University of Porto a modern European University With

University of Porto a modern European University

With origins dating back to the eighteenth century, the University of Porto is one of the oldest and most prestigious Higher Education Institutions in Portugal.

University 3 Campuses 14 Faculties 1 Business School

Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty of Sciences Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences Faculty of Sport

Faculty of Law Faculty of Economics Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Dental Medicine Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute Porto Business School

Staff 2, 422 1, 649 Teaching staff (80% Ph. Ds) Non-teaching staff

31, 749 Students (54% undergraduate / 46% graduate) 9, 417 12, 794 5, 744 3, 609 1 st Cycle/Degree students Integrated Master 2 nd Cycle/Master 3 rd Cycle/Doctorate

603 Training programmes 35 18 147 89 314 1 st Cycle/Degree (3 years) Integrated Master (5 years) 2 nd Cycle/Master (1. 5 -2 years) 3 rd Cycle/Doctorate (3 years) Lifelong Education courses

Tuition fees Reference values for all students (per year): Undergraduate € 999 Master € 1, 250 Ph. D € 2, 750

The biggest producer of Science in Portugal 2, 678 23% 14% Papers indexed in the ISI Web of Science in 2011 Of the papers produced in Portugal Average annual growth rate since 2006

60 Research Units 45 Units (75%) classified as “Excellent” or “Very Good” 18 State Associated Laboratories

Research Units by Field of Study Engineering and Technology Sciences Arts and Humanities 10 Health Sciences 11 Social Sciences 7 Exact Sciences 6 Natural Sciences 6 20

7 th Framework Programme Projects Coordinated 15 Participation in other projects 56 Total funding € 241 million Managed by U. Porto € 15. 8 million

3, 422 Foreign students in 2011 (10. 84%) 1, 560 on international mobility programmes 373 In 1 st Cycle/Degrees 464 In 2 nd Cycle/Masters 500 In 3 rd Cycle/Doctorates 461 Researchers 111 Nationalities

Foreign Students by Origin (2011) 296 272 1, 514 Africa Asia America 1, 328 12 Europe Oceania

ERASMUS (2011) 538 Partner Universities in 30 European countries 773 Incoming Students 173 Incoming Staff 826 Outgoing Students 78 Outgoing Staff

ERASMUS MUNDUS Action 1 (2013) Master Courses and Joint Doctorates 6 Projects: 1 Joint Doctorate 5 Master Courses (1 coordination)

ERASMUS MUNDUS Action 2 (2013) Partnerships for mobility 35 Projects: 8 Coordinations (4 ACP, 4 Latin America) 27 Partnerships (1 ACP, 9 Latin America, 11 Asia, 4 Northern Africa, 2 Eastern Europe)

With MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Leaders for Technical Industries”: Ph. D with Minho & UTL “Technological Management Enterprise”: Ph. D with Minho & UTL “Energy Sustainable Systems”: Ph. D with Lisboa & UTL “Transport Systems”: Ph. D with Coimbra & UTL

With the CMU – Carnegie Mellon University “Electrical and Computer Engineering”: Ph. D “Computer Sciences”: Ph. D with Minho & Aveiro “Engineering and Public Policy”: Ph. D “Telecommunications”: Ph. D with Minho & Aveiro

With the UTA – University of Texas Austin “ Digital Media” - Ph. D with UNL

Standings in the international rankings (2012) 20, 300 HEIs all over the world: U. Porto amongst the Top 100 EU Universities in 5 rankings U. Porto amongst the Top 350 World Universities in 8 rankings

Standings in the international rankings Webometrics 16 Europe/93 World 4 ICU 24 Europe/141 World The Leiden Ranking (Impact p) 64 Europe/187 World The SCImago Institutions Ranking 61 Europe/125 World URAP Middle East Tech. Uni, Turkey 94 Europe/229 World Shangai Jiao Tong University 127 -164 Europe/301 -400 World Times Higher Education 154 -180 Europe/351 -400 World Ranking de Taiwan 137 Europe/318 World QS World University Rankings Europe/343 World

Universitas 21 Ranking of Higher Education Systems 2013 1. USA 2. Sweden 3. Switzerland 4. Canada 5. Denmark 6. Finland 7. Netherlands 8. Australia 9. Singapore 10. United Kingdom 11. Austria 12. Norway 13. Belgium 14. New Zealand 15. Germany 16. Hong Kong 16. France 18. Ireland 19. Israel 20. Spain 21. Japan 22. PORTUGAL 23. Slovenia 24. Korea

PORTO, PORTUGAL The second largest city in the country Historical Centre classified as UNESCO World Heritage

PORTO Six bridges, six marvels of engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Civil Engineers of the University of Porto like Edgar Cardoso.

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE 250 million Portuguese speakers - Portuguese Diaspora - Emergent economies

COST OF LIVING One of the Euro countries with still a relatively low cost of living. Reference values for monthly expenses: Transport € 25, Accommodation € 150 to € 250, Meals € 150.

THE “CASA DA MÚSICA” A project of the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas conceived to mark year 2001, Porto’s Cultural Capital of Europe.

SERRALVES MUSEUM A project of Álvaro Siza opened in 1999 as a space dedicated to contemporary art. Its current Director is Suzanne Cotter, former Guggenheim Museum Curator.

LIVRARIA LELLO A bookstore with a facade decorated in Art Nouveau with some features of Gothic Revival. One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world along with Selexyz Bookstore (Netherlands) and El Ateneo (Argentina).

2 PRITZKER PRIZE, ARCHITECTURE’S NOBEL Two architects of the University of Porto: Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto Moura.

ÁLVARO SIZA

EDUARDO SOUTO MOURA

THE PORT WINE. A world famous wine Since 1756, the port wine is produced in the Douro region, the third oldest protected wine region in the world after Tokaj. Hegyalja in Hungary (1730) and Chianti in Italy (1716).

THE FC PORTO One of Europe’s most prestigious football clubs: 2 Champions Leagues + 2 Europe Leagues Stadium designed by the Portuguese architect Manuel Salgado

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