Universidade Aberta

The Universidade Aberta (Portuguese for Open University) or UAb is a Portuguese ambit apprenticeship accessible university, created in 1988. Its address are amid in Lisbon, it has two bounded centres in Coimbra and Porto, and abstraction centres all over Portugal and in Mozambique.
Students are appropriate to be at atomic 21 years old, and to accept completed accessory education. Candidates over 25 with no accessory amount can be accepted afterwards accepting anesthetized the civic university admission assay or ad hoc examination.
Thousands of students, from all over the world, are enrolled in ambit apprenticeship undergraduate programmes. Several hundred Portuguese acceptance chase post-graduation contiguous courses.
Together with its capital activities in teaching and accurate research, Universidade Aberta promotes the Portuguese accent and culture, abnormally in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Universidade Aberta is one of the better civic producers of university teaching materials. The printed materials, which aggregate the amount of the University's courses, are usually complemented by videocassettes, audiocassettes, CD-ROMs, Internet and TV and radio broadcasts.
Face-to-face and alloyed modes (including video-conferencing) are acclimated for postgraduate programmes. Counselling casework by telephone, fax and e-mail are accessible in the university and at the abstraction centres.
Students of Universidade Aberta accept their own physique of representatives.
Its focus is on the humanities, amusing and behavioral sciences.

University of Aveiro

The University of Aveiro (Portuguese: Universidade de Aveiro) is a accessible university, in accession to accouterment polytechnic education, amid in the Portuguese city-limits of Aveiro. Formed in 1973 creation, it includes a apprentice citizenry of about 12,500, broadcast a allotment of 58 graduate, 40 Masters of Science and 25 PhD programs, broadcast by departments and free sections, with specialized faculties. It is an Analysis & Development university, with analysis departments developing programmes in axiological and activated mathematics, physics, chemistry, telecommunications, robotics, bioinformatics, sea sciences, materials, design, business administering and automated engineering.
The capital campus and adjacent Administering and Accounting Institute, are amid in the city-limits centre of Aveiro. There are external/regional campuses in Águeda (Higher Apprenticeship Technological and Management Academy of Águeda) and Oliveira de Azeméis (Higher Apprenticeship Academy of North Aveiro). It serves as a pole for the inter-university Doctoral program, forth with the universities of Porto and Minho. Its chip Masters in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering was the aboriginal Portuguese IT aggressive European Accredited Engineering Masters (EUR-ACE) by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education.Announced in a accent at the Museum of Aveiro, the accident was captivated to mark the aboriginal affair of the agency establishing the University of Aveiro, that included José Simão and added associates of bookish association and Aveiro. The aboriginal pedagogical and accurate activities began in 1974, with aboriginal canicule classes in the telecommunication course, absolute 46 students.
The alum courses accustomed at the University of Aveiro (UA) were the aboriginal courses in avant-garde areas, that were not explored by acceptable universities at the time in Portugal, but important to bounded or civic initiatives.By 1976 there were courses in ecology science and education, accustomed sciences and education, mathematics and education, Portuguese-English and apprenticeship and Portuguese-French and educaiton. The apprentice citizenry included 338. It was alone in that year that the aboriginal basement were accustomed in the breadth after accepted as the University Campus of Santigao (Portuguese: Campus Universitário de Santiago).
During the 1977-1978 address year, there was a angle to actualize a pilot project: the aboriginal Centro Integrado de Formação de Professores (CIFOP), today the Chip Unit for Continuing Apprenticeship (Portuguese: Unidade Integrada de Formação Continuada, UINFOC), in the country. At UA, the ambition was to authorize a training convention for professors/teachers, from baby apprenticeship to accessory school, application the latest pedagogical assets and avant-garde methods. The activity was headed by Professor João Evangelista Loureiro, the above vice-rector at UA.
A aeon of alliance occurred at the university in the 1980s, consistent in centralized adjustment and the conception of axiological bodies (during the authorization of the additional abbey Dr. José Mesquita Rodrigues) as able-bodied as the cessation of the acquirement of acreage for the campus, after completed during the authorization of Dr. Renato Araújo. By the end of the 1980s (specifically 24 September 1988), the law for university autonomy, acceptable the alliance of the university amoebic laws, and homologation of the university statutes, in June 1989. Meanwhile, a aggregation accommodating by artist Nuno Portas, had amorphous selecting a allotment of assorted celebrated Portuguese architects in 1986 to architecture the Santigao University Campus, that fell in band with their attack to accord the structures with the architectural ancestry of the city. Many of the buildings, therefore, were advised by internationally accustomed architects, a allotment of them: Alcino Soutinho, Álvaro Sisa Vieira, Pedro Ramalho, Luís Ramalho, José Maria Lopo Prata, Eduardo Souto Moura, Adalberto Dias, Rebello de Andrade, Jorge Kol de Carvalho, Gonçalo Byrne and Figueiredo Dias, whose works accept annually been visited by civic and all-embracing specialists.[By the mid-1980s teaching had broadcast with avant-garde courses in Environment, Automated Management, Music, Tourism, Chemical Industry and New Technologies.
The 1990s was apparent by a new appearance at UA, with priorities redefined to position the university appear internationalization and cooperation, namely European programs, reinforcing relationships with Portuguese-speaking and Latin states, and architecture protocols amid all-embracing institutes, organs and companies abroad. In alongside there were initiatives in continuing education, ambit acquirements and convalescent apprentice achievement and quality.In 1994, an Internet seek engine, SAPO, was created in this university. Since 1998, the University has been developing an ecological motor vehicle, Ícaro, aiming to run the better ambit with the aboriginal bulk of captivated fuel, accepting alternate in the all-embracing antagonism Shell Eco-marathon.
During the additional authorization of the fourth rector, Dr. Júlio Pedrosa, the apprentice citizenry was 8000, and the university had the a lot of amount of internationally accustomed programs. During 25th ceremony celebrations, UA avant-garde with the affiliation of polytechnical abstraction into aboriginal training programs. The conception of the Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Águeda (in 1997), the affiliation of the Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração de Aveiro (in 1999), the accomplishing of the Escola Superior de Saúde (in 2000), and the accomplishing of a polytechnical academy in the arctic district, the Escola Superior Aveiro-Norte], was allotment of this action of integration.In 2012-13, it was ranked 351-400 in the Times Higher Apprenticeship World University rankings. Rankings
The aboriginal authorization of its sixth rector, Dr. Maria Helena Nazaré, was apparent by the alpha of able affairs in technology (2002-2003). Since 2009, it has hosted a SexLab aimed at belief animal health

Catholic University of Portugal

The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, pronounced: [univɨɾsiˈdad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɡezɐ]), aswell referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is the alone concordatary university (non-state-run university with concordatary status) of the Catholic Church, in Portugal.

Although it is just one university, UCP is organized as a university system, fabricated up of four above bounded centres: Lisbon (the headquarters), Beiras (Caldas da Rainha and Viseu), Braga, and Porto. These cover 18 faculties, schools and institutes, which are the basal apprenticeship and analysis units. Besides the four bounded centres in Portugal, UCP aswell has the University of Saint Joseph in Macau as its affiliate.The Catholic University of Portugal was accustomed in 1967 by decree of the Holy See (Lusitanorum Nobilissima Gens), at the appeal of the Portuguese Bishop's appointment and beneath Concordat Law. It was founded in 1967 and acquired official accepting in 1971.

Its aboriginal basic Faculty was the Jesuit-owned and run Faculty of Philosophy of Braga (Northern Portugal). However, the University was anon continued to Lisbon area it opened, in 1968, the Faculty of Theology and, in 1971, the Faculty of Human Sciences.

The Portuguese government's official accepting of UCP occurred in 1971, via decree-law 307/71, which accustomed the Catholic University as on a par with the added Portuguese universities and conferred on the degrees it grants - anon Licentiate, Master and Doctorate, - the aforementioned amount and the aforementioned furnishings as those awarded by State universities.

The backward 1970s and 1980s saw the enactment and development in Portugal of a abreast endemic area in college apprenticeship (including both universities and polytechnics). Within that context, there has been a ambiguous accepting of the characteristic position captivated by the Catholic University - a public, non-State and non-profit-seeking institution.

Nowadays, and afterward the accepted trend in Portugal and abroad, UCP enjoys a ample amount of freedom in the conception and active of new campuses, commonsense and courses.

Currently it has, a part of others, the able-bodied accepted courses of Business, Economics, Architecture, Law, Media and Cultural Studies, Civil Engineering and Dental Medicine.

University Institute of Lisbon

ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, abbreviated ISCTE-IUL (in Portuguese ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), is a Portuguese accessible university institute, amid in the centre of Lisbon in the University City campus.

In the past, ISCTE-IUL was alleged Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa abbreviated ISCTE (in English Superior Convention of Business and Labour Sciences), but that name was alone in 2009 if ISCTE-IUL was afflicted to a university convention of basal attributes (along with the University of Porto and the University of Aveiro).ISCTE-IUL was accustomed in Lisbon in 1972 as ISCTE[2] application the adroitness and accessories of the Instituto de Estudos Sociais (Institute of Social Studies, founded in 1963) as a aboriginal footfall appear a new and avant-garde accessible university in Lisbon. Its present appellation dates from 2009.

From its conception ISCTE-IUL was accustomed to admission the bachelor's amount and the licenciatura degree, which was accepted afterwards achievement of a four to 5 years continued affairs that generally appropriate autograph a final argument and appropriately was almost agnate to the accepted master's degree, instituted as allotment of the Bologna process. From 1983 onwards, ISCTE-IUL was aswell accustomed to admission the master's degree, which was academy than the accepted Bologna action master's amount but still lower than a doctorate degree).
What was to be the aboriginal academy of a never completed beyond projected university (due to the carnation anarchy of 1974) consistently remained as a non-integrated University Convention - bearings that was institutionalized in 1988. From that date onwards, ISCTE-IUL grants all bookish degrees, absolute Bachelors, Masters, PhDs, Honorary doctorates and Habilitations (called Agregação in Portuguese).

ISCTE-IUL is today allotment of both the Fundação das Universidades Portuguesas (Foundation of Portuguese Universities) and the Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (Council of Rectors of the Portuguese Universities). It is aswell one of the few accessible universities in Portugal with a basal nature,[3] calm with the University of Porto and the University of Aveiro.

University of Porto

The University of Porto (Universidade do Porto) is a Portuguese accessible university amid in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the additional better Portuguese university by amount of enrolled students, afterwards the University of Lisbon, and has one of the a lot of acclaimed analysis outputs in Portugal.The University of Porto was founded by decree of March 22, 1911, issued by the Provisional Government of the Aboriginal Portuguese Republic. While it is accessible to point the university's predecessors as the Nautical Academy, accustomed by King Joseph I in 1762, and the Drawing and Sketching Academy, created by Queen Mary I in 1779, the university was to be based primarily on college apprenticeship institutions created in the nineteenth century, namely the Polytechnic Academy and Medical-Surgical Academy of Porto.
The Polytechnic Academy's capital purpose was the teaching of science and automated engineering of all kinds, and able specialties such as argosy officers, merchants, farmers, branch admiral and artists. Heir to the Royal Navy and Commerce Academy of Porto, which was accustomed in 1803 by Prince Regent John (future King John VI), it arose as a aftereffect of reforms implemented by Passos Manuel, Minister of the Kingdom in the Government that came out of the Revolution of September. Beneath this reform, the name of the Academy was afflicted to the Royal Polytechnic Academy in 1837. However, the Royal Economic and Literary Academy, beneath the administration of the Board of Admiral of the General Company of Agriculture in the Alto Douro vineyards, was transferred to the Council of Lenses. Despite the abundant banking difficulties accomplished during this period, the Polytechnic Academy of Porto underwent a time of abundant accurate activity, with eminent scientists such as Gomes Ferreira and Teixeira da Silva.

The bench of the Adroitness of Fine Arts.
The commencement of the University of Porto took abode on July 16, 1911, and mathematician Gomes Teixeira was called as aboriginal Reitor (rector). At this time, the university became economically and scientifically independent, and teaching freedom was clearly recognized.
Currently, there are 14 commonsense and a postgraduate business academy at the university.R&D activities at the University of Porto accept decidedly broadcast over the endure years, mainly as a aftereffect of bookish accomplishment and added allotment of R&D centers and acknowledgment of analysis grants through aggressive programs with alien absolute appraisal by all-embracing associate analysis committees.
Although R&D centers alter acutely in dimension, aims and anatomy — from baby units to ample centers, administering specialized or interdisciplinary work, adroitness chip or absolute — they are present in about every acreage of ability assuming a aggregate eyes appear a avant-garde research-oriented university. Abounding of these centers are interface institutions whose aim is the development of links of cooperation amid the university and alien entities such as enterprises or authoritative organizations. Among the a lot of accustomed analysis centers of the university are IBMC (Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology), IPATIMUP (Instituto de Patologia e Immunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto) and INESC-Porto (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Analysis Institute of Computer Systems).
The University of Porto collaborates with abounding companies admitting its Parque da Ciencia e Tecnologia do Porto, a business incubator and business administrator centre. Some companies included on these centre are: Nonius, Fan Valley or Veniam.

University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra (UC; Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra, pronounced: [univɨɾsiˈdad(ɨ) dɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) is a Portuguese accessible university in Coimbra, Portugal. Accustomed in 1290 in Lisbon, it went through a amount of relocations until it was confused assuredly to its accepted city-limits in 1537, getting one of the oldest universities in connected operation in the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of its better college apprenticeship and analysis institutions.
It is organized into eight altered commonsense according to a advanced ambit of fields, acceding bookish bachelor's (licenciado), master's (mestre) and doctorate (doutor) degrees in about all above fields of knowledge, such as arts, engineerings, humanities, mathematics, accustomed sciences, amusing sciences, medicine, sports and technologies. It is a founding affiliate of the Coimbra Group, a accumulation of arch European analysis universities, whose countdown affair it hosted. The University of Coimbra has over 20,000 students, and hosts one of the better communities of all-embracing acceptance in Portugal, getting the a lot of catholic Portuguese university.The university was founded, or ratified, in 1290 by King Dinis, accepting amorphous its actuality in Lisbon with the name Studium Generale (Estudo Geral). Scientiae album mirabilis, the aristocratic allotment announcement the academy of the University was anachronous 1 March of that year, although efforts had been fabricated at atomic back 1288 to actualize this aboriginal University in Portugal; it is appropriately one of the oldest of such establishments in the Iberian Peninsula. The Papal acceptance was aswell accustomed in 1290 (on 9 August of that year), during the Papacy of the Pope Nicholas IV. In accordance with the Papal Bull, all the "licit" Faculties, with the barring of that of Theology, could be established. Appropriately the Commonsense of Arts, Law, Canon Law and Anesthetic were the aboriginal to be created. It was, however, not to abide in Lisbon for long. In 1308, acceptable due to problems of capitalism from the Church (relations amid the closing and the political ability getting somewhat artificial at the time) and conflicts amid the citizenry of the city-limits and the students, the University confused to Coimbra. This boondocks already had old traditions in education, getting home to the awful acknowledged academy of the Monastery of Santa Cruz. The university was afresh accustomed on the website accepted as "Estudos Velhos", which corresponds almost to the breadth area the Main Library now stands.
In 1338, during the administration of Afonso IV, it was already afresh transferred to Lisbon, from beginning it alternate in 1354, this time to the centre of the boondocks which was afresh in abounding expansion. In 1377, during the administration of King Fernando, it was transferred yet afresh to Lisbon, area it would abide for over a aeon and a half. The approval for a Adroitness of Theology apparently dates from this aeon – about 1380. In 1537, during the administration of João III, the university confused definitively to Coimbra, area it was installed in the Alcaçova Palace. The absolute university institution, including the teaching agents and all the books from its library, were confused from Lisbon to Coimbra. At the aforementioned time, university colleges were created (abolished in the 19th century), a restructuring of the curricula was undertaken and new teachers, both Portuguese and foreign, were admitted.

King John III of Portugal fabricated Coimbra the audible home of the university.
In the 18th century, the Marquis of Pombal, Minister of the kingdom, fabricated abolitionist reforms in the University, abnormally apropos the teaching of sciences, in accordance to his Enlightenment and anticlerical creed. During abounding decades it was the alone university in Portugal, back its foundation in 1290 until 1559 (a university in Évora operated amid 1559 and 1759), and afresh amid 1759 and 1911 (University of Lisbon and University of Porto were created in 1911). The continued history and accomplished advantage of the University of Coimbra fabricated it an important focus of access in Portugal, not alone educational, but aswell political and social.
Initial accomplish appear some aggregation of European college apprenticeship systems were taken with the signature of the Sorbonne acknowledgment by the Ministers in allegation of college apprenticeship in France, Italy, the United Commonwealth and Germany, in 1998, and later, in 1999, with the signature of the Bologna declaration. The Bologna process, aimed at creating a European College Apprenticeship Breadth by implementing a commensurable amount structure, accepted superior affirmation standards and by announcement the advancement of acceptance and adroitness members, was a above anarchy in Europe's college education. Globalization, abstruse change and added all-embracing antagonism for deficient high-skilled activity accent the accent of authoritative European college apprenticeship institutions adorable and aggressive worldwide. A added chip European College Apprenticeship Market added antagonism amid European universities—a all-important action for bearing leading-edge innovations and for communicable up with the US economy. In Portugal, the University of Coimbra absitively to adjourn the acceptance of the new Bologna Action archetypal from 2006 to 2007/2008 (with exceptions accustomed for a few programs on which a civic accord for change had been accomplished a part of institutions) in adjustment to accomplish the alteration advancement the accomplished standards of superior and bookish integrity. Alone in the 2008/2009 academy year did the absolute university absolutely accept the new programs aural its 8 faculties.

University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

Situated in the north-eastern city-limits of Vila Real, Portugal, The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) became a Public University in 1986, although its history aswell includes a ancestry accustomed from its predecessor, the Vila Real Polytechnic Institute, created in 1973. This Institute took on a accordant role in the development of the region, and in September 1979, it was adapted into the Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro Higher Education Institute. It was due to the acute action in the fields of teaching and accurate and abstruse analysis that, beneath than ten years later, the Government accepted its cachet as a able University.All BAs listed beneath are at above level. The Portuguese-language title, Licenciatura, indicates that they advise an automated Licensure for alive in a accurate profession. In animosity of this, some professions may additionally crave enrolling in specific able orders. All engineering, architecture, and medical degrees of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro are recognised ("reconhecidos") by these able orders, and acceptance commutual a Bachelor of Arts at this university are exempted from added examinations for admission to those orders. Both university and polytechnic types of amount are awarded in UTAD, however, a lot of are University.

Polytechnic Institute of Leiria

The Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL) is a accessible academy of Higher Apprenticeship that offers courses of training on an Undergraduate Degree, Masters, Post-Graduate, Technology Specialization and Preparation Courses for Access to Higher Apprenticeship level. It began its action in 1980 and is present in the Leiria and West arena through its 5 schools, disconnected in 5 campus, amid in the cities of Leiria (School of Apprenticeship and Social Sciences, Academy of Technology and Management and Academy of Health Sciences), Caldas da Rainha (School of Fine Art and Design) and Peniche (School of Tourism and Maritime Technology). IPL offers Undergraduate e master's degrees courses in the areas of: Art and Design, Law studies, Apprenticeship and CommunCampus 1 In IPL’s Campus 1 there is the Academy of Apprenticeship and Social Sciences (ESECS) which develops its training action in the areas of Human and Social Sciences, Communication and Teacher Training. It is abounding by about 1.700 students.
Campus 2 In Campus 2 of IPL, in Leiria, there are two schools: Academy of Technology and Management (ESTG) and the Academy Of Health Sciences (ESSLei).
The ESTG offers courses in the areas of engineering and technology and of ambitious and argumentative sciences. It is a academy accustomed for the superior of the apprenticeship provided and for its able affiliation to the action world, not alone from the Leiria and West arena but aswell on a civic level. The academy is abounding by about 5.600 students. The Academy Of Health Sciences (ESSLei) was chip in IPL in 2001 and has been advised for the training of nurses and it is predicted that in the next bookish year it will widen its training action to added areas of Health Sciences. It is abounding by about 800 students.
Campus 3 Campus 3 of IPL is anchored in Caldas da Rainha, about 60 kilometers South of Leiria. The Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ESAD.CR) is amid in this city, a thermal city-limits that has a all-inclusive aesthetic patrimony. It is a celebrated academy in agreement of training and art in the areas of Art and Design, accepting been accustomed with assorted civic and all-embracing awards accustomed by acceptance and teachers. Abounding by about 1.200 students, ESAD.CR privileges teaching methodologies focused on claimed development, adroitness and activity implementation, aesthetic the spirit of initiative.
Campus 4 The Academy of Maritime Technology (ESTM) is amid in IPL’s Campus 4, in Peniche (80 kilometers South of Leiria). This academy with 1.500 acceptance is abnormally aimed at the training in the breadth of Tourism, Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Food Engineering.
Campus 5 In Campus 5, in Leiria, there are added structures of the Institute: the Institute for Research, Development and Advanced Studies (INDEA), the Training Centre for the Courses of Technology Specialization (FOR.CET) with about 900 students, the Centre of New Opportunities (CNO), a Alteration Technology and Information Center (OTIC) and an E-Learning Unit (UED). These are units with specific aims that beset the analysis and post-graduate training, the post-secondary training, the e-learning, the ability transfer, a part of others.ication, Engineering and Technology, Tourism and Health.

University of Évora

The University of Beira Autogenous (Universidade da Beira Autogenous or UBI for short) is a accessible university amid in the city-limits of Covilhã, Portugal. It was created in 1979, and has about 6,879 acceptance broadcast beyond a complication of graduation courses, application all bookish degrees in fields alignment from anesthetic and biomedical sciences to aeriform engineering to mathematics. The university is called afterwards the actual Beira region, acceptation Beira Autogenous the a lot of autogenous breadth of Beira, mainly composed by the commune of Guarda and the commune of Castelo Branco, in today's Centro region.

In August 1973, afterward a above change in the civic college apprenticeship system, the government accustomed a polytechnical academy in Covilhã, the Polytechnic Convention of Covilhã (IPC - Instituto Politécnico da Covilhã), which was the aboriginal college apprenticeship academy in the city. Over the years, the IPC facilities, as able-bodied as the enrolment and staff, never accomplished to grow. This advance and the region's needs, led the IPC to a arresting akin of achievements that accepted it, in 1979, to be promoted, by the Portuguese Ministry of Education, to a college institutional level, university institute. Seven years later, in 1986, the University Convention of Beira Autogenous was accepted abounding university cachet and renamed University of Beira Interior.All departments of the university admission the undergraduate licenciado amount (licentiate's amount or bachelor's degree), which requires a three-year full-time abstraction programme. UBI aswell awards postgraduate courses in the fields that are offered by its departments, acceding the degrees of mestre (master's degree) and doutor (Ph.D.).

In adjustment to accumulation its own needs and those of the bounded association itself, the university has aswell 5 centres: the Teaching and Learning Resources Centre (CREA); the Centre for Patrimonial Studies and Recovery (CEPP); the Computer Centre (CI); the Optics Centre (CO) and the Centre of Studies for Bounded Development (CEDR) which establishes the interface amid the university and the association accouterment consulting casework to bounded institutions in the areas of bounded development.

The Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira (Cova da Beira Hospital Center), with accessories in Covilhã and Fundão, is the teaching hospital of the University of Beira Interior. Hospitals of Castelo Branco and Guarda aswell coact with the Faculty of Health Sciences.

University of Beira Interior

The University of Beira Autogenous (Universidade da Beira Autogenous or UBI for short) is a accessible university amid in the city-limits of Covilhã, Portugal. It was created in 1979, and has about 6,879 acceptance broadcast beyond a complication of graduation courses, application all bookish degrees in fields alignment from anesthetic and biomedical sciences to aeriform engineering to mathematics. The university is called afterwards the actual Beira region, acceptation Beira Autogenous the a lot of autogenous breadth of Beira, mainly composed by the commune of Guarda and the commune of Castelo Branco, in today's Centro region.
In August 1973, afterward a above change in the civic college apprenticeship system, the government accustomed a polytechnical academy in Covilhã, the Polytechnic Convention of Covilhã (IPC - Instituto Politécnico da Covilhã), which was the aboriginal college apprenticeship academy in the city. Over the years, the IPC facilities, as able-bodied as the enrolment and staff, never accomplished to grow. This advance and the region's needs, led the IPC to a arresting akin of achievements that accepted it, in 1979, to be promoted, by the Portuguese Ministry of Education, to a college institutional level, university institute. Seven years later, in 1986, the University Convention of Beira Autogenous was accepted abounding university cachet and renamed University of Beira Interior.All departments of the university admission the undergraduate licenciado amount (licentiate's amount or bachelor's degree), which requires a three-year full-time abstraction programme. UBI aswell awards postgraduate courses in the fields that are offered by its departments, acceding the degrees of mestre (master's degree) and doutor (Ph.D.).

In adjustment to accumulation its own needs and those of the bounded association itself, the university has aswell 5 centres: the Teaching and Learning Resources Centre (CREA); the Centre for Patrimonial Studies and Recovery (CEPP); the Computer Centre (CI); the Optics Centre (CO) and the Centre of Studies for Bounded Development (CEDR) which establishes the interface amid the university and the association accouterment consulting casework to bounded institutions in the areas of bounded development.

The Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira (Cova da Beira Hospital Center), with accessories in Covilhã and Fundão, is the teaching hospital of the University of Beira Interior. Hospitals of Castelo Branco and Guarda aswell coact with the Faculty of Health Sciences.