Coimbra

Coimbra is a city and the capital of the district of Coimbra in Portugal.

Education

Coimbra is called as A cidade dos estudantes (The city of the students), mainly because it is the site of the oldest and one of the most prestigious universities in Portugal - the University of Coimbra. It is also the place where the oldest and one of the biggest students' unions of university students in Portugal was founded - the Associação Académica de Coimbra. Besides that, there are also some other smaller schools and institutes of higher education in the city: the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, a polytechnic institute; two nursing schools and some private higher education institutions such as the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga; the Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto; the Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama and an arts institute. The city has also a large number of public and private basic and secondary schools, as well as kindergartens and nurseries.

Related Topics:
University of Coimbra - Associação Académica de Coimbra - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra

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