Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
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Engineering
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faculty of the University of Porto
University of Porto
The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...
, in Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. With its origins in the 18th century, the institution became known as Faculdade de Engenharia in 1926. It awards degrees from the licentiate
Licentiate
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to doctorate
Doctorate
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, in several engineering fields, ranging from mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
to chemical engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
. It is a top-level engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
school, known to be one of the best in Europe
Europe
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, as well as in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
with Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
The Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCTUNL or FCT for short, is a Portuguese faculty of the New University of Lisbon located on the Caparica Campus, near Lisbon....
and Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico is a reputed school of engineering, part of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa . IST is the largest and the most prestigious school of engineering in Portugal...
.
Departments
The Faculty is organized by departments, which have some autonomy and can be divided in sections, if their dimension or scientific aims recommend it.- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Informatics Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Management
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Mining Engineering
Notable alumni
- Belmiro de AzevedoBelmiro de AzevedoBelmiro Mendes de Azevedo is a Portuguese entrepreneur, ranked by Forbes as the 605th richest person in the world , as well as the 2nd richest in Portugal, with an estimated wealth of US$2 billion...
- Entrepreneur, ranked as the second richest person in Portugal - Edgar CardosoEdgar CardosoEdgar Cardoso was a noted Portuguese civil engineer and university professor. In Portugal, Edgar Cardoso was a pioneer of experimental analysis of structures and of high precision instruments development for measure mechanical sizes in the little models and in his own works.-Early life:Cardoso...
- Civil engineer - Carlos ResendeCarlos ResendeCarlos Alberto da Rocha Resende is a former Portuguese handball player and a current coach.He played most of his career at FC Porto, except for a period of five years when he represent ABC Braga. He started a coach career at 2006, and he's currently the coach for FC Porto.He's the most capped...
- former handball player and a current coach