Universidade Lusófona

Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Motto Humani nihil alienum
Type Private University
Established 1987
Rector Mário Moutinho
Students 10,271 (2008)[1]
Location Lisbon, Portugal
Campus Urban
Website www.ulusofona.pt

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies) is the largest Portuguese private university, and the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Indeed, promotion of Lusophony (the speaking of Portuguese) is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees.

History

The Universidade Lusofona started in 1987 in Lisbon and is the property of Grupo Lusófona a Portuguese private investor group geared at developing higher education institutions in Lusophone countries. Since then Universidade Lusófona has opened semi-autonomous offshoots in Porto, Luanda, Mindelo (2007).

Courses offered

First Cycle of the Bologna process ("licenciatura" or undergraduate degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Department of Social and Human Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences, Architecture, Arts, and Information Technology

Department of Health Sciences

Department of Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Psychology

Department of Economy and Management

Second Cycle of the Bologna process (master's degrees)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Department of Social and Human Sciences

Department of Communication Sciences, Arts, and Information Technology

Department of Health Sciences

Department of Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Department of Veterinary Madicine

Department of Psychology

Department of Economy and Management

Third Cycle of the Bologna process (doctor's degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Department of Social and Human Sciences

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Department of Psychology

Hazing Deaths

In December 2013, six students of the university drowned to death at Meco Beach in an alleged hazing (praxes in Portuguese) incident.[2]

External links

References

  1. http://www.estatisticas.gpeari.mctes.pt/archive/doc/insc07_08__difusao_.xls
  2. Minder, Raphael (18 March 2014). "Student Deaths Spark Debate Over Hazing at Portugal’s Universities". The New York Times. p. A11 (New York Edition). Retrieved 19 March 2014.

Coordinates: 38°45′29″N 9°09′07″W / 38.7581°N 9.1519°W / 38.7581; -9.1519

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