1 LUSÍADA UNIVERSITY 1. INTRODUCTION With approximately 10,000 students, the various campuses of the Universidade Lusíada boasts 700 professors and several Institutes and specialized Study and Research Centers that carry out activities in a number of scientific and cultural areas. The Fundação Minerva – Cultura – Ensino e Investigação Científica, formed by Decreto-Lei nº 117/2003, traces its roots back to the 28th of June, 1986, when it was originally founded as the Cooperativa de Ensino Universidade Lusíada – a higher- education institution that very soon expanded its operations from Lisbon to Oporto and Vila Nova de Famalicão, that became autonomous, recently, from the pedagogical and scientific point of view. Its program of expansion has recently been extended to the Popular Republic of Angola, where it has founded three new campuses – in Luanda, Cabinda and Benguela. Throughout the various campuses, the university currently offers 13 undergraduate degrees (1 st cycle) in Lisbon and 9 in Oporto, in addition, Lusíada has an associate degree in Lisbon, and is authorized to grant the 2 nd cycle Masters Degree in 18 areas of study and the Doctoral Degree in 6 of those same areas. Lusíada is proud of its national and international roles, the position of prestige it has achieved, and especially the contribution it has made to Portugal in providing university education to a large part of its youth. Lusíada’s tens of thousands of graduates are now found in positions of leadership across the professional spectrum, realizing the highest goals of the University, and providing the most eloquent testimony to the success of its mission. This success demands a continuous effort on the part of the University to maintain the excellence of its professors and to update its technical facilities and teaching methods – with the aim that it’s teaching bows only to the rules of quality and academic rigor. It is especially today, in a world marked by turbulence and rapidly changing social and economic landscapes that society demands professionals of high level – cultural, scientific and technical – that only higher education can provide. For this reason, learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door at Lusíada, and the university experience is not reduced to technical instruction targeting a particular profession. A university education must address the humanistic side of life’s larger issues, and spur the student toward social consciousness, through the values of Portuguese tradition, history and culture – sharpen a critical eye, and encourage an appreciation of truth, creativity, and all of the diverse factors that enrich the human condition. Acquiring an ethical and social conscience that will serve as the benchmark for behavior in one’s later years is the ultimate goal of Lusíada’s overall education. It is our earnest hope that the members of our university community go forth to earn
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LUSÍADA UNIVERSITY
1. INTRODUCTION
With approximately 10,000 students, the various campuses of the Universidade
Lusíada boasts 700 professors and several Institutes and specialized Study and
Research Centers that carry out activities in a number of scientific and cultural areas.
The Fundação Minerva – Cultura – Ensino e Investigação Científica, formed by
Decreto-Lei nº 117/2003, traces its roots back to the 28th of June, 1986, when it was
originally founded as the Cooperativa de Ensino Universidade Lusíada – a higher-
education institution that very soon expanded its operations from Lisbon to Oporto
and Vila Nova de Famalicão, that became autonomous, recently, from the pedagogical
and scientific point of view. Its program of expansion has recently been extended to
the Popular Republic of Angola, where it has founded three new campuses – in
Luanda, Cabinda and Benguela.
Throughout the various campuses, the university currently offers 13 undergraduate
degrees (1st cycle) in Lisbon and 9 in Oporto, in addition, Lusíada has an associate
degree in Lisbon, and is authorized to grant the 2nd
cycle Masters Degree in 18 areas
of study and the Doctoral Degree in 6 of those same areas.
Lusíada is proud of its national and international roles, the position of prestige it has
achieved, and especially the contribution it has made to Portugal in providing
university education to a large part of its youth. Lusíada’s tens of thousands of
graduates are now found in positions of leadership across the professional spectrum,
realizing the highest goals of the University, and providing the most eloquent
testimony to the success of its mission.
This success demands a continuous effort on the part of the University to maintain the
excellence of its professors and to update its technical facilities and teaching methods
– with the aim that it’s teaching bows only to the rules of quality and academic rigor.
It is especially today, in a world marked by turbulence and rapidly changing social
and economic landscapes that society demands professionals of high level – cultural,
scientific and technical – that only higher education can provide.
For this reason, learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door at Lusíada, and the
university experience is not reduced to technical instruction targeting a particular
profession. A university education must address the humanistic side of life’s larger
issues, and spur the student toward social consciousness, through the values of
Portuguese tradition, history and culture – sharpen a critical eye, and encourage an
appreciation of truth, creativity, and all of the diverse factors that enrich the human
condition.
Acquiring an ethical and social conscience that will serve as the benchmark for
behavior in one’s later years is the ultimate goal of Lusíada’s overall education. It is
our earnest hope that the members of our university community go forth to earn
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distinction by virtue of the human qualities gained at Lusíada, along with their
professional preparation.
2. UNIVERSITY OFFICERS AND STAFF
Lisbon Rector:
Prof. Doutor Diamantino Durão
Administration Board:
Chairman: Prof. Dr. António Martins da Cruz
Vice-Presidents:
Prof. Doutor Afonso d’Oliveira Martins
Prof. Doutor. António José Moreira
Prof. Dr. João Duarte Redondo
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Leite Pinto
Institutional Coordinator LLP/Erasmus
Prof. Doutor Afonso d´Oliveira Martins
ECTS Coordinator and Erasmus Head Office
Dr. João de Castro Fernandes
Faculty Dean:
Lisbon
Faculty of Architecture and ArtsErro! Marcador não definido.
Prof. Doutor Fernando Reaes Pinto (Arch.)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof. Doutor Carlos Motta
Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Profª Doutora Tânia Gaspar
Institute of Social Work
Profª Doutora Marina Antunes
Faculty of Law
Prof. Doutor José Duarte NogueiraErro! Marcador não definido.
Faculty of Economics and Business Management
Prof. Doutor Mário Caldeira Dias
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Oporto
Faculty of Architecture and ArtsErro! Marcador não definido.
Prof. Doutor Francisco Peixoto Alves (Arch.)
Faculty of LawErro! Marcador não definido.
Prof. Doutor Manuel Porto
Faculty of Economics and Business Management
Prof. Doutora Paula Rodrigues
Course of Psychology
Prof. Doutora Isabel Torres
3. Coordinators of Master and PhD Programs
Architecture
Prof. Doutor Fernando Reais Pinto (Arch.)
Law
Prof. Doutor José Artur Duarte Nogueira
Business Studies
Prof. Doutor Mário Caldeira Dias
International RelationsErro! Marcador não definido.
Prof. Doutor Carlos Motta
Psychology
Profª Doutora Tânia Gaspar
Social Work
Profª. Doutora Marina Antunes
Lusíada Post-Graduate Institute
6. Study Centers:
Lusíada Center for Genealogy and Heraldic Studies
Lusíada Center for Architecture Technologies
Lusíada Center for International Relations Studies
7. Documentation Centers:
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FCT
8. The City of Lisbon
Lisbon has been the Portuguese capital since the 13th
century, and today has a
population of around 1.5 million. Originally embracing seven hilltops (Castelo,
Graça, Monte, Penha de França, S. Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, and
Estrela), the city is laid out like a giant amphitheater on the north bank of the Tejo
(Tagus River), facing out onto this magnificent waterway, and serving as its port,
which, as was observed in days of old, “is a host to the four corners of the world”.
Lisbon is steeped in the memories and vestiges of the many cultures that have called it
home: Phoenician, Carthaginian, Roman and Arab/Moorish. In 1147 the city was
conquered by Dom Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, and quickly became
a seat of political power – which was formally recognized in 1255 by Dom Afonso
III, who elevated Lisbon to the status of the Kingdom’s capital.
The Aviz Dynasty came into royal power as a result of a crisis of succession from
1383-85, decisively ushering in the era of The Discoveries. Throughout the
remainder of the 14th
century and the 15th
, the riverfront teemed with the coming and
going of the caravels that discovered new worlds, opened new seaways, and returned
with the riches and spices of exotic lands. The Portuguese capital was a thriving
metropolis in these days – a crossroads and meeting point for people from every part
of the known world. The economic benefits became an engine of growth, and many
monuments of this period – palaces, convents, churches – remain to this day.
The 1st of November, 1755 brought a natural catastrophe that was of such magnitude
that until today, in Lisbon the word “earthquake” still recalls this dreadful event – so
terrible was the impact that it is indelibly burned into the collective psyche of the
city’s population. Almost two thirds of the city disappeared at a stroke in a single
day, including some of the most revered and majestic architectural works. The Prime
Minister of the moment, the Marquês de Pombal, had the necessary vision and steady
hand to turn the tragedy around into an opportunity, and Lisbon was rebuilt into a
modern city according to carefully rationalized planning. The new urban elements
included a network of sewers, architecturally incorporated fire barriers, broad
boulevards, and a street system laid out along a geometric grid. The result is still
there to see in the “Baixa” – the area from the Rossio to the Praça do Comércio.
The 19th
century was one of constant turmoil. The Napoleonic invasions, the removal
of the Royal Court to Brazil, civil strife between Absolutists and Liberals (and other
factions), and the resulting cultural and economic convulsions, drastically impaired
the nation’s progress until the very end of the century.
Since then, Lisbon has enjoyed steady growth in prosperity and continuous
modernization.
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8.1 Climate conditions
Lisbon’s weather is essentially Atlantic, with some Mediterranean influence. As a
result, temperatures are generally moderate and days are mostly sunny, often even in
the winter. The average temperature on a summer day is 22 degrees Celsius, with
16.7 in the autumn, 12 in the winter, and 15.7 in the spring.
8.2 How to get to the Lusíada University, Lisbon
The Lusíada University is located in the waterfront area of Lisbon, on the Rua da
Junqueira (number 188/198), across the street from historic National Rope Factory
(Cordoaria) and near the Egas Moniz Hospital.
Originally occupying an historic “palace” (the former “Casa Nobre de Lázaro
Leitão”), today the University has been extended into adjoining buildings, all of
which have undergone extensive remodeling in order to prepare them for their current
pedagogical use.
One can reach the University by bus, trolley or train, from many points in the city.
Bus – the following bus routes have a stop right in front of the University: 714 (Praça
da Figueira/Outorela); 727 (Apeadeiro do Areeiro/Restelo); 732 (Hospital de Santa
Maria/Caselas); 743 (Praça da Figueira/Buraca); 749 (Avenida E.U.A./Restelo); and
751 (São Sebastião/Linda-a-Velha).
Trolley – 15 (Praça da Figueira/Cruz Quebrada), the trolley stops right in front of the
University.
Train (the “Estoril Line”, running between Cais do Sodré and Cascais) – the Belém
Station is about 500 meters from the University.
From the Lisbon Airport (Aeroporto da Portela) there are three ways:
1. take the bus (departs every 20 minutes from the curb just outside the
“International Arrivals” exit) – price, 2,50€
2. take either the 44 or 45 bus to Cais do Sodré, and from there take the 14, 32, or
43 bus, or the 15 trolley, to the University.
3. take the 722 bus to Bairro da Encarnação, get off at the Largo do Calvário
(Alcântara), and from there take one of the transports mentioned in nº 2 ,
above.
9. The City of Oporto
Oporto is a city that has the unusual distinction of being “unconquered” – having
never fallen to an invading army. Its historic center enjoys the UNESCO
classification of “World Heritage”.
The city is inextricably bound to the birth of the independent Portuguese nation.
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It was here that in later years the nation would mature into a seafaring nation, turned
toward the Atlantic, Europe and beyond. The spirit of Portugal resides in the very
stones of this treasure of humanity.
In its earliest days the community was clustered around the borough of the church that
Queen Teresa awarded to Bishop Hugo in 1120, but recent archaeological excavations
in the area reveal that, in fact, human occupation on the spot goes back to the Bronze
Age – around the 7th
century B.C.
9.1 Climate conditions
Oporto’s weather is temperate – a result of the Gulf Stream. The average temperature
in the winter is 10 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees in the summer.
9.2 How to get to the Lusíada University, Oporto
The University is located in the old Quinta do Semide, in the Antas area – specifically,
on the Rua Dr. Lopo de Carvalho.
The only way to reach the University is by bus, several of which stop right in front:
78 (Castelo do Queijo/Areosa); 21 (Liceu António Nobre/Contumil); and 90, in the
direction of Areosa.
From the Trindade train station and the S. Bento train station, take the 78 bus. From
the Campanhã train station, take the 34 bus, and then the 78.
From the airport (Francisco Sá Carneiro), take the 56 bus to the city center (get off at
the Rotunda da Boavista), and from there take the 21.
10. LLP/ERASMUS PROGRAMME
The European Community programme in the field of higher education
ERASMUS is the higher education Action of Learning Long Life programme. It seeks
to enhance the quality and reinforce the European dimension of higher education by
encouraging transnational cooperation between universities, boosting European
mobility and improving the transparency and full academic recognition of studies and
qualifications throughout the Union.
ERASMUS consists of many different activities; student and teacher exchanges, joint
development of study programmes (Curriculum Development), international intensive
programmes, thematic networks between departments and faculties across Europe,
language courses (EILC), European credit transfer system (ECTS).
ERASMUS action is targeted at higher education institutions and their students and
staff in all 25 Member States of the European Union, the three countries of the