University of Porto

With origins dating back to the eighteenth century, the University of Porto is currently one the most prestigious Higher Education Institutions of Europe. Close to 32,000 students, 2,400 (1825,0 FTE) teachers and researchers along with 1,600 administrative staff attend its 15 schools and 51 scientific research units, spread across 3 university campuses located in the city of Porto. With 14 faculties and a business school, the University of Porto provides an exceptional variety of courses, covering the whole range of study areas and all levels of higher education. In fact, offering over 600 training programmes per year (from degrees to continuous professional training), the University of Porto has teaching solutions for everyone.

Being a higher education institution strongly rooted in research, the U.Porto’s mission is to provide high quality training, to create scientific, cultural and artistic knowledge, to promote the economic and social value of knowledge, and to actively participate in the progress of the community in which it is inserted.

Foundation year: 1911
Short name: UP
Type: Public
Students: 31860
Faculty: 1690
Faculty/Students Ratio: 19:1
Region: Europe
Location: Porto