University of Aveiro
Public polytechnic university in Aveiro, Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of Aveiro (Portuguese: Universidade de Aveiro) is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately 12,500, distributed among 58 graduate, 40 Masters of Science and 25 PhD programs, distributed by departments and autonomous sections, with specialized faculties. It is a Research & Development university, with research departments developing programmes in fundamental and applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, telecommunications, robotics, bioinformatics, sea sciences, materials, design, business administration and industrial engineering.
Universidade de Aveiro | |
Latin: Universitas Alavariensis | |
Motto | Theoria, Poiesis, Praxis |
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Type | Public University |
Established | 1973 |
Rector | Paulo Jorge Ferreira[1] |
Administrative staff | 927 |
Students | 14,280 (2018)[2] |
Postgraduates | 2,718 |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban, 92 hectares (227.3 acres) |
Colours | White and green |
Affiliations | Campus Europae, EUA, ECIU, ESDP-Network, UNIMED |
Website | www.ua.pt |
The main campus and nearby Administration and Accounting Institute, are located in the city centre of Aveiro. There are external/regional campuses in Águeda (Higher Education Technological and Management School of Águeda) and Oliveira de Azeméis (Higher Education School of North Aveiro). It serves as a pole for the inter-university Doctoral program, along with the universities of Porto and Minho. Its integrated Masters in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering was the first Portuguese IT oriented European Accredited Engineering Masters (EUR-ACE) by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education.[3]