Catholic University of Portugal
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| Motto | The Value of Values |
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| Type | Concordat university |
| Established | 1967 |
| President | Isabel Capeloa Gil |
Academic staff | 1,125 |
| Students | 13,154 Students (Degree-Granting Programmes) and +7,000 Postgraduate Students (Non Degree-Granting Programmes) |
| Location | Lisbon (Headquarters); Porto Campus; Braga Campus; Viseu Campus , |
| Website | www |
The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa), also referred to as Católica for short, is a non-state public university based in Lisbon with four campuses: Lisbon, Braga, Porto and Viseu.
Established in 1967 by decree of the Holy See, it is a higher education institution with a humanistic focus. It is a multi-site institution with a clear international vocation, aiming to promote high-quality education and holistic development, leading-edge knowledge and research, and innovation in the service of the common good.[1]
Católica has over 20,000 students.[2] The current and 6th President is Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil.
Until 2001, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa had a campus in Leiria[3], in 2007 in Figueira da Foz, with the Faculty of Science and Technology[4], and also in Caldas da Rainha, where it maintained a campus until 2011 focused on the Western Region, with the Faculty of Biotechnology.[5]
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[edit]- ↑ "Apresentação | UCP".
- ↑ "Católica and Figures". www.ucp.pt. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ↑ "Manifestação contra saída da Católica de Leiria". Público.
- ↑ "Internacional: alunos da Figueira da Foz preocupados com decisão do ministério". Público.
- ↑ "Pólo caldense da Católica encerra portas em Dezembro". Gazeta das Caldas.
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