This list of universities and colleges in Portugal gives the

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institutions providing

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Higher education in Portugal Higher education in Portugal is divided into two main subsystems: university and polytechnic education. It is provided in autonomous public and private universities, university institutes, polytechnic institutes and higher education institutions ...

is organized into two systems:

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and

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. There are

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and

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higher education institutions.

Universities

Public universities

* ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon *

University of the Azores The University of the Azores (Portuguese: ''Universidade dos Açores''), or commonly abbreviated as ''UAc'', is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It was founded on January 9, 1976, two years after the Carnation Rev ...

University of Algarve The University of Algarve (UAlg), founded in 1979, is a Portuguese public higher education institution located in the southernmost region of mainland Portugal, the Algarve, having its headquarters and two out of its three campuses in Faro (name ...

(includes polytechnic schools) *

University of Aveiro The University of Aveiro ( pt, Universidade de Aveiro) is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately 12,500, distri ...

(includes polytechnic schools) *

University of Beira Interior The University of Beira Interior (UBI; Portuguese: ) is a public university located in the city of Covilhã, Portugal. It was created in 1979, and has about 6,879 students distributed across a multiplicity of graduation courses, awarding all ac ...

University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coi ...

University of Évora The University of Évora (''Universidade de Évora'') is a public university in Évora, Portugal. It is the second oldest university in the country, established in 1559 by the cardinal Henry, and receiving University status in April of the same ...

(includes polytechnic schools) *

University of Lisbon The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; pt, Universidade de Lisboa, ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and the largest university in Portugal. It was founded in 2013, from the merger of two previous public universities located in Lisbon, th ...

University of Madeira The University of Madeira (''UMa''; pt, Universidade da Madeira, ) is a Portuguese public university, created in 1988 in Funchal, Madeira. The university offers first, second cycle and Doctorate academic degrees in a wide range of fields, in acc ...

(includes polytechnic schools) *

University of Minho The University of Minho (''Universidade do Minho'') is a public university in Portugal, divided into the following campuses: * Largo do Paço (rectorate), in Braga * Campus of Gualtar, in Braga * Convento dos Congregados, in Braga * Campus of Az ...

(includes polytechnic schools) *

NOVA University of Lisbon NOVA University Lisbon ( pt, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, ), or just NOVA, is a Portuguese public university whose rectorate is located in Campolide, Lisbon. Founded in 1973, it is the newest of the public universities in the Portuguese capital ...

* University of Porto *

University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD; Portuguese: ''Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro'') is a public university located in the north-eastern city of Vila Real, Portugal. It became a public university in 1986, althoug ...

(includes polytechnic schools)

Public distance learning universities

Universidade Aberta Universidade Aberta (UAb) is a public distance education university in Portugal. Established in 1988, UAb offers higher education (undergraduate, master and doctorate degrees) and Lifelong Learning study programs. All programs are taught in e-learn ...

Private

Private universities

Autonomous University of Lisbon In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ...

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run univers ...

(includes polytechnic schools) *

European University of Lisbon European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

* Fernando Pessoa University (

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

and

Ponte de Lima Ponte de Lima () is the oldest ''vila'' (chartered town, head of a municipality) in Portugal. It is part of the district of Viana do Castelo. The population in 2011 was 43,498, in an area of 320.25 km2. The town proper has about 2,800 inhabi ...

) (includes polytechnic schools) *Lusíada University (Lisbon,

and Vila Nova de Famalicão) * Lusófona University (Lisbon and Porto) (includes polytechnic schools) * Portucalense Infante D. Henrique University (Porto)

Private institutes and schools

*CESPU - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário ( Gandra,

Penafiel Penafiel ( or () is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of . History The region ...

and

Vila Nova de Famalicão Vila Nova de Famalicão () is a Portuguese town with a population of approximately 133,048 inhabitants () in an area of 201,59 km2, subdivided into 49 parishes (Administrative Division of 11 Unions of Parishes and 23 Parish Councils,). Insert ...

) (includes polytechnic schools) *Escola Superior Artística do Porto *Escola Superior de Actividades Imobiliárias (Lisbon) *Escola Superior Gallaecia (

Vila Nova de Cerveira Vila Nova de Cerveira (, ) is a municipality in the district of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,253,Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...

) * Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (

Almada Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population in 2011 was 174,030, in a ...

) (includes polytechnic schools) *

Instituto Piaget Instituto Piaget is a Portuguese private institution of higher education. It provides both university and polytechnic higher education in a number of fields. Instituto Piaget was named after the Swiss philosopher and developmental psychologist Je ...

(

Silves Silves may refer to : Europe * Silves, Portugal, municipality and former bishopric in Algarve, southern Portugal ** Silves (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Silves ** Castle of Silves, a medieval castle in civil parish of Silves ...

Vila Nova de Gaia Vila Nova de Gaia (; cel-x-proto, Cale), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a population of ...

and

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabita ...

) (includes polytechnic schools) * Instituto Superior de Gestão *Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (

Portimão Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,614, in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão (). In 1924, it was ...

) *Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...

) *Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto *

Instituto Superior da Maia ISMAI - ''Instituto Universitário da Maia'' is an institute of higher education formed in 1990 in Maia, Portugal. Academic first degrees: *Psychology *Psychosocial Counseling *Communication Sciences *Physical Education and Sports *Law (solicitor ...

*Instituto Superior de Gestão e Administração de Leiria *Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida (Lisbon)

Polytechnic institutes

Public polytechnic institutes and schools

* Polytechnic Institute of Beja *Polytechnic Institute of Bragança * Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco * Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave *

Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra The Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra (IPC - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra) is a public polytechnic institute of higher education in Coimbra, Portugal. It was created by decree of 1979, but its effective start up was only in 1988 through the cr ...

*Polytechnic Institute of Guarda * Polytechnic Institute of Leiria * Polytechnic Institute of Lisboa *Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre *

Polytechnic Institute of Porto The Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Polytechnic University of Porto), also referred to as Politécnico do Porto (Porto Polytechnic) and P.PORTO (since 2016, for naming and branding purposes), is a composition of multiple polytechnic schools base ...

*Polytechnic Institute of Santarém *Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal *Polytechnic Institute of Tomar * Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo *

Polytechnic Institute of Viseu Founded on December 26, 1979, the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (in Portuguese ''Instituto Superior Politécnico de Viseu'') (ISPV, colloquially ''IPV'') is the first and only public higher education institution in the district, marking an import ...

*Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril * Escola Náutica Infante D. Henrique *

Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra The Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (ESEnfC) is a public nursing school in Coimbra, Portugal. History It was created after the 2004 decree law ''Decreto-Lei nº 175/2004 de 21 de Julho'' through the merging of the two previous nursing sch ...

*Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa *Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto

Private polytechnic institutes and schools

*Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra (Lisbon) *Atlântica - Escola Universitária de Ciências Empresariais (School of Management Sciences, Health, IT & Engineering) ( Oeiras) *Escola Superior de Negócios Atlântico (Atlântico Business School) (

) *Conservatório Superior de Música de Gaia *Escola Superior de Artes e Design (

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

) *Escola Superior Artística de Guimarães *Escola Superior de Educação de Almeida Garrett (Lisbon) *Escola Superior de Educação de João de Deus (Lisbon) *Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti (Porto) *Escola Superior de Educadores de Infância Maria Ulrich (Lisbon) *Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão (Alcoitão,

Alcabideche Alcabideche () is a parish located in the Portuguese municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which ...

) *Escola Superior de Saúde Atlântica ( Oeiras) *Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Lisbon) *Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria (Porto) *Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Artes de Lisboa *Instituto de Estudos Superiores de Fafe *Polytechnic Institute of Maia *Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing (Lisbon and Porto) *Instituto Superior de Administração e Gestão (Porto) *Instituto Superior de Administração e Línguas (

Funchal Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of ...

) *Instituto Superior de Ciências da Administração (Lisbon) *Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas (Lisbon and

) *Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e do Turismo (Porto) *Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração ( Aveiro) *Instituto Superior de Comunicação Empresarial (Lisbon School of Business Communication) *Instituto Superior D. Dinis (

Marinha Grande Marinha Grande () is a municipality in the Leiria District, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 39,032, in an area of 187.25 km². The city itself has a population of 32,330. It is located right in the middle of the 700-year-old Leiria pine ...

) *Instituto Superior de Entre Douro e Vouga (

Santa Maria da Feira Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Torres Vedras Torres Vedras () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon in the Oeste region, in the Centro of Portugal. The population was 83,075, in an area of . History In 1148, Afonso I took th ...

) *Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas de Lisboa (Lisbon and Porto) *ISAVE - Instituto Superior de Saúde (

Amares Amares () is a municipality in Braga District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,889, in an area of 81.95 km². The present Mayor is Manuel Moreira, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is June 13. Demographic ...

) *Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências (Lisbon) *ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia (Vila Nova de Gaia) *ISLA - Instituto Superior de Gestão e Administração de Santarém *Escola Superior de Enfermagem Dr. José Timóteo Montalvão Machado ( Chaves) *Escola Superior de Enfermagem São Francisco das Misericórdias (Lisbon) *Escola Superior de Enfermagem de São José de Cluny (

) *Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (

Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.10& ...

)

Military and police higher education

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Military Academy A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

* Naval School * Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna

Universities

Public universities

Public distance learning universities

Private

Private universities

Private institutes and schools

Polytechnic institutes

Public polytechnic institutes and schools

Private polytechnic institutes and schools

Military and police higher education

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