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FEUP IN FIGURES 2019

• 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	613
FTE 1 teaching staff	408
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	91%
Researchers	124
Research Fellows	343 2
Non-academic staff	257 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.

² 14% are pos-doc researchers.

³ In addition, 15 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 (2019/2020)

Courses	94
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 have been awarded the International EUR-ACE quality label (www.enaee.eu). (www.enaee.eu).
Masters courses	17
PhD courses	24
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	3
Stand-alone training courses	37

Admissions (2019/2020)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	2 010
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	3.1
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	62%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	17.4
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	23
New students enrolled on Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	1 349
New students enrolled on Masters courses	360
New students enrolled on PhD courses	278

Students enrolled⁴ (2019/2020)

Degree syllabus	6 984 (fem.g.: 33%)
Undergraduate courses	147
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	5 338
Masters courses	620
PhD courses	879
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	15.8 5
Non-degree syllabus	1712
Advanced Studies courses	14
Stand-alone training courses	1012
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	686

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 2019/2020,
or in year 1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2019.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	1 122
Undergraduate degree courses	8
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) degree courses	846
Masters degree courses	172
PhD courses	96

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	52%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	83%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	94%

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	21
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP or interface institutes	9
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	12
R&D units rated as Outstanding, Excellent, or Very Good	90%
Scientific Publications
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Clarivate Analytics	963
from which, with foreign coauthors	517
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)	164 6
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	126
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	91 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)	64
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2018/2019)	359 (42%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	480
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2018/2019)	37 (4.3%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed	13
Patent international extensions filed	41
Spin-off companies in 2018(cumulative total)	21
Events	362
Cultural events	34
Scientific and academic events	303
Events related to student associations	25
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	567
Mobility students – OUTGOING	396
International students on undergraduate and integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses (FTE)	391 8
International students on Masters courses (FTE)	309 8
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	292 8

⁸ Does not include students on mobility programmes.

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	34/181
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	16/79
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	17/89
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	23/86
Qs Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	57-58/178
Times Higher Education Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	109-151/301-400

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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	252
Number of computers available for teaching	2 187
Investment in lab equipment	710 k¤
Financial Resources 9
State budget	26.22M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	28.34 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	11.17 M¤

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

 

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Finalised on 07/07/2020.