Aveiro University Portugal

The UA is one of Portugals 14 public universities. It was founded in 1973 and has grown into a dynamic and competitive institution. Integrated in the community, it has a strong research dimension and offers polytechnic and university undergraduate programmes, 2nd cycle masters programmes, doctoral programmes and post-secondary vocational programmes. Committed from the start to innovation and quality in the three pillars of Education, Research and Copperation with society, the UA has built a profile based on sciences and technology. Its initial study programmes were launched in Electronics, Ceramics and Teacher Education. Subsequent programmes in Environmental Engineering, New Technologies of Communication, Industrial Management and Engineering, Regional and Urban Studies, Music, and Design were all new areas at national level. Today, Electronics & Telecommunications, Materials & Nano-sciences, Environment and Marine Studies and Teacher Education are recognised as four areas of excellence.