Catholic University of Portugal
| Catholic University of Portugal | |
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| motto | A Ω Veritati |
| founding | 1971 |
| place | Lisbon (headquarters), Porto , Braga and Beiras |
| country |
 Portugal
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| Reitora | Isabel Maria de Oliveira Capeloa Gil |
| Students | 11,204 (2006) |
| Employee | 1,571 (2006) |
| Networks | FIUC |
| Website | www.ucp.pt |
The Catholic University of Portugal ( port. : Universidade Católica Portuguesa , UCP) was founded in 1971 as a Catholic, public educational institution in Lisbon established. A fundamental consideration was the local separation of research and teaching, which is why further so-called “regional centers” were built. These regional centers are in Lisbon, Porto , Braga and Beiras in the Viseu district . Today there are 18 faculties as well as universities and institutes for education and research.
history
The first considerations to establish a Catholic university in Portugal arose when the teaching staff for philosophy at the St. Pauls School in Panty (Braga) , the center of spiritual education in Portugal was here. This school was founded by the Jesuits who, after a long absence, had resumed teaching in 1875. In 1910 they had to leave Panty again and then returned to school in 1934, their target was shaped by the doctrine of the faith. In the following years they founded the Institute for the Study of Philosophy, which in 1942 was recognized by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Training as the “University of Philosophy” and in 1947 was elevated to a Pontifical College.
By the papal decree Lusitanorum nobilissima gens of October 13, 1967, the institute was transformed into the "Faculty of Philosophy at the Portuguese Catholic University", which was moved to Lisbon in the same year and handed over to the Portuguese Bishops' Conference . The Faculty of Theology was established there in 1968 and Human Sciences in 1971.
It received state recognition as a university in connection with a concordat , it was now an equal and equal university for the state and the Roman Catholic Church. In the years that followed, the university developed into a public and ecclesiastical institution with many courses and specialist areas. The entire training of academic and scientific students is based on the principles and values of Christian teaching. Today the university enjoys a high degree of autonomy and has achieved the reputation of an “elite university”.
organization
Lisbon
The Lisbon Regional Center (Contro Regional do Lisboa) has the following faculties: Human Sciences , Economics and Management, Law , Theology and Technology . The following institutes also belong to it: Institute for European Studies, Institute for Pedagogy , Institute for Politics , Institute for General Health Education and the Institute for Oriental Studies . The head office is also located here.
Beiras
The Beiras Regional Center (Centro Regional do Beiras) was founded in 1980 and has its headquarters in Viseu, as well as two further branches in Leiria and Figueira da Foz. The following courses are offered here: Classical or modern philosophy , history, business administration, mathematics , computer science , architecture and dentistry. In the Faculty of Philosophy, a German department was founded in 1993, in addition to German literature , language and linguistics, didactics of German as a foreign language is also offered.
Braga
The Regional Center Braga (Centro Regional do Braga) in the district of Panty this university was founded can look back on over 40 years of history. It houses the University of Philosophy as the oldest faculty still founded by Jesuits, the Faculty of Theology and, since 2001, the Faculty of Social Sciences.
postage
The Porto Regional Center (Centro Regional do Porto) began its first lectures in the Faculty of Law in 1978. The center was expanded by the University of Biotechnology in 1984, followed in 1986/87 by a further course in the administration university. Between 1996 and 2004 the Institute for Human Sciences and Theology, the University of Music and Drama, the Faculty of Psychology and the Institute for Educational Sciences followed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ UCP: Equipa riding Oral. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed October 3, 2019 .