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FEUP IN FIGURES 2023

• 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	656
FTE 1 teaching staff	408.4
Teaching staff holding a PhD (FTE)	86.5%
Researchers (FTE)	166.7
Research Fellows	151 2
Non-academic staff	269.8 3

¹ FTE – Full-time equivalent.
² 8 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 (2023/2024)

Courses	126
Degree courses
Undergraduate courses	14
Continuity Masters courses	10
Independent Masters courses	18
PhD courses	24
Non-degree courses
Advanced studies courses	3
Stand-alone training courses	57

Admissions (2023/2024)

Admissions to degree courses administered at FEUP	2 630
Undergraduate courses
Number of applicants per place available (1st phase)	2.7
Applicants admitted to their first choice courses (1st phase)	76%
Average acceptable admission grade (1st phase)	17.79
New students enrolled on undergraduate courses	1 434
Continuity Masters
New students enrolled on continuity master courses	179
Students enrolled on continuity master courses transferred from the previous integrated master courses	407
Independent Masters
New students enrolled on independent master courses	344
Ph.D. Courses
New students enrolled on Ph.D. courses	266

Students enrolled⁴ (2023/2024)

Degree syllabus	8 265 (fem.g.: 32%)
Undergraduate and continuity master courses	6 562
Independent master courses	592
PhD courses	1 111
FTE students/FTE teaching staff ratio	18.7 5
Non-degree syllabus	1 480
Advanced Studies courses	50
Stand-alone training courses	1 323 6
Training units forming part of FEUP courses	107

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 2023/2024,
or in year 1 of PhD courses. Also includes the number of FTE teaching staff as of 31/12/2023.
⁶ 1 338 were enrolled on transversal competencies units.

Graduations

Newly qualified graduates from courses administered at FEUP	2 165
Undergraduate degree courses	950
Continuity masters degree courses	927
Independent masters degree courses	186
PhD courses	102

Employability

Students employed at date of graduation	45%
Students employed 3 months after graduation	78%
Students employed 10 months after graduation	92%

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 Publications7
Citable scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science – Clarivate Analytics	1 199
from which, with foreign coauthors	n.a. 8
Citable scientific publications indexed to the Web of Science per FTE PhD holder	2.40
R&D Projects
National R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	167 9
International R&D projects being undertaken (without company involvement)	77 9
R&D projects in progress in partnership with companies	149 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)	80
Dissertations undertaken in companies (2022/2023)	375 (47%)
Cooperation agreements with international universities (valid)	569
Dissertations undertaken within mobility programmes (2022/2023)	41 (4.5%)
Technology Transfer
Patent applications filed	17
Patent international extensions filed	4
Spin-off companies in 2023 (cumulative total)	31
Events	315
Cultural events	31
Scientific and academic events	263
Events related to student associations	21
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, IGIP, EAUC, AESOP, etc.

Training at International Level (2023/2024)
Mobility students – INCOMING	561 11
Mobility students – OUTGOING	327 11
International students on undergraduate and Continuity Masters courses (FTE)	519 12
International students on independent master courses (FTE)	262 12
International students on 3rd cycle courses (FTE)	395 12

International University Rankings
NTU Ranking (Taiwan)	Rank
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	28-37/301-350
Civil Engineering (Europe/World)	19-20/120
Chemical Engineering (Europe/World)	18/143
Mechanical Engineering (Europe/World)	24/168
Qs Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	69/193
Times Higher Education Ranking
U.Porto in the Engineering Field (Europe/World)	93-137/301-400

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	399
Number of computers available for teaching	3 446
Investment in lab equipment	0.97 M¤
Financial Resources 13
State budget	31.91 M¤
Income from FEUP private sources	43.43 M¤
Income from FEUP R&D projects	25.85 M¤

 

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

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 Finalised on 28/6/2024.