Almeida, António Fragoso deQuintas, HelenaRibeiro, Carlos MiguelMonteiro, RuteGonçalves, TeresaFonseca, HenriqueBago, JoanaSantos, Lucilia2014-09-152014-09-152011978-989-8525-06-2AUT: AAL01137; HQU00206; CMR01849; RUT01409;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4959In our paper we are going to focus mature students close to 50 years old. We will present the results of two life histories co-constructed with these mature students, who have entered university in the year of 2010/2011. Our particular interest is to investigate how they have lived this very important transition to higher education.engMature studentsHigher education,ExpectationsTransitionsBiographyconference object