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FEUP IN FIGURES 2018

• 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	568
FTE 1 teaching staff	406
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	91%
Researchers	64
Research Fellows	403 2
Non-academic staff	258 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.

² 24% are pos-doc researchers.

³ In addition, 93 employees belong to UPDigital and to the shared services of UPorto (SPUP).
Does not include piecework contracts.

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TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Programme (2018/2019)

Courses	87
Degree courses
Undergraduate courses	3
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	10
All the integrated masters whose host institution is FEUP, as well as the master in Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering exhibit the European quality label EUR-ACE (www.enaee.eu).
Masters courses	13
PhD courses	25
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	4
Stand-alone training courses	32

Admissions (2018/2019)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	1 929
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	3.2
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	62%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	17.2
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	20
New students enrolled on Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	1 367
New students enrolled on Masters courses	304
New students enrolled on PhD courses	238

Students enrolled⁴ (2018/2019)

Degree syllabus	6 861 (fem.g.: 32%)
Undergraduate courses	144
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	5 320
Masters courses	554
PhD courses	843
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	15.8 5
Non-degree syllabus	1438
Advanced Studies courses	33
Stand-alone training courses	784
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	621

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

⁵ Includes the number of FTE students enrolled on 1st and 2nd cycle courses in 2018/2019, 
or in year 1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2018.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	1 129
Undergraduate degree courses	17
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) degree courses	846
Masters degree courses	164
PhD courses	102

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	51%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	84%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	93%

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	22
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP or interface institutes	10
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	12
R&D units rated as Outstanding, Excellent, or Very Good	86%
Scientific Publications
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Thomson Reuters	909
from which, with foreign coauthors	520
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science per FTE PhD holder	2.3
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	150 6
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	206
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	81 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)	68
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2017/2018)	382 (44%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	437
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2016/2017)	41 (4.7%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed	10
Patent international extensions filed	45
Spin-off companies in 2018(cumulative total)	21
Events	351
Cultural events	37
Scientific and academic events	291
Events related to student associations	23
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 (2018/2019)
Mobility students – INCOMING	578
Mobility students – OUTGOING	465
International students on undergraduate and integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses (FTE)	313 8
International students on Masters courses (FTE)	210 8
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	288 8

⁸ Does not include students on mobility programmes.

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	33-34/163-165
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	9/53
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	15-16/83-85
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	22/80
Qs Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	47-48/135
Best Global University Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	34-35/116

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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	248
Number of computers available for teaching	2 128
Investment in lab equipment	941 M¤
Financial Resources 9
State budget	25.72M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	30.64 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	10.19 M¤

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

 

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  Finalised on 08/07/2019.