Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Motto	Virtus Unita Fortius Agit - The united virtue is the strongest
Established	1926
Type	Public university
Rector	Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo
Admin. staff	1560 (2010)
Students	~7,000 (2007/2008)
Location	Porto, Portugal
Campus	Pólo II - Campus da Asprela
Website	http://www.fe.up.pt

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.

The Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) is the engineering faculty of the University of Porto, in Porto, Portugal. With its origins in the 18th century, the institution became known as Faculdade de Engenharia in 1926. It awards degrees from the licentiate to doctorate, in several engineering fields, ranging from mechanical engineering to chemical engineering. It is a top-level engineering school, known to be one of the best in Europe, as well as in Portugal with Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Instituto Superior Técnico.

Departments

The Faculty is organized by departments, which have some autonomy and can be divided in sections, if their dimension or scientific aims recommend it.

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Informatics Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering and Management
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Mining Engineering

Notable alumni

• Belmiro de Azevedo - Entrepreneur, ranked as the second richest person in Portugal
• Edgar Cardoso - Civil engineer
• Carlos Resende - former handball player and a current coach
• António Mendes Ferreira - former professional basketball player and current lecturer at the University

External links

• FEUP Official Website
• University of Porto
• FEUP Student Association
• Erasmus program at FEUP
• INESC Porto
• IEEE Student Branch at FEUP
• World Ranking 2011