University of Évora
Public university in Évora, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of Évora (Universidade de Évora) is a public university in Évora, Portugal. It is the second oldest university in the country, established in 1559 by the cardinal Henry, and receiving University status in April of the same year from Pope Paul IV, as documented in his Cum a nobis papal bull.[2] Running under the aegis of the Society of Jesus (also known as Jesuits) meant that the university was a target of the Marquis of Pombal's Jesuit oppression, being closed down permanently in 1779 and its masters either incarcerated or exiled.[3]
Universidade de Évora | |
Latin: Universitas Eborensis | |
Former names | Universidade do Espírito Santo Instituto Universitário de Évora |
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Motto | Honesto estudo com longa experiência misturado |
Motto in English | Honest study mixed with long experience |
Type | Public university |
Established | 1559; 465 years ago (1559) 1973a |
Rector | Ana Costa Freitas |
Students | 7,800[1] |
Location | , 38.5731°N 7.9044°W / 38.5731; -7.9044 |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | burgundy and white |
Affiliations | Compostela Group EUA UNIMED |
Website | uevora.pt |
a Reestablished after its closure in 1779. |
It was reopened nearly two hundred years later in 1973 as Instituto Universitário de Évora (University Institute of Évora) by decree of the Minister of Education, José Veiga Simão, in the site of the older university,[4] as part of a set of education policies during the early 1970s that were attempting to reshape Portuguese higher education.[5] Six years later, in 1979, the name was changed to Universidade de Évora.[3]