Católica celebrates UCP National Day

Under the motto "The University as Protagonist of the Future", the Universidade Católica Portuguesa celebrated its National Day, on February 7.

The celebrations, which took place on the Porto campus of the UCP, marked the inauguration of the new building of the School of Biotechnology (ESB) in Porto. The opening of the new ESB building was attended by His Excellency the President of the Republic, Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Professor Manuel Heitor, the Bishop of Porto, D. Manuel Linda, and the Rector of the UCP, Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil.

The celebration of the UCP National Day also included the attribution of the Honorary Doctorate to Professor Manuela Veloso, world specialist in the areas of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and director of the J.P. Morgan Chase Artificial Intelligence Research Center, the imposition of the insignias and the handing over of the doctoral letters to the doctors who obtained the degree in 2019 and the attribution of the Gold Medal of the UCP to the Counsellor Judge Maria dos Prazeres Beleza.