University of Madeira
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| founding | September 13, 1988 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Funchal , Portugal |
| Presidente do Conselho de Gestão / Reitor | José Manuel Cunha Leal Molarinho Carmo |
| Students | 3,139 (2018) |
| Website | www.uma.pt |
The University of Madeira ( Portuguese : Universidade da Madeira ) is a university in Funchal on the island of Madeira ( Portugal ). It was founded on September 13, 1988 .
Some historical forerunners were housed in the rooms of the Jesuit college established in 1599. The oldest institution was the seminary, but today there is no longer a theology department. The oldest still existing faculty is the medical one (founded in 1816), which today is outsourced and self-administered, there was also an institute for geometry, which mainly served military purposes, and is now also supervised by the art history department.
Today's departments are located in several new buildings on the outskirts of the city, only the administration and some smaller departments are still housed in the Jesuit college.
Being taught
- Mathematics and natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology)
- Education and Psychology
- in the humanities Romance studies, English studies and German studies
- Economics
- Art history as well
- Sports.
The Institute for Oceanography is internationally staffed and, together with the relevant departments of the Universities of Lisbon, Kiel, Aberdeen / Scotland and Gainesville / Florida, it oversees a project to research sea turtles .
Around 2,500 students were enrolled at this university in 2005.
The following courses are currently available:
- Undergraduate 1st Bologna cycle:
- Art and multimedia
- biology
- biochemistry
- Cultural studies
- Education for the elderly
- Communication, culture and organizations
- design
- Interactive media design
- economy
- Kindergarten and elementary school
- Physical education and sport
- Nursing
- Civil engineering
- Electrical engineers and telecommunications
- Computer engineers
- English and business relations
- Business administration
- psychology
- chemistry
- Social work
Web links
- Official Website (Portuguese)
