University · Porto, Portugal

University of Porto

Public research university in Porto, Portugal

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About

instance of	public research university open-access publisher academic archive organization
inception	1911
native label	Universidade do Porto (pt)
language used	Portuguese

Location and contact

country	Portugal
located in the administrative territorial entity	Porto
headquarters location	Rectory of the University of Oporto · since 2006 Quartel da Quinta da Torre da Marca · 1976–2006 Rectory of the University of Oporto · 1911–1976 Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science of the University of Porto Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto
street address	Reitoria da Universidade do Porto Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto (pt)
coordinate location	41.1467, -8.6156
official website	http://www.up.pt

People and numbers

rector	António Sousa Pereira · 2018–2026 Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo · 2014–2018 José Carlos Diogo Marques dos Santos · 2006–2014 Alberto Amaral · 1985–1998 Francisco Gomes Teixeira · 1911–1917 6 more Alfredo Magalhães · 1926–1928 Augusto Nobre · 1919–1926 José Pereira Salgado · 1934–1943 Ruy Luís Gomes · 1974–1975 Luís António de Oliveira Ramos · 1982–1985 Pedro Nuno Teixeira · since 2026

rector

António Sousa Pereira · 2018–2026
Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo · 2014–2018
José Carlos Diogo Marques dos Santos · 2006–2014
Alberto Amaral · 1985–1998
Francisco Gomes Teixeira · 1911–1917

6 more

Alfredo Magalhães · 1926–1928
Augusto Nobre · 1919–1926
José Pereira Salgado · 1934–1943
Ruy Luís Gomes · 1974–1975
Luís António de Oliveira Ramos · 1982–1985
Pedro Nuno Teixeira · since 2026

Rankings and recognition

ranking	237 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (12) 278 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 253 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 274 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 295 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 357 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 353 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 328 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 301 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 323 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 308 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 293 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 343 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
award received	Honorary Member of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

ranking

237 · QS World University Rankings · 2026

Earlier figures (12)

278 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
253 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
274 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
295 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
357 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
353 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
328 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
301 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
323 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
308 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
293 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
343 · QS World University Rankings · 2014

award received

Honorary Member of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Mangement Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar · object of statement has role: medical school Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: medical school Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: faculty of science Faculty of Law of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: faculty of law 11 more Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: faculty of pharmacy School of Economics and Management of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: faculty of economics Porto School of Architecture Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: faculty of humanities Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto · object of statement has role: engineering school Escola Médico-Cirúrgica do Porto School of Economics and Management of the University of Porto Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto Faculty of Sports of University of Porto Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Porto
member of	Confederation of Open Access Repositories European University Association Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment ASEAN European Academic University Network · since 2016 2 more International Association of Universities European University Alliance for Global Health
replaces	Academia Polytechnica do Porto

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Clérigos (53939838503).jpg
logo image	Logoup.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (9)

Commons category	University of Porto
topic's main category	Category:University of Porto
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Porto alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the University of Porto
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
described by source	Open GLAM Survey · 1 March 2022
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:690:810:c::/64 2001:690:810:21::/64 2001:690:2200::/48
API endpoint URL	https://wayf.up.pt/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
Commons Institution page	University of Porto

Identifiers in other databases (58)

ARAE ID	universidad-de-oporto-1911
Archives Portal Europe ID	PT-00000028655
ARWU university ID	University-of-Porto
BHL creator ID	95401
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12074660c
BIBSYS ID	12008280
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11084495
Crunchbase organization ID	university-of-porto
Dialnet author ID	930220
ELMCIP ID	8681
EU Knowledge Graph item ID	Q2993198
EU Participant Identification Code	999894916
EU Transparency Register ID	870039427179-40 · object named as: Universidade do Porto
EU VAT number	PT501413197
FactGrid item ID	Q465306
FES digital collections entity ID	431544
Freebase ID	/m/03xlc0
GND ID	36099-5
Google Maps Customer ID	4859693478109572215
Google Scholar organization ID	6139287000594560576
GRID ID	grid.5808.5
HAL structure ID	216836
IdRef ID	02903647X
ISNI	0000000115037226 0000000121739996
J9U entity ID	987007459365305171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	36099-5
KISTI ID	K000204597
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n50006404 · subject named as: Universidade do Porto
LibraryThing author ID	universidadedoporto
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	182534213 1314883759
National Library of Brazil ID	000636244
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9811472171205606
National Library of Portugal ID	36325
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID	XX144970
NL CR AUT ID	ko2007396711 · subject named as: Universidade do Porto
NUKAT ID	n2017146881
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100006752
OpenAlex ID	P4310318480 · subject named as: University of Porto
QS World University ID	university-porto
Quora topic ID	University-of-Porto-1
RERO ID (legacy)	A005466106
Ringgold ID	26706
RoMEO publisher ID	903
ROR ID	043pwc612
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	6865
SNARC ID	Q50042
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-porto
U-Multirank university ID	university-of-porto
Union List of Artist Names ID	500308153
University of Barcelona authority ID	981058598101406706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)	ADV10060673
Vatican Library VcBA ID	494/36959
VIAF cluster ID	128844680 273165777
Wellcome Collection concept ID	c9a6zjyp
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-018591
‎HAND ID	F25A-7B27-DF1D-35F2-B371
‎Scilit organization ID	292
‎Yale LUX ID	group/00f8ad34-29db-4d54-8ac3-3b0df3b49a3f