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"Be resilient, have willpower and do not get discouraged". These are the three pieces of advice that Luana Savaget, a second-year student at the Católica Medical School of the Universidade Católica, gives to the new students, reminding them that "Medicine is a difficult degree course, but very rewarding." Read her testimony here

Another academic year has begun at the Porto Regional Centre of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and the moment is particularly marked by the reception of new undergraduate students. For these students, it is not just the beginning of a new academic year, but the beginning of their university journey.

Expectation, joy and even a few nerves. These are all symptoms that express the excitement of a new academic year that is now beginning.

Universidade Católica Portuguesa has once again been recognised as the best university in the country, for the 4th consecutive year, in THE World University Rankings. For Católica students, this is a success they share with their colleagues and professors. They feel "proud to be part of this community", as Marta explains, and "proud to belong to a university with international recognition", says Diogo. Read the students' reactions to this international distinction here.

The School of Arts, Porto Regional Center, promotes, between February 16th and May 22nd, an international cycle of conferences, exhibitions and performances under the theme "Treading softly on the Earth".

You can still take part in the Christmas solidarity campaign under the motto "We are a place of encounter!". Find out about all the initiatives in Lisboa, Porto, Braga and Viseu and how you can become involved until December 15.

"Universidade Católica Portuguesa is an institution deeply committed to sustainability". It was with these words that Margarida Mano, Vice-Rector of Católica, launched the Cycle of Conferences on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), on March 23. Read more here.

"The climate is in no danger at all. But we are, as a society and as a species," warns Margarida Silva, professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology, in the article published by SACRU, in the scope of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Read more here.

Célia Ribeiro and Tito Rendas are two examples of dedication to sharing knowledge at UCP, and they feel proud to belong to the university that was once again recognised as the best university in the country by THE World University Rankings. Read their testimonies here.

The new students of the Degree in Nursing started this new school year on the right foot. Enthusiasm, some anxiety and a lot of desire to embark on this challenge: this is how the first days at the university of the new students of the School of Nursing of the Institute of Health Sciences (ICS) in Porto have been lived.