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Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, with over 3.000 students, offers 13 undergraduate courses, 28 Master’s courses and 8 doctoral courses in the following fields: Archaeology, Information and Communication Sciences, Language Sciences, Romance Languages and Classical Studies, English Studies, German Studies, Philosophy, Geography, History, History of Art, Museology, and Sociology. Within this general framework, courses on offer include more specialized areas, such as International Relations, Translation, Portuguese as a Foreign Language, Comparative Literature, Teacher Training, African Studies, Heritage Studies, Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning, and Medieval Studies. Some of these courses are taught jointly with other Faculties of the University of Porto and/or other universities.

Apart from degree programmes, the Faculty also provides a wide range of vocational training courses and continuing education courses (including a range of language programmes covering both European and non-European languages). Most of the vocational training courses are certified by the Portuguese Pedagogical and Scientific Council for In-Service Training and award credits for career development.

The Faculty’s teaching staff is highly qualified and almost all of its members hold doctoral degrees. They have a vast scientific output and significant international experience in their research and teaching areas. Both teaching staff and PhD and master’s students are involved in a number of national and international research projects as part of the activities of R&D Units accredited and financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

Executive Council (2014-2018):

• Prof.ª Doutora Fernanda Ribeiro (Dean)
• Prof.ª Doutora Isabel Dias (Vice-Dean)
• Prof.ª Doutora Paula Pinto (Vice-President of Scientific Board)
• Prof.ª Doutora Elena Galvão (Member of the Executive Board)
• Dr.ª Raquel Matos (Member of the Executive Board)