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With the aim of facilitating the integration of new students into academic life, Universidade Portucalense is having a Welcome Week for new students, from 9 to 13 September. PROGRAMME 9 September 10:00 am – DEPARTMENTS AND “It’s UPTo You” PROJECT PRESENTATION SESSION Department of Law (DD) – Auditorium 105 Department of Science and Technology (DCT) – Auditorium 104 Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture (DTPC) – Auditorium 103 12:00 noon – “It’s UPTo You” PEDDY PAPER (Water Mirror) 2:00 pm – DEPARTMENTS AND “It’s UPTo You” PROJECT PRESENTATION SESSION Department of Economics and Management (DEG) – Auditorium 106 Department of Psychology and Education (DPE) – Auditorium 104 Department of Architecture and Multimedia Gallaecia (DAMG) – Auditorium 103 4:00 pm – “It’s UPTo You” PEDDY PAPER (Water Mirror) 10 September Classes (normal schedule) and development of the “It’s UPTo You” project 11 September Classes (normal schedule) and development of the “It’s UPTo You” project 2:00 pm – Academic Integration Fair (Passos Perdidos) 3:00 pm – Distribution of Freshman Kits (Water Mirror) 4:30 pm – Family Photo 2024 (Water Mirror) 5:30 pm – Institutional Welcome Session 12 September Classes (normal schedule) and development of the “It’s UPTo You” project 13 September Classes (normal schedule) 2:00 pm – “It’s UPTo You” project Award ceremonyUPT Happy Campus (Water Mirror)  

On 19 September, at 2:30 pm, in the Aula Magna room, the National Association of Traders and Exporters of Wines and Spirits (ANCEVE) will hold a conference titled “Challenges and opportunities for the wine sector – is there an unprecedented vitivinicultural crisis coming?”

Universidade Portucalense won the 1st round of the Global Management Challenge  (GMC), the largest strategy and management competition in the world. Universidade Portucalense took part in the contest with three teams of students in the second year of the Management degree, coordinated by Professor Sofia Gomes. Two of the teams won the first round of their group at national level. For Shital Jayantilal, Director of the Department of Economics and Management, “this victory reflects the quality of teaching, the topicality and relevance of the degree’s syllabus and its practical nature, close to the real management of a company.” The GMC consists of an interactive business simulation in which each team manages a company with the aim of obtaining the best investment performance for their company in the market in which it operates. In its 40th year, the GMC has involved more than 650,000 company executives and university students from all over the world. 192 teams took part in 2024’s edition, organised into 32 groups. The second round starts on 24 September.  

Universidade Portucalense is organising the “Experimenta – Audiovisual Transformation” exhibition, which is open until 28 June, in the Infante Hall.

Tiago Braga, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Metro do Porto, is the guest speaker at the Seminar Cycle “Paths of Development,” on 21 June, at 11am, in room 201.

Universidade Portucalense, through Cultura@Portucalense and the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, celebrates International Museum Day on 28 May, with the Talk “Museums, Education, and Research.”

On 26 Abril, at 11am, João Castel-Branco Goulão, President of the Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, is the guest speaker at the Seminar Cycle “Paths of Development”.

On 30 April, Universidade Portucalense is organising the second Seminar on “The Way of St James: Past and Future II,” in a partnership with the European Institute of Higher Education.