University of Beira Interior

Nowadays, UBI is a national and international reference institution, in the spheres of education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship. More and more concerned about quality, UBI has invested in the creation of well-equipped laboratories, in the expansion of its facilities, in the involvement in research projects of national and international scope, and in a qualified teaching staff. Two of the hallmarks of this University are the provision of laboratories in all teaching areas and teacher-student proximity education. With approximately 7000 students, this institution has now more than 29 undergraduate or master courses, about 40 2nd cycle/master courses and about 25 3rd cycle/doctorate courses, distributed by its five faculties: Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Letters and Faculty of Health Sciences. Currently, in terms of human resources, UBI has more than 600 teachers and 270 employees throughout its five faculties and services.

The mission of the University of Beira Interior is to "Promote high-level qualification, production, transmission, critique and dissemination of knowledge, culture, science and technology, through study, teaching and research". The UBI shall define itself as an alive and vibrant community, recognized for the quality of its performance in teaching, research and knowledge transfer, and with a strong commitment to the region.

We aim at a University:

• Recognized for solidity and quality of teaching and research, whose graduates, masters and doctors may affirm themselves nationally and internationally for the quality of their training;
• That does not turn inwards, indifferent to society and to the surrounding world;
• That plays a crucial role in the social and economic development of the region and of the country; a University that is able to promote and nurture technology-based companies, advanced services, which is a pole of innovation capable of transforming Beira Interior in a region of Great human and technological potential; a University that creates partnerships with other regional bodies and that can be a space for networking among them;
• guided by principles of waste combat and maintained by the efficient management of its resources and processes