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Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra celebrates 250 years

Next Wednesday, October 12th, the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) celebrates 250 years.

The “FCTUC Day” celebrations begin at 2 pm, in the auditorium of the Faculty’s central building, at Pole II of the University of Coimbra. After the opening session, in charge of the President of the Faculty Assembly, Carlos Palmeira, and the Director of the FCTUC, Paulo Eduardo Oliveira, tribute is paid to the former Directors of the Faculty, followed by the conference “The Pombaline Reform and science in Brazil until independence”, given by Décio Ruivo Martins.

And in the year in which the 50th anniversary of the creation of engineering courses at FCTUC is also celebrated, scientist Ana Paula Piedade will reflect on “Inter and multidisciplinarity in the future of engineering”.

From the program to commemorate the 250th anniversary of FCTUC, the awarding of honourable mentions to professors, researchers, students and employees is also noteworthy. The commemorations of the 250th anniversary of FCTUC ended with the intervention of the Rector of the University of Coimbra, Amílcar Falcão.

Heir to the Pombaline Faculties of Mathematics and Philosophy, the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra has one of the widest and most diversified university training offers in the country, offering training in areas of fundamental sciences, but also in engineering and in transversal or interdisciplinary. This training, which includes more than five dozen bachelor’s or master’s and more than two dozen doctorates, is structured around the departments in which FCTUC is organized: Architecture, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry.

«The intense research activity that is carried out at FCTUC, in all its areas of knowledge, and its level of excellence are the best guarantee of the quality of the training offered. FCTUC involves more than two dozen research units, evaluated by international panels, playing an active role in the creation of fundamental and applied knowledge. The huge amount of international research projects in which its researchers are involved is a clear manifestation of the recognition of the quality of the research produced here», underlines the FCTUC Director.

The “FCTUC Day” will be broadcast live on the Faculty’s YouTube:

Program – Celebration of 250 years of FCTUC

  • 14:00: Reception
  • 14:15 pm: Opening and tribute to former FCTUC Directors
    President of the Faculty Assembly, Carlos Palmeira
    Director of FCTUC, Paulo Eduardo Oliveira
  • 15:15: “The Pombaline Reform and science in Brazil until independence”, Décio Ruivo Martins
    “Inter and multidisciplinarity in the future of engineering”, Ana Paula Piedade
  • 16:00: Honorable Mentions
  • 16:30: Closing, Rector of the University of Coimbra

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