The University of Lisbon (UL) and the University of Porto (UP) have a joint Doctoral Programme in ‘Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution’ (BIODIV), in the area of Biological Sciences. The programme is organized by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), with the collaboration of the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), Centre for Environmental Biology (CBA/ FCUL), Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) and Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP).