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FEUP IN FIGURES 2022

• 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	639
FTE 1 teaching staff	415.0
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	88%
Researchers (FTE)	147.0
Research Fellows	192 2
Non-academic staff	261.8 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.
² 24 are pos-doc researchers.
³ In addition, 20 employees belong to UPDigital and to the shared services of U.Porto (SPUP).
Does not include piecework contracts.

TRAINING OFFER, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Programme (2022/2023)

Courses	126
Degree courses
Undergraduate courses	14
Continuity Masters courses	10
Independent Masters courses	20
PhD courses	24
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	5
Stand-alone training courses	53

Admissions (2022/2023)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	2 424
Undergraduate courses
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	2.7
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	74%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	17.30
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	1 415
Continuity Masters
New students enrolled on continuity master courses	154
Students enrolled on continuity master courses transferred from the previous integrated master courses	315
Independent Masters
New students enrolled on independent master courses	339
Ph.D. Courses
New students enrolled on Ph.D. courses	201

Students enrolled⁴ (2022/2023)

Degree syllabus	7 961 (fem.g.: 32%)
Undergraduate and continuity master courses	6 291
Independent master courses	605
PhD courses	1 065
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	17.7 5
Non-degree syllabus	1 635
Advanced Studies courses	35
Stand-alone training courses	1 531 6
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	69

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 2022/2023,
or in year 1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2022.
⁶ 1 338 were enrolled on transversal competencies units.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	2 198
Undergraduate degree courses	977
Continuity masters degree courses	923
Independent masters degree courses	200
PhD courses	98

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	52%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	82%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	95%

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D Structures with participation of FEUP academic staff	24
R&D units whose host institution is FEUP or interface institutes	9
R&D units whose host institution is external to FEUP	15
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
Scientific Publications7
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Clarivate Analytics	1 266
from which, with foreign coauthors	n.a. 8
Scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science per FTE PhD holder	2.54
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	89 9
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	22 9
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	170 9

⁷ Provisional figure.
⁸ Not available.
⁹ The figures do not include projects under the direction of independent institutes.

FEUP AND SOCIETY – THE THIRD MISSION

Cooperation
Cooperation agreements with companies (active)	70
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2021/2022)	312 (35%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	533
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2021/2022)	34 (3.8%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed	9
Patent international extensions filed	39
Spin-off companies in 2021 (cumulative total)	23
Events	297
Cultural events	26
Scientific and academic events	249
Events related to student associations	22
Economic Impact
Impact of Local Product generated by FEUP’s Expenditure in Porto 10	65.2 M¤

¹⁰ 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	CESAER, MAGALHÃES, IACEE, EAUC, AESOP, EERA, etc.

Training at International Level (2021/2022)
Mobility students – INCOMING	439 11
Mobility students – OUTGOING	488 11
International students on undergraduate and continuity master courses (FTE)	517 12
International students on independent master courses (FTE)	255 12
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	378 12

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	36/219
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	27/121
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	14/86
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	26/118
Qs Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	70/195
Times Higher Education Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	141-176/401-500

¹¹ Provisional value.
¹² 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	9
Teaching and research labs	297
Number of computers available for teaching	3 363
Investment in lab equipment	1.01 M¤
Financial Resources 13
State budget	29.79 M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	33.90 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	14.00 M¤

¹³ Does not include income from FEUP academic staff activity under the direction of independent institutes.

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 Finalised on 30/06/2023.