President's Team (2024 - 2028)

The President is responsible for the academic and administrative running of the university. She is supported by one or more vice-rectors, pro-rectors and one Administrator.

The university's statutes establish that the headquarters are in Lisbon. Therefore, the President's Office is located on the Palma de Cima campus, although the President regularly visits the Regional Centres to chair ceremonies, academic events and meetings, and to stay in contact with students, teachers and staff at the various centres.

Appointment
 

The name of the President is proposed by the High Chancellor to the Dicastery for Culture and Education, considering opinions from the Portuguese Bishops' Conference and the university's Board of Trustees. She has a four-year renewable mandate.

The vice-rectors and the pro-rectors are appointed by the High Chancellor, following proposals by the President. Their mandates cease at the same time as that of the President.

President: 

Professor Isabel Maria de Oliveira Capeloa Gil

Vice-Rectors:

Professor Nelson Ribeiro
Professor Peter Hanenberg
Professor Isabel Vasconcelos
Professor Miguel Athayde Marques
Professor Fernando Ferreira Pinto
Professor Margarida Mano
Professor José Manuel Pereira de Almeida

Pro-Rectors:

Professor Aires Pereira do Couto
Professor Paulo Azevedo Dias
Professor Isabel Braga da Cruz
Professor Céline Abecassis-Moedas

Chief Financial Officer:

Dr. Helena Brissos de Almeida