The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD;

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: ''Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro'') is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

located in the north-eastern city of

Vila Real Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality cover ...

, Portugal. It became a

in 1986, although its history also includes a heritage received from its predecessor, the ''Vila Real Polytechnic Institute'', created in 1973. This Institute took on a relevant role in the development of the region, and in September 1979, it was converted into the ''Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro Higher Education Institute''. It was due to the intense activity in the fields of teaching and scientific and technological research that, less than ten years later, the government granted its status as a qualified University.

Organization

The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto includes four university schools and one

polytechnic Polytechnic is most commonly used to refer to schools, colleges, or universities that qualify as an institute of technology or vocational university also sometimes called universities of applied sciences. Polytechnic may also refer to: Educatio ...

school: *School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; *School of Human and Social Sciences; *School of Sciences and Technology; *School of Life and Environmental Sciences; *Vila Real Higher School of Nursing (polytechnic).

Academic programs

Bachelor degrees

All BAs listed below are at major level. The Portuguese-language title, ''Licenciatura'', indicates that they confer an automatic

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for working in a particular profession. In spite of this, some professions may additionally require enrolling in specific professional orders. All engineering, architecture, and medical degrees of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro are recognised ("reconhecidos") by these professional orders, and students completing a Bachelor of Arts at this university are exempted from additional examinations for access to those orders. Both

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

and

types of degree are awarded in UTAD, however, most are University. The

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

degree is given at ESEVR – Nursing School of Vila Real (''Escola de Enfermagem de Vila Real''). * Sociocultural

Leadership Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets vi ...

(''Animação Sociocultural'') (Admissions Closed on 2012/2013) * Landscape Architecture (''Arquitectura Paisagista'') * Bioengineering (''Bioengenharia'') *

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

(''Biologia'') *

and

Geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

(''Biologia e Geologia'') *

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

(''Bioquímica'') *

Food Science Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development ...

(''Ciência Alimentar'') *

Communication Sciences Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in different ...

(''Ciências da Comunicação'') *

Sport Sciences Sports science is a discipline that studies how the healthy human body works during exercise, and how sport and physical activity promote health and performance from cellular to whole body perspectives. The study of sports science traditionally inc ...

(Ciências do Desporto) *

Communications Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

and

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...

(''Comunicação e Multimédia'') * Applied Ecology (''Ecologia Aplicada'') (Admissions Closed on 2012/2013) *

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

(''Economia'') *

Elementary Education Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or fir ...

(''Educação Básica'') *

Physical Education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorat ...

(''Educação Física e Desporto Escolar'') *

(''Enfermagem'') (Given at ESEVR) *

Agricultural Engineering Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, ...

(''Engenharia Agrícola'') *

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

(''Engenharia Biomédica'') *

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

(''Engenharia Civil'') *

Energy Engineering Energy engineering or Energy Systems Engineering is a broad field of engineering dealing with energy efficiency, energy services, facility management, plant engineering, environmental compliance, sustainable energy and renewable energy tec ...

(''Engenharia de Energias'') * Human Accessibility and Rehabilitation Engineering (''Engenharia de Reabilitação e Acessibilidade Humanas'') *

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

(''Engenharia do Ambiente'') * Electrical Engineering (''Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores'') * Forest Engineering (''Engenharia Florestal'') *

Informatics Engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers n ...

(''Engenharia Informática'') *

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

(''Engenharia Mecânica'') * Zootechnical Engineering (''Engenharia Zootécnica'') * Oenology (''Enologia'') *

Genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

and

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

(''Genética e Biotecnologia'') *

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

(''Gestão'') * Languages and Business Relationships (''Línguas e Relações Empresariais'') * Languages,

Literatures Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

and

Cultures Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylo ...

(''Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas'') *

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

(''Medicina Veterinária'') ( Integrated Master – BA+MSc) *

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

(''Psicologia'') * Psychomotor Rehabilitation (''Reabilitação Psicomotora'') *

Social Service Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administ ...

(''Serviço Social'') *

Theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and Performing Arts (''Teatro e Artes Performativas'') *

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...

(''Turismo'')

Master's degrees

* Agronomic Engineering (''Engenharia Agronómica'') * Biochemistry (''Bioquímica'') * Bioinformatics and Applications to Life Sciences (''Bioinformática e Aplicações às Ciências da Vida'') * Biomedical Engineering (''Engenharia Biomédica'') * Biotechnology for Health Sciences (''Biotecnologia para as Ciências da Saúde'') * Childhood Education and Teaching of Basic Education, 1st Cycle (''Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico'') * Cities Challenges (''Desafio das Cidades'') * Civil Engineering (''Engenharia Civil'') * Clinical Laboratory Biology (''Biologia Clínica Laboratorial'') * Communication Sciences (''Ciências da Comunicação'') * Community nursing in family health nursing (''Enfermagem Comunitária na Área de Enfermagem de Saúde Familiar'') * Cultural Sciences (''Ciências da Cultura'') * Economic and Management Sciences (''Ciências Económicas e Empresariais'') * Educational Sciences (''Ciências da Educação'') * Electrical and Computing Engineering (''Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores'') * Environmental Engineering (''Engenharia do Ambiente'') * Food Engineering (''Engenharia Alimentar'') * Forestry Engineering (''Engenharia Florestal'') * Geographic Information Systems on Agronomic and Forestry Sciences (''Sistemas de Informação Geográfica em Ciências Agronómicas e Florestais'') * Gerontology : Physical Activity and Health in the Elderly (''Gerontologia: Atividade Física e Saúde no Idoso'') * Health Care Services Management (''Gestão dos Serviços de Saúde'') * Informatics Engineering (''Engenharia Informática'') * Informatics Engineering and Web Technology (''Engenharia Informática e Tecnologia Web'') * International Master in Performance Analysis of Sport (''Mestrado Internacional em Análise da Performance Desportiva'') * Landscape Architecture (''Arquitetura Paisagista'') * Management (''Gestão'') * Mechanical Engineering (''Engenharia Mecânica'') * Multimedia Technology (''Tecnologia Multimédia'') * Oenology and Viticulture (''Enologia e Viticultura'') * Outdoor Sport Sustainability and Health (''Desporto de Natureza Sustentabilidade e Saúde'') * Psychology (''Psicologia'') * Social Work (''Serviço Social'') * Sports Sciences (''Ciências do Desporto'') * Teaching 1st CBE and Mathematics & Natural Sciences in 2nd CBE (''Ensino do 1º CEB e de Matemática & Ciências Naturais no 2ºCEB'') * Teaching of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

(''Ensino de Informática'') * Teaching of Physical Education at basic and secondary education levels (''Ensino de Educação Física nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário'') * Teaching on 1st Cycle of Basic Education and Portuguese , History and Geography of Portugal in the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education (''Ensino do 1º CEB e Português, História e Geografia de Portugal no 2º CEB'') * Technologic, Comparative and Molecular Genetics (''Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica'') * Zootechnical Engineering (''Engenharia Zootécnica'')

Doctoral degrees

* Computer and Electrical Engineering (''Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores'') *Technology and Comparative

Molecular Genetics Molecular genetics is a sub-field of biology that addresses how differences in the structures or expression of DNA molecules manifests as variation among organisms. Molecular genetics often applies an "investigative approach" to determine the ...

(''Genética Molecular Comparativa e Tecnológica'') *

(''Informática'')

Post-baccalaureate studies

Special Education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

(''Pós-Licenciatura em Educação Especial'')

Postgraduate studies

*Management of

Theme Routes A scenic route, tourist road, tourist route, tourist drive, holiday route, theme route, or scenic byway is a specially designated road or waterway that travels through an area of natural or cultural beauty. It often passes by scenic viewpoint ...

(''Pós-Gradução em Gestão de Rotas Temáticas'') *

Translation Studies Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and localization. As an interdiscipline, translation studies borrows much from the vari ...

(''Pós-Gradução em Tradução'')

Notes

References

External links

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