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FEUP IN FIGURES 2015

• HUMAN RESOURCES
• TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY
• RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
• FEUP AND SOCIETY – THE THIRD MISSION
• INTERNATIONALIZATION
• RESOURCES

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources
Teaching staff	536
FTE 1 teaching staff	396
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	92%
Researchers	315 2
Non-academic staff	340 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.

² About 90% are research fellows.

³ About 30% belong to the new shared services of UPorto (SPUP) and UPDigital.
Does not include piece work contracts.

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TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Programme (2015/2016)

Courses	71
Degree courses
Undergraduate courses	3
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	9
All the integrated masters, as well as the master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering exhibit the European quality label EUR-ACE (www.enaee.eu).
Masters courses	12
PhD courses	22
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	3
Stand-alone training courses	22

Admissions (2015/2016)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	1 787
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	3.5
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	51%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	16.5
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	26
New students enrolled on Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	1 331
New students enrolled on Masters courses	236
New students enrolled on PhD courses	194

Students enrolled⁴ (2015/2016)

Degree syllabus	6 839 (g.fem.: 29.2%)
Undergraduate courses	159
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	5 511
Masters courses	440
PhD courses	729
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	16.1 5
Non-degree syllabus	1098
Advanced Studies courses	16
Stand-alone training courses	355
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	727

⁴ Does not include students on mobility programmes (see Internationalization). Includes the share
of FEUP in courses in partnership with other organic units of UPorto, or with other Higher
Education institutions.

⁵ Includes the number of FTE students enrolled on 1st and 2nd cycle courses in 2015/2016,or in year
1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2015.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	1 118
Undergraduate degree courses	10
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) degree courses	862
Masters degree courses	133
PhD courses	113

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	36%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	67%
Students employed 6 months after graduation	79%

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	20
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP	7
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	14
R&D units rated as Outstanding, Excellent, or Very Good	86%
Scientific Publications
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Thomson Reuters	762
from which, with foreign coauthors	344
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science per FTE PhD holder	2.0
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	94 6
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	26 6
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	45 6

⁶ The figures do not include projects under the direction of independent institutes.

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FEUP AND SOCIETY – THE THIRD MISSION

 

Cooperation
Cooperation agreements with companies (active)	112
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2014/2015)	411 (47.4%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	353
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2014/2015)	41 (4.7%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed in 2015/Cumulative total	36/121
Spin-off companies in 2015 (cumulative total)	21
Events	284
Cultural events	35
Scientific and academic events	234
Sports events	2
Events related to student associations	13
Economic Impact
Economic impact of FEUP activity in Porto 7	32.7 M¤

⁷ The economic impact of FEUP was estimated by means of multipliers method (Fernandes, R. (2007).
‘Local and regional impacts of the University of Porto’, Master’s thesis in Economy, Faculdade de
Economia , Universidade do Porto, Porto.)

INTERNATIONALIZATION

FEUP as a Member of International Associations
Participation in international associations	CESAER, MAGALHÃES, IACEE, EAUC, AESOP, IGIP, etc.

Training at International Level (2015/2016)
Mobility students – INCOMING	316
Mobility students – OUTGOING	389
International students on undergraduate and integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses (FTE)	79 8
International students on Masters and Specialisation courses (FTE)	75 8
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	199 8

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Posição
UPorto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	36/157
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	14/59
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	15/76
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	25/80
Qs Ranking
UPorto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	55/168
Best Global University Ranking
UPorto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	21/88

⁸ Does not include students on mobility programmes.

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RESOURCES

Physical Resources
Total area of the FEUP campus FEUP	93 918 m2
Green spaces	23 000 m2
Building footprint area – FEUP and Students’ Union	26 778 m2
Building footprint area – Interface Institutes	3 600 m2
Building gross floor area – FEUP and Students’ Union	84 485 m2
Building gross floor area – Library	6 419 m2
Building gross floor area – Interface Institutes	13 630 m2
Departments	9
Teaching and research labs	271
Number of computers available for teaching	1 924
Investment in lab equipment	1.99 M¤
Financial Resources 9
State budget	23.20 M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	13.97 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	16.25 M¤

⁹ Does not include income from FEUP academic staff activity under the direction of independent
institutes.

 

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Encerrado a 31/05/2016.