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Political parties are seeking a parliamentary review of the decrees establishing new technical universities in Porto and Leiria, amid union concerns regarding potential inequalities among teaching staff.
Porto Business School's Global Online MBA has climbed to sixth place in the Financial Times 2026 rankings, securing top global spots for value for money, student satisfaction, and gender diversity.
AESE Business School has opened a new campus in Porto and is already preparing tailored programmes to serve the North of Portugal. The school's dean says Portuguese business leaders value continuous training but, given an economy with “some fragilities,” are often too absorbed in running their companies to commit time to development — a gap AESE aims to bridge through flexible executive education and qualification offerings that support regional business needs and economic resilience.
A long-standing goal of creating a common academic mobility space between Europe and Latin America is being debated this week at the VII EU–Latin America and Caribbean Academic Summit in Portugal. Coordinator Miguel Copetto highlights that the project, which aims to support millions of students and faculty, still faces significant challenges, including the complex issue of mutual degree recognition. The summit in Maia aims to move from discussion to practical proposals for governments.
My generation (the moderate majority) does not ask for miracles or revolutions. It asks for a home, a future, and reasons to stay.
To establish Porto as a territory of excellence in knowledge, innovation, and talent retention, involving over 60,000 students and researchers in local development. This is the goal for the creation of UNIK Porto – University Network for Innovation and Knowledge by the municipality and 14 higher education institutions.
At the centre of the protests is Parcoursup, the state platform used for higher education applications, which is generating criticism due to a lack of transparency.
One in three students at the University of Porto considered dropping out of higher education due to economic reasons. Housing is at the top of students' concerns.
Católica Porto School of Business and Economics is gaining international prestige in Financial Times rankings by focusing on human-centric development. With a philosophy centered on the 'Irreplaceable Humans' approach, the school combines academic rigor with personalized guidance, achieving high employment rates and significant career progression for its graduates while maintaining strong ties to the city of Porto and the business community.
At the centre of the protests is Parcoursup, the state platform used for higher education applications, which is generating criticism due to a lack of transparency.
Among 275 students at the Porto academy, a third revealed they had considered dropping out or not enrolling in higher education. The cost of housing is cited as the main reason.
The Academic Federation of Porto accepts the inflation-linked adjustment for undergraduate tuition fees, but calls for clear limits and criteria for master's programs that fall outside this cap.
The publication from the University of Porto Press features an analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic in Portugal by Alexandre Quintanilha.
This is a programme that gives talented children from low-income families some of the “perks” of middle-class children. The journey has begun. Leandro, Soraia, and several hundred others are on board.
42 Portugal has announced the third edition of its SEA:ME programme in Porto, aimed at training professionals in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Ermesinde primary school and São Lourenço primary school, in the municipality of Valongo, are closed this Friday.
The stoppage covers approximately 350,000 general career public administration workers.
Credit intermediary Twinkloo has just launched a new programme that will provide lower and upper secondary school students with free financial literacy classes during the school year that has just begun. This initiative had already been tested in a session aimed at 12th-grade students at Colégio de Gaia.
With three new nurseries, five expanded and two refurbished, the Matosinhos City Council is promoting the expansion of the network and eliminating waiting lists. A pilot project to reform public pre-school education is already underway.
Five other professors at the institution were subject to disciplinary sanctions following the controversy regarding the special admission competition for Medicine for graduates. The Faculty director downplays the penalty and says he did not waste “two minutes” on this process.
The University of Porto has applied sanctions to six members of the Faculty of Medicine, including the director, following irregularities in the 2025 graduate admissions process. The Public Prosecutor's Office continues to investigate.
The discussion requested by the PCP will be attended by the Minister of Education. Communists demand clarifications regarding the shortage of teachers. Also, Cascais City Council spent 175 thousand euros on a school inauguration.
The rectory of the University of Porto decided today to impose a 45-day suspended sentence on the former director of the Porto Faculty of Medicine, Altamiro da Costa Pereira, following a disciplinary inquiry, a source close to the case revealed to Lusa.
The measure follows an inquiry launched by the former rector António Sousa Pereira and is suspended for a period of one year.
Public universities had not been created since the 1980s. The UTP was one of those that received the green light to proceed. 'We are not going to compete with the University of Porto,' guarantees the rector.
A school in Póvoa de Varzim has been considered a success in the integration of students.
Today, with the dismantling carried out by the Ministry of Education, there has been no capacity to respond to the multiple needs that have been arising, denounced the PS leader.
The secretary-general of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, admitted this Monday in Matosinhos that he may request a parliamentary inquiry commission to understand the problems within the Education sector in Portugal, stating that the school year is beginning with “hundreds of students without placement.” “We asked the Government a set of questions, among which was also that issue that...”
An Aver-o-Mar school, in Póvoa de Varzim, is considered a success story in student integration.
Parliamentary leader accuses the executive of having abolished structures and created an agency, EduQA, which “has no answers”.
