welcome to ua ua The University of Aveiro (UA), which was officially established on 15th December 1973, is known nationally and internationally for its total commitment to innovation and research, its quality of education and cooperation with the business world. Study and classrooms as well as training facilities are spread throughout the District of Aveiro. In addition to the Santiago Campus in the City of Aveiro itself, the UA has two more satellite campuses in other municipalities in the district. In Águeda, there is the Águeda School of Technology and Management and in
Oliveira de Azeméis, there is the School of Design, Management and Production Technologies . In terms of academic provision for its students, the UA offers a wide range of professional higher technical courses, technical courses, 1st cycle degrees, Masters, Integrated Masters and Doctoral programmes, in a variety of fields: Arts and Design, Social Sciences and Humanities, Science, Engineering and Technology, Economics and Management, and also Health. These courses are spread over 16 departments and 4 Polytechnics. The UA is proud to be located in Aveiro, one of the most enchanting destinations
in the country, with its celebrated quality of life and whose main influence, the Aveiro Ria, affords a unique feature. Moreover, having a saltpan which produces salt by artisanal methods right on campus confirms this uniqueness. The Santiago da Fonte (S) saltpan is located right beside the Santiago campus and can be visited throughout the whole year. Around 14,000 students, 1,400 researchers and 630 employees have chosen the UA as a place to study and work. And You? Are you going to be the next to be part of this big family?
love of science
co-operation and innovation
The UA promotes recreational and academic activities among students and teachers, with an emphasis on Sciences: › Summer Academy; › XPERiMENTA University of Aveiro; › National Science Competitions; › Cambada (robotic football team); › Fábrica (Factory) Centre for Living Science; › Biology at Night; › Chemistry Olympiad.
The UA is an innovator and a pioneer in the fostering of entrepreneurship, the transfer of knowledge and their subsequent conversation into economic value. Its Departments and Schools, its Research Units and Interface Units carry out work hand in hand with business partners and economic stakeholders, and are on hand to offer specialised services and/or promote scientific and technological competences that the UA has at its disposal.
internationalisation
architecture
available services
Among the approximately 14,000 students, more than 80 nationalities are represented on the campuses. The UA is becoming more and more open to the world, annually welcoming foreign students, and providing Portuguese students with new cultural experiences in Aveiro. In addition to the Santiago Campus, in the city of Aveiro, the UA has two more satellites located in Municipalities in the district. In Águeda, the School of Technology and Management and in Oliveira de Azeméis, the School of Design, Management and Production Technologies.
The campus of Santiago is home to more than 60 buildings designed by the best national architects. The UA is an authentic open museum of Art and contemporary Portuguese architecture. It is proud to be the only place in the world where it is possible to appreciate the works of two masters awarded the Pritzker (the ‘Nobel prize’ of Architecture): designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira we have the Library building (17) and the water tank (J) and by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, the building of the Department of Geosciences (16).
The UA has at its disposal more than 45 halls of residences with more than a thousand beds available, a number of canteens serving daily meals, free health care and libraries on all campuses. It has outstanding facilities for the practice of sports and also stages various cultural activities. The UA offers a space destined to intercultural experience as well as to foreign students, UAI Intercultural UA (building 6). In the same space is CLAIM (Local Support Center for the Integration of Migrants) - with the aim of promoting the reception and integration of the Academy’s international community.
For further information: www.ua.pt www.ua.pt/ensino www.ua.pt/sas visitas@ua.pt
campus map university of aveiro
25 Rectorate Building
40 km (Oliveira de Azeméis)
(Administration; Academic Management Services; Technical Management Services; Human Resources and Financial Management Services; Communications, Image and Public Relations Services)
ESAN
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School of Design, Management and Production Technologies
31 Fábrica - Living Science Centre; NokiaSiemens
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Department of Languages and Cultures
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CESAM; CICECO;TEMA; Confucius Institute; Former Rector´s offices
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Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
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Department of Education and Psychology; Mediateca; UACoopera;
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Department of Environment and Planning
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Department of Biology
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Department of Materials Engineering and Ceramics
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37 PP
10 km (Gafanha da Nazaré) 36
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10 Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism
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11 Department of Mathematics
Hospital
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12 Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences 13 Department of Physics
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15 Department of Chemistry
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16 Department of Geosciences
20 km (Águeda)
19 IT - Telecommunications Institute
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20 ESTGA - Águeda School of Technology and Management 21 Department of Communication and Art
Seminary and CUFC
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22 Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Águeda School of Technology and Management
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23 Pedagogical, Scientific and Technological Complex 24 IEETA - Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro
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26 Department of Biology
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28 Department of Civil Engineering
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29 Technological Laboratories Complex
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30 ESSUA - Health School; Medical Sciences; University Health Centre
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32 CICFANO - Interdisciplinary Complex of Physical Sciences applied to Nanotechnology and Oceanography
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33 Building of Robotics, Optical and Radio Communications
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34 ESAN - School of Design, Management and Production Technologies G
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35 ISCA - Aveiro Institute of Accounting and Administration 6
37 CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies
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40 CCCI - Communication Sciences and Image Complex
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UNAVE; UINFOC; CIAQ
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SASUA; Santiago Canteen; Commercial Area; e24; UAI; CLAIM
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14 Central Laboratory of Analysis 17 Library, Document Management and Museology
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27 STIC - Information and Communication Technology Services 31 Fábrica - Living Science Centre; NokiaSiemens 36 ECOMARE - Laboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources of University of Aveiro 41 SUA - Synthetic football field B
Student Halls of Residence
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Professor, Staff and Post-Graduate Student Halls of Residence
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IDAD - Institute for the Environment and Development
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Aristides Hall Sports Pavillion
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Snack-Bar; Self-Service; University Restaurant
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Day Care Centre and Kindergarten
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GRETUA - University of Aveiro Experimental Theatre Group
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Water Tank
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Athletics Track
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Footbridge
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Crasto Canteen Complex
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Students Union: AAUAv - Academic Association of the University of Aveiro
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Weather Station
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Bookshop and Exhibition Room; Centre for Jazz Studies
2 km (Ílhavo)
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Science Garden
PCI
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Santiago da Fonte Saltpan
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Creative Science Park N
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PL - Free Parking Spaces; PR - Restricted Parking Spaces; PP - Pay-Parking Spaces
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