University of Aveiro
| Universidade de Aveiro | |
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| Latin: Universitas Alavariensis | |
| Motto | Theoria, Poiesis, Praxis |
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| Type | Public University |
| Established | 1973 |
| Rector | Manuel António Assunção |
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Administrative staff
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927 |
| Students | 12,584 (2008) |
| Location | Aveiro, Portugal |
| Campus | Urban, 92 hectares (227.3 acres) |
| Colours | White and green |
| Affiliations | Campus Europae, EUA, ECIU, ESDP-Network, UNIMED |
| Website | www |
The University of Aveiro (Portuguese: Universidade de Aveiro) is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately 12,500, distributed among 58 graduate, 40 Masters of Science and 25 PhD programs, distributed by departments and autonomous sections, with specialized faculties. It is a Research & Development university, with research departments developing programmes in fundamental and applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, telecommunications, robotics, bioinformatics, sea sciences, materials, design, business administration and industrial engineering.
The main campus and nearby Administration and Accounting Institute, are located in the city centre of Aveiro. There are external/regional campuses in Águeda (Higher Education Technological and Management School of Águeda) and Oliveira de Azeméis (Higher Education School of North Aveiro). It serves as a pole for the inter-university Doctoral program, along with the universities of Porto and Minho. Its integrated Masters in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering was the first Portuguese IT oriented European Accredited Engineering Masters (EUR-ACE) by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education.
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