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 Teaching staff (80% PhDs) 1,649 Non-teaching staff

31,749Students (54% undergraduate / 46% graduate) 9,417 1st Cycle/Degree students 12,794 Integrated Master 5,744 2nd Cycle/Master 3,6093rd Cycle/Doctorate

603Training programmes 351st Cycle/Degree (3 years) 18 Integrated Master (5 years) 147 2nd Cycle/Master (1.5-2 years) 893rd Cycle/Doctorate (3 years) 314 Lifelong Education courses

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

The biggest producer of Science in Portugal 2,678 Papers indexed in the ISI Web of Science in % Of the papers produced in Portugal 14%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 20 Arts and Humanities 10 Health Sciences 11 Social Sciences 7 Exact Sciences6 Natural Sciences 6

7 th Framework Programme Projects Coordinated 15 Participation in other projects56 Total funding€241 million Managed by U.Porto €15.8 million

3,422Foreign students in 2011 (10.84%) 1,560on international mobility programmes 373 In 1st Cycle/Degrees 464 In 2nd Cycle/Masters 500In 3rd Cycle/Doctorates 461Researchers 111Nationalities

Foreign Students by Origin (2011) 296 Africa1,328Europe 272 Asia12Oceania 1,514America

ERASMUS (2011) 538Partner Universities in 30 European countries 773Incoming Students173Incoming Staff 826Outgoing Students78Outgoing 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”: PhD with Minho & UTL “Technological Management Enterprise”: PhD with Minho & UTL “Energy Sustainable Systems”: PhD with Lisboa & UTL “Transport Systems”: PhD with Coimbra & UTL

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

With the UTA – University of Texas Austin “ Digital Media” - PhD 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 4ICU24 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, Turkey94 Europe/229 World Shangai Jiao Tong University Europe/ World Times Higher Education Europe/ World Ranking de Taiwan 137 Europe/318 World QS World University Rankings Europe/343 World

Universitas 21 Ranking of Higher Education Systems USA 9. Singapore16. France 2. Sweden10. United Kingdom18. Ireland 3. Switzerland11. Austria19. Israel 4. Canada12. Norway20. Spain 5. Denmark13. Belgium21. Japan 6. Finland14. New Zealand22. PORTUGAL 7. Netherlands15. Germany23. Slovenia 8. Australia16. Hong Kong24. 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