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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.
Six Portuguese business schools have been recognized in the latest Financial Times executive education ranking, with Nova SBE achieving a top 10 position and Católica Porto Business School making its debut.
Some professors stated they feel “disadvantaged and unmotivated” by the career devaluation they believe is underway, as well as a “lack of autonomy”.
The governing bodies of the Technical University of Porto (UTP), which emerges from the polytechnic, took office today in a “historic moment” for the Northern region and the country's higher education, argued the rector, Paulo Pereira.
The change from polytechnic institute to university had been requested last year and was approved by the Council of Ministers in February. The Government wanted to “give substance to the transformation” that was demanded.
The Catholic University in Porto was the first higher education institution in Portugal to launch a double degree, a programme that is now celebrating ten years. In conversation with ECO, Luísa Anacoreta, one of the people responsible for this pioneering “two-in-one” course in Law and Management, explains that, although it was necessary to prove its worth at first...
Constança Lobo confessed to Correio da Manhã that the secret to success lies in having “good organisation and good time management”.
The teenager will attend the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto starting September 14th, having been admitted with an average grade of 19.63.
Aerospace Engineering leads entry grade averages in higher education. Albertino Arteiro, course coordinator at the University of Porto, explains the growing attraction and the opportunities available in the market.
An overview of the university degree programme that requires the highest grade point average for admission in Portugal.
The rector of the University of Porto, Pedro Teixeira, regrets the violation of the embargo established by the Ministry of Education regarding the 1st phase placements for higher education access: 'It brought more uncertainty and concern at a very important moment for the future of these young people.'
Carolina Domingues, vice-president of the Academic Federation of Porto, points out that students were able to apply with the necessary transparency and equity.
With only 30 places available, the last student to secure a spot in that course applied with an average grade of 19.50, on a scale of zero to 20.
Management outperformed Economics in the race for entry grades in public higher education. Across the 13 public universities that offer both undergraduate degrees, the grade of the last admitted student via the general quota was consistently higher in Management during the first phase of the 2026 National Access Competition, according to official data consulted by ECO.
The placements for the first phase of access to Higher Education have been announced. The highest entry grade averages belong to the Aerospace Engineering courses.
The Aerospace Engineering course in Porto maintains the highest entry requirement average in the country.
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The academic was the first head of the Order of Pharmacists and was responsible for the founding and expansion of the Catholic University in Porto. Francisco Carvalho Guerra was 93 years old.
One of the three courses where irregularities were detected by the General Inspectorate of Education and Science will undergo a new evaluation within three months. The Ministry is monitoring the case with due attention.
A control action detected access routes to three courses that were “materially illegal or non-compliant,” which benefited dozens of students. The institution favoured candidates with a history at the university.
A control action report from the Inspectorate-General of Education and Science requested an evaluation by the agency responsible for the courses regarding a “double degree” that remains active at the institution.
National exams are selection tools. Everything that selects must be questioned and scrutinised; this is not about distrust, but about improvement processes.
The decree-law that creates the Technical University of Porto, extinguishing the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, raises doubts for PCP, BE and Livre. They claim that the creation of 'profound inequalities' is at stake.
Around 100 lecturers took to the streets in Porto to protest against the process of creating the Technical University of Porto. Unions are denouncing salary cuts and the loss of performance evaluation points.
Succeeding Altamiro da Costa Pereira, intensive care physician Roberto Roncon was unanimously elected to lead the Faculty of Medicine of Porto for the next four years.
At issue is the process of transitioning to a university. Invited lecturers 'are being offered contracts with half the salary they were earning'.
Professors and researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto feel they are being disregarded and undervalued during the institution's transition to a Technical University. Dozens of professionals discussed the problems of the transition this morning at a meeting called by the National Union of Higher Education.
Pedro Teixeira argues that higher education should broaden access without compromising standards, and warns of the risk of reducing the number of scholarship holders due to the new scholarship calculation model.
The new rector of the University of Porto says he is concerned about the new way of electing the rector. He identifies with a more participatory model, but says the idea of universal suffrage is “a radical change”.
The President of the Republic promulgated this Tuesday (July 7) the decree from the Assembly of the Republic (AR) that amends the Legal Regime of Higher Education Institutions (RJIES), according to a note published on the official website of the Presidency of the Republic. The decree promulgated by António José Seguro also includes amendments to the Basic Law of the Educational System, the law establishing the basis for higher education funding, and the Legal Regime for Higher Education Assessment. On May 8, the AR approved the new RJIES, a document replacing the law in force since 2007, with favourable votes from PSD, CDS-PP, Chega, and Iniciativa Liberal deputies, votes against from PS, Livre, BE, and PCP, and abstentions from the sole deputies of PAN and JPP. The new model allows for the merger of universities and polytechnics and even the integration of private institutions into public ones, with universities also being able to offer Higher Technical Professional Courses. The new law maintains the differentiation between university and polytechnic subsystems but provides that polytechnic institutes may be converted into polytechnic universities, with the diploma approving the transformation of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto into the Technical University of Porto also being promulgated today by Seguro. The new law also defines that the title of 'Rector' will be the sole designation for those leading both university and polytechnic institutions. What changes in universities and polytechnics with the new Legal Regime for Higher Education Institutions? Seguro promulgates new organisational structure for INEM and three other Government diplomas.
