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The doctoral thesis by Margarida Carvalho, former PhD student in Political Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) and researcher at INESC TEC, was recognised by the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award as the best in Europe, in the field of operational research.

American architect Steven Holl will deliver a lecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Porto University (FAUP) on 25th July at 7 pm, in the Faculty's outdoor patio. Holl is considered one of the greatest and most innovative architects of our time and will deliver a talk in Porto in the framework of the 6th edition of the Summer School Porto Academy 2018, promoted by the Faculty of Architecture of Porto University (FAUP).

The University of Porto (U. Porto) is included in the ranking of the 50 best world institutions in the Food Technology area. U. Porto ranks twelfth in the Food Technology programme in the Shanghai Subject Ranking, and ranks 41st at world level in the Chemical Engineering undergraduate programme.

"The Adventure begins" [Começa a aventura] for over 1300 students of the University of Porto (UP), who will have an opportunity to both enhanced educational knowledge and living a life changing experience, by moving to another country and faculty to pursue their academic degree.

António Sousa Pereira took office as the new Rector of the University of Porto and made it his primary commitment to fight chronic underfinancing. "The permanent state of uncertainty regarding financing undermines any chances of planning and implementing long term strategies", the new Rector declared, quoted by Lusa.

The next PubhD Porto, an informal event aimed at disseminating science, will take place at the Pinguim Bar, on 28 June, starting at 9.30 pm. Experts on Chemistry, Engineering and Educational Sciences will gather to discuss numerous issues such as school failure and the role of the teachers in the inclusion of children and young people in residential care, the catalysing phenomena in metals such as gold and the implication of such phenomena in biosensor production. Another topic on the table i...

The 1st Ibero-American Primary Care Respiratory Meeting takes place in Porto at the Customs Building and runs from 31st May till 2nd June. "Adding value in a resource constrained world" is the topical issue under discussion in the framework of the 9th International Primary Care Respiratory Group and the 1st Ibero-American Primary Care Respiratory Meeting, which gathers over one thousand participants worldwide.

The University of Porto (U.Porto) holds the 227th position in the overall Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2018, which covers over one thousand universities and higher education institutions.

Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001, will be in Porto to speak about his discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle. The British biochemist, Sir Paul Nurse, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 (jointly) will be in Porto, on 25 May, at the Health Research and Innovation Institute - I3S - to talk about cell cycle control related to cancer and underlying diseases studied at that institution. This lecture is entrance free and is scheduled to begin at...

This afternoon there will be students strolling on the roads of Porto and ultimately at Avenida dos Aliados wearing dark clothes, colourful ribbons and top hats and literally screaming their lungs out. It is the day of the Cortejo Académico in the city Centre of Porto. All students from the University of Porto parade from Cordoaria till the Aliados, where they will be welcomed by the City Hall Executive and members of the University of Porto.