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FEUP IN FIGURES 2020

• 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	611
FTE 1 teaching staff	409
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	90%
Researchers	139
Research Fellows	257 2
Non-academic staff	257 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.

² 21 are pos-doc researchers.

³ In addition, 14 employees belong to UPDigital and to the shared services of U.Porto (SPUP). Does not include piecework contracts.

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TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Programme (2020/2021)

Courses	102
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	19
PhD courses	24
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	5
Stand-alone training courses	41

Admissions (2020/2021)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	2 342
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	2.8
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	64%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	17.95
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	38
New students enrolled on Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	1 605
New students enrolled on Masters courses	378
New students enrolled on PhD courses	321

Students enrolled⁴ (2020/2021)

Degree syllabus	7 518 (fem.g.: 32%)
Undergraduate courses	159
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses	5 696
Masters courses	660
PhD courses	1 003
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	17.0 5
Non-degree syllabus	1 113
Advanced Studies courses	20
Stand-alone training courses	686
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	407

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 2020/2021, or in year 1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2020.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	1 086
Undergraduate degree courses	11
Integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) degree courses	806
Masters degree courses	180
PhD courses	89

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	37%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	71%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	91%

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	23
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP or interface institutes	8
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	15
R&D units rated as Outstanding, Excellent, or Very Good	100%
Scientific Publications
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Clarivate Analytics	1 184
from which, with foreign coauthors	640
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science per FTE PhD holder	2.4
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	1536
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	256
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	1046

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)	56
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2018/2019)	315 (40%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	504
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2018/2019)	33 (3.3%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed	19
Patent international extensions filed	20
Spin-off companies in 2018(cumulative total)	23
Events	276
Cultural events	36
Scientific and academic events	231
Events related to student associations	9
Economic Impact
Economic impact of FEUP activity in Porto 7	57.3 M¤

⁷ The economic impact of FEUP was estimated by means of multipliers method, formulated by Fernandes, R. (2007). ‘Local and regional impacts of the University of Porto’, Master’s thesis in Economy, FEP, U.Porto and adapted in 2020 to FEUP.

INTERNATIONALIZATION

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

Training at International Level (2020/2021)
Mobility students – INCOMING	222
Mobility students – OUTGOING	217
International students on undergraduate and integrated Masters (1st and 2nd cycle) courses (FTE)	426 8
International students on Masters courses (FTE)	287 8
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	333 8

 

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	30/174
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	14/86
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	17/92
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	20/78
Qs Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	50/156
Times Higher Education Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	103-143/301-400

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	252
Number of computers available for teaching	2 968
Investment in lab equipment	1,51 M¤
Financial Resources 9
State budget	27.45M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	32.28 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	14.79 M¤

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

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Finalised on 07/07/2021.
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