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FEUP IN FIGURES 2024

• HUMAN RESOURCES
• TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY
• RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
• FEUP AND SOCIETY – THE THIRD MISSION
• INTERNATIONALIZATION
• RESOURCES

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources
Teaching staff	670
FTE 1 teaching staff	417.36
Of whom, permanent teaching staff	329.5
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	85.9%
Researchers (FTE)	195.6
Of whom, permanent researchers	19.0
Research Fellows	1962
Non-academic staff	275.8 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.
² 3 are pos-doc researchers.
³ In addition, 18 employees belong to UPDigital and to the shared services of U.Porto (SPUP).
Does not include piecework contracts.

TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Programme (2024/2025)

Courses	110
Degree courses
Undergraduate courses	15
Masters courses	30
PhD courses	24
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	3
Stand-alone training courses	38

Admissions (2024/2025)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	2 851
Undergraduate courses
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	2.7
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	70%
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	1 402
Masters
New students enrolled on master courses	1 209
Ph.D. Courses
New students enrolled on Ph.D. courses	240

Students enrolled⁴ (2024/2025)

Degree syllabus	8 704 (W: 32%; M: 68%)
Undergraduate courses	4 752
Masters courses	2 824
PhD courses	1 128
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	18.3 5
Non-degree syllabus	2 426
Advanced Studies courses	62
Stand-alone training courses	1 429
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	935

⁴ Does not include students on mobility programmes (see Internationalization). Includes the share of FEUP in courses in partnership with other organic units of U.Porto, or with other Higher Education institutions.
⁵ Includes the number of FTE students enrolled on 1st and 2nd cycle courses in 2024/2025, or in year 1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2024.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	2 201
Undergraduate degree courses	1 106
Masters degree courses	974
PhD courses	121

Employability (2023)

Students employed at date of graduation	45%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	78%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	90%

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	22
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP or interface institutes	9
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	13
R&D units rated as Excellent or Very Good	100%
Associate Laboratories with the participation of R&D Units hosted at FEUP	3
Collaborative Laboratories with the participation of FEUP Faculty	11
Citable Scientific Publications indexed to the Web of Science (2022)	1 273
from which, with foreign coauthors	52%
Per FTE Ph.D. holder	2.55
In the Top 10% most cited	12.1
In Open Access	61%
With contribution to the SDG	73%
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	61 6
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	34 6
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	92 6

⁶ The figures do not include projects under the direction of independent institutes.

FEUP AND SOCIETY – THE THIRD MISSION

Cooperation
Cooperation agreements with companies (active)	113
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2023/2024)	44% (400)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	579
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed	18
Patent international extensions filed	18
Active spin-off companies	34
Social and Economic Impacts of FEUP
Events (academic, scientific, cultural and related to student associations)	>330
Women faculty members in coordination or leadership roles	29%
Impact of Local Product generated by FEUP’s Expenditure in Porto7	65.2 M¤

⁷ The economic impact of FEUP was estimated by means of multipliers method, formulated by Fernandes, R. (2007). Local and regional impacts of the University of Porto’, Master’s thesis in Economy, FEP, U.Porto and adapted in 2020 to FEUP.

INTERNATIONALIZATION

FEUP as a Member of International Associations
Participation in international associations (>20)	CESAER, MAGALHÃES, IACEE, IGIP, EAUC, AESOP, etc.

Training at International Level (2024/2025)
Mobility students – INCOMING	484 8
Mobility students – OUTGOING	343 8
International Students (FTE)	1 128 9
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2023/2024)	4.7% (43)

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	36/359
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	22-35/201-250
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	10-22/101-150
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	19/187
Qs Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	71-72/205
Times Higher Education Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	91-129/301-400

⁸  Provisional value

⁹  Does not include students on mobility programmes.

RESOURCES

Physical Resources
Total area of the FEUP campus	93 918 m2
Green spaces	23 000 m2
Building footprint area – FEUP and Students’ Union	26 778 m2
Building footprint area – Interface Institutes	3 600 m2
Building gross floor area – FEUP and Students’ Union	84 485 m2
Building gross floor area – Library	6 419 m2
Building gross floor area – Interface Institutes	13 630 m2
Departments	6
Teaching and research labs	399
Proportion of self-generated energy in overall consumption	9%
Investment in lab equipment	2.22 M¤
Financial Resources 10
State budget	34.8 M¤
Total income from FEUP private sources	41.0 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	18.9 M¤
Income from tuition fees	11.6 M¤

¹⁰ Does not include income from FEUP academic staff activity under the direction of independent institutes.

Finalised on 31/07/2025