Summit de Marketing Relacional e Sustentabilidade
No dia 21 de maio, o Summit Marketing Relacional – Sustentabilidade traz à Universidade Portucalense oradores de referência.
Sustainability Week
From 12 to 16 May, Universidade Portucalense will be promoting the 3rd edition of Sustainability Week, under the theme “The future is today”, with the aim of inspiring and mobilising the academic community to build a healthier future, starting with everyday behaviours.
Human rights and Citizenship
On 1 and 2 July, Universidade Portucalense is holding the 2nd International Symposium on Human Rights and Citizenship, on the theme “Human Rights in Crisis? Tensions between Global Challenges and Local Conjunctures.”
PNUM 2025
Universidade Portucalense is holding the PNUM 2025, the 13th PNUM Conference of the Lusophone Urban Morphology Network, from 28 to 30 July.
The Future of Distance Education
On 19 May, Rector Fernando Ramos will take part in the online event “The Future of Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities in a Lusophone and European Context”, promoted by ABED – the Brazilian Distance Education Association.
Erasmus Staff Week and International Tourism and Hospitality Week
From 19 to 23 May, faculty and staff from 13 European universities are taking part in the VIII Erasmus Staff Week and in the I International Tourism and Hospitality Week. This international exchange week will include good practice sharing sessions, open classes, and a cultural programme with a guided tour of Aveiro and the beaches of Barra and Costa Nova. Schedule I VIII UPT Erasmus Staff Week and I International Tourism and Hospitality Week Schedule I Open Classes
“Resilient Heritage” Talks
Universidade Portucalense, through Cultura@Portucalense and the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, will hold the “Resilient Heritage” Talks on 29 April. This initiative, part of the celebrations for the International Day of Monuments and Sites (18 April), will reflect on the importance of this date; address the challenges in preserving archaeological heritage; highlight practical cases and innovative solutions; and analyse the relevance of religious heritage. PROGRAMME 2h30 pm – Welcoming the participants 2h15 pm – Opening session Fernando Ramos, Rector of Universidade Portucalense Isabel Vaz de Freitas, Director of the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. Fátima Matos Silva, Coordinator of the Cultura@Portucalense project Moderated by: Helena Albuquerque, lecturer at the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture 3h00 pm – Challenges in Preserving Archaeological Heritage Maria Antónia Silva, Head of the Culture and Tourism Division of the Municipality of Paredes 3h30 pm – What is the International Monuments and Sites Day and what is it for? Orlando Sousa, Archaeologist, President of ICOMOS Portugal 4h00 pm – On the humanistic value of religious art: religious heritage as a metaphor for humanity Marco Daniel Duarte Director of the Museum of the Sanctuary of Fátima, Correspondent of the National Academy of Fine Arts 4h30 pm – Debate 5h00 pm – Coffee-break Registration
VI Image Play
On 24 April, at 2pm, the Aula Magna will host a special programme for the “VI Image Play – International Video Art Festival”. This screening will show experimental audiovisual works that explore the process and cycles of algorithmic permutation of digital scientific and technological thinking. With this initiative, Universidade Portucalense aims to highlight the social importance of experimental audiovisual creations as a language of contemporary art and to encourage inter-institutional and international collaboration. Registration
Revista Jurídica Portucalense
Revista Jurídica Portucalense (RJP) has just been ranked in the 1st quartile (Q1) of SCOPUS in the area of Law, according to the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator. It is the only national representative in this elite group. This places RJP among the journals with the best scientific performance in its field (above at least 75% of the others in the same category), being at the forefront of international legal research. With this result, RJP is now a part of the top 10 Ibero-American law journals (in universe of 153) with the highest impact factor in the region. The rise from Q3 in 2023 to Q1 in 2024 represents a historic and unprecedented progression for the publication, reflecting the consistent work and dedication of its editorial team, authors and reviewers. This international recognition reinforces RJP’s role as a platform of excellence for the dissemination of high-quality legal research. With completely open access and no publication fees, RJP already stood out for being the only periodical published by a Law Research Unit that is simultaneously indexed in the SCOPUS and Web of Science databases. Linked to the Instituto Jurídico Portucalense (IJP), RJP plays a strategic role in the international affirmation of the R&D Unit, with special emphasis on the Portuguese-speaking world. It also has an editorial board and a panel of reviewers with a multidisciplinary and international profile, who have guided the journal’s activity by the highest standards of scientific rigour and demand. At the beginning of February 2025, Fátima Castro Moreira took over as Editor General of RJP, succeeding Mónica Martinez de Campos, who had led the publication in recent years with remarkable dedication. Scimago Journal & Country Rank
All research units rated “Very Good”
All of Universidade Portucalense’s research units have been rated “Very Good” by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The FCT’s announcement on 15 April 2025 of the provisional results of the evaluation of research units brought great news for our university: all four research units, CIAUD.UPT, CINTESIS-UPT (RISE.Health), IJP, and REMIT, were rated “Very Good”. Congratulations are therefore in order to all of the institution’s employees, especially the researchers and support staff, whose committed contribution was decisive for this result. This result recognises the continuous improvement that the University has been making in all areas, with special emphasis on research. It is yet another strong incentive to reinforce the standards of quality and innovation adopted in all the University’s scope of action, namely in undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education, and in research.
