Católica and Figures
Católica is a renowned institution in Portugal, with an excellent reputation, the highest standards of research, training, and a strong connection to society.
Get to know our numbers.
Locations
4 Centres: Lisbon (Headquarters), Porto, Braga and Viseu
Students
11 296 Students (Degree-Granting Programmes)
7 549 Postgraduate Students (Non Degree-Granting Programmes)
Faculty
1 000 Faculty
254 International Faculty
Degrees Awarded
38 873 Undergraduated
14 099 Masters
801 Doctoral
174 Programs
Teaching units
17 Basic Teaching Units, 3 of them with extensions in several UCP locations:
- Católica Lisbon School of Business Economics (Lisbon)
- Faculty of Humanities (Lisbon)
- Faculty of Law (Lisbon, Porto)
- Faculty of Dental Medicine (Viseu);
- Faculty of Theology (Lisbon, Porto, Braga)
- Institute of Health Sciences (Lisbon, Porto)
- Institute of Political Studies (Lisbon)
- Higher Institute of Canon Law (Lisbon)
- Católica Porto Business School (Porto)
- School of Arts (Porto)
- School of Biotechnology (Porto)
- Faculty of Education and Psychology (Porto)
- Institute of Bioethics (Porto)
- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Braga)
- Department of Economics, Management and Social Sciences (Viseu)
- Católica Medical School (Sintra)
Research
15 Research Units
1 271 Researchers
6 808 Scientific Publications
42 Patents
Internationalisation
923 Outgoing Students
2 673 International Students
1 280 Mobility Protocols
100 Nationalities
Grants and awards
2 250 Students who received financial support
€ 5.246.519,24 Merit-based grants, social support and awards
Nobel Prize
D. Ximenes Belo, alumnus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Faculty of Theology)
Rankings
Católica has top positions in several international universities rankings such as Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the 2nd consecutive year
Alumni
The UCP Alumni have provided more than 102,000 hours per month of volunteer work.