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FEUP IN FIGURES 2016

• 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	553
FTE 1 teaching staff	396
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	93%
Researchers	366 2
Non-academic staff	350 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.

² About 90% are research fellows.

³ About 24% belong to the UPDigital shared services of UPorto (SPUP).
   Does not include piece work contracts.

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TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Programme (2016/2017)

Courses	84
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	24
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	4
Stand-alone training courses	32

Admissions (2016/2017)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	1 775
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	3.7
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	53%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	17.7
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	23
New students enrolled on Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	1 284
New students enrolled on Masters courses	248
New students enrolled on PhD courses	220

Students enrolled⁴ (2016/2017)

Degree syllabus	6 770 (fem.g.: 30%)
Undergraduate courses	152
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	5 397
Masters courses	473
PhD courses	748
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	16.1 5
Non-degree syllabus	1154
Advanced Studies courses	23
Stand-alone training courses	394
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	737

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 2016/2017, or in year
1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2016.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	1 142
Undergraduate degree courses	8
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) degree courses	868
Masters degree courses	147
PhD courses	119

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	33%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	68%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	82%

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	25
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP or interface institutes	10
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	15
R&D units rated as Outstanding, Excellent, or Very Good	84%
Scientific Publications
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Thomson Reuters	862
from which, with foreign coauthors	392
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science per FTE PhD holder	2.2
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	63 6
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	16 6
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	47 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)	80
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2015/2016)	441 (47.7%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	366
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2015/2016)	47 (5.1%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed in 2016/Cumulative total	26/147
Spin-off companies in 2016 (cumulative total)	21
Events	308
Cultural events	43
Scientific and academic events	245
Sports events	3
Events related to student associations	17
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 (2016/2017)
Mobility students – INCOMING	502
Mobility students – OUTGOING	373
International students on undergraduate and integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses (FTE)	115 8
International students on Masters courses (FTE)	101 8
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	212 8

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
UPorto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	37-38/162-163
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	13/58
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	16/80-81
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	23/84-87
Qs Ranking
UPorto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	67/184
Best Global University Ranking
UPorto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	29/101

⁸ Does not include students on mobility programmes.

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RESOURCES

Physical Resources
Total area of the FEUP campus	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	258
Number of computers available for teaching	2 123
Investment in lab equipment	1.49 M¤
Financial Resources 9
State budget	24.95 M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	13.84 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	10.12 M¤

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

 

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  Finalised on 31/05/2016.