online.dns.pt
- Dispute resolution policy online.dns.pt
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.