University of the Algarve

The University of the Algarve (Universidade do Algarve) is a Portuguese public university with administrative and financial autonomy.

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Portuguese - Public university

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It was founded at the end of the 1970s. During the 1980s, the former and short-lived Polytechnic Institute of Faro, was incorporated into the University of the Algarve, but as a totally independent institution in terms of staff, curricula, and competences, remaining a full public polytechnic institution within a larger and independent public university. The university is thus an unusual example of the cohabitation of two distinct subsystems of higher education in the same institution: university and polytechnic. Its two campuses and the central administration are located in Faro, the capital city of the Algarve region. It has about 10,000 students.

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1970s - 1980s - University - Polytechnic - Faro - Algarve

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The University is particularly well-known for its Marine Biology & Fisheries and Oceanography undergraduate courses, offered by its Marine and Environmental Sciences Faculty.

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