University of Lisbon

The University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa) is a leading public university in Lisbon, Portugal, and is composed by eight faculties. It was founded in 1911 after the fall of the Portuguese monarchy regime, but the history of a university in Lisbon backs to the 13th century.

Faculties

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law (Portuguese: Faculdade de Direito) http://www.fd.ul.pt/ was officially created by a Decree of March 22, 1911 as Faculdade de Ciências Económicas e Políticas, but was only installed in 1913, and was given its current designation later in 1918. It was originally located at the Valmor Building (Edifício Valmor) at the Campo dos Mártires da Pátria. It was transfered to its current campus at the University City (Cidade Universitária) in 1957-1958. A new building, housing the Faculty's library, was built in the late 1990's.

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March 22 - 1911 - 1913 - 1918

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The only graduation given is Law, and the specialized post-graduate studies available include several branches of the same area.

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Among the many distinguished graduates from the Faculty of Law are the current President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio, former President Mário Soares and the President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso. First Republic political leader and several times Prime Minister Afonso Costa was a teacher at the Faculty.

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President of Portugal - Jorge Sampaio - Mário Soares - President of the European Commission - José Manuel Durão Barroso

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Faculty of Sciences

The Faculty of Sciences (Portuguese: Faculdade de Ciências) http://www.fc.ul.pt/ was created on April 19, 1911. From that date until 1985 (when it moved to its current grounds, at Campo Grande) it was established on the former Politechnical School (Escola Politécnica) building. Those former installations are now used as museum, now and then.

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April 19 - 1911 - 1985

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Its current grounds comprise a built area of 75662 square meters, corresponding to 8 buildings (labeled C1 through C8, where C stands for Ciências --- Science) which host the classrooms, offices, cafeterias, libraries, book shop and leisure areas. The faculty population, as of mid-2004, consisted, approximately, of:

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• 4500 graduation students
• 600 M.Sc. students
• 700 Ph.D. students
• 470 teachers (about 80% with a Ph.D.)
• 229 workers

There are 21 graduations available, in the following areas:

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• Biology
• Biochemistry
• Physics
• Maths
• Statistics and Operational Investigation
• Geology
• Computer Science
• Chemistry

Faculty of Medicine

There are 3 graduations available:

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• Medicine
• Nutrition
• Microbiology

Faculty of Letters

The Faculty of Letters (Portuguese: Faculdade de Letras) http://www.fl.ul.pt/ was created in 1911, although it's predated by the Superior Studies in Letters (Curso Superior de Letras), created in 1859 by King Pedro V, from which all students and professors were transferred.

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1911 - 1859 - Pedro V

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It remained on the grounds of the Superior Studies, an annex to the Academy of Science until 1957, when it changed to the current building, in the University City (Cidade Universitária). In 1975, a new pavilion was built to accommodate the large influx of students who arrived after the democratization of Superior Education in Portugal, a consequence of the Carnation Revolution. The pavilion, theoretically provisional, still stands today. In 2001, two new buildings were finished: one to accommodate new classrooms and the Computer Room, and the Library Building, which is now the second biggest library in Portugal.

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1957 - 1975 - Carnation Revolution - 2001

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Although the faculty's graduation with most studies is Modern Languages and Literatures (Línguas e Literaturas Modernas) (which has a number of variants, including studies in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, German and Italian), it also offers Geography, Philosophy, History (and Archeology), African Studies, European Studies and Classical Studies (the graduation itself is named Classic Languages and Literatures). It is also the former home of the graduation in Psychology. In the mid-80's a new Faculty of Psychology http://www.ul.pt/faculdades.html was created to accommodate it.

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Portuguese - Spanish - English - French - German - Italian - Geography - Philosophy - History - Archeology - African Studies - European Studies - Classical Studies - Psychology

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Famous professors at the Faculty include the First President of the Portuguese Republic, Teófilo Braga and writers Vitorino Nemésio and Urbano Tavares Rodrigues.

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Teófilo Braga - Vitorino Nemésio - Urbano Tavares Rodrigues

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