Recently completed a course at University of Porto? He graduated several years ago but liked to keep in touch with your alma mater? This area provides the answers you need about the tools and services that the University of Porto makes available its network of Alumni. Visit also the ALUMNI U.Porto Portal and welcome (a) back to the University!
Having a degree from the University of Porto means much more that a framed paper hanging on a wall. That is why we are committed to cultivating a close relationship with our Former Students (Alumni), and see them as Ambassadors of the University in the world and as a key link with employers and society in general. From the newly-graduated students to the older generations who set an example for the younger ones, all Alumni are invited to be part of the life of institution. Rediscover the University with us!
CONGRATULATIONS! Now that you have your degree from the University of Porto we want to help you put your competences at the service of the community. For that, you will have the support of the employability services that exist in practically all of our faculties. Don't forget to check out the Employability Portal of the University of Porto, where you can upload your CV and find job offers posted by partner entities of the University. If you have completed a 1st cycle course (Undergraduate Degree) or an Integrated Masters (IM), we recommend that you continue your studies on of our postgraduate courses or broaden your knowledge on one of our Lifelong Learning programmes.
Definitely! According to the latest studies carried out by the Employment Observatory of the U.Porto, the employment rate among graduates who completed their courses at the University more than five years ago is above 80%, which is twice the national average. Of these, more than 50% have never been unemployed and about half of them found a job within the first three months of completing their first degree.
Yes. To make sure you don't miss the best opportunities, the University has several employment support structures designed to help our new graduates to enter the labour market. Committed to its role as a bridge to the labour market, the University and its schools accompany the professional progression of their graduates by promoting job/training/research opportunities, offering career management services and conducting employability surveys through the U.Porto's Employment Observatory.
Yes. At U.Porto, we don't simply want to train good professionals. We want our students to be leaders in their fields of knowledge. For that reason, we encourage you to exploit your talents and put them at the service of the community in the form of an innovative idea. That is why U.Porto has been motivating youth entrepreneurship and helping its students and alumni to create their own business initiatives. Discover the potential of the Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto (UPTEC), where you will find expert support to design and build a successful business. Participate in iUP25k, our Business Ideas competition. Join our Entrepreneurship Club. GO FOR IT!
The first step is to register in U.Porto's former students database. By joining the more than 85 000 graduates who are part of the University's Alumni network, you will immediately receive regular information about the University and you will be given access to other initiatives especially aimed at the Alumni community. Join us!
Reitoria da U.Porto
Praça de Gomes Teixeira
4099-002 Porto
E-mail: alumni@reit.up.pt
Tel: 220 408 210/055
The relationship between the University and its Alumni network is generally supported by the Office for Former U.Porto Students, located in the Rectory building. This body’s responsibilities include keeping former students informed about the University's activities, publicising the benefits that U.Porto has to offer them and accompanying their professional careers.
Locally, several U.Porto schools (e.g. FCUP, FEP, FEUP, etc) offer services specifically aimed at their alumni. Contact them!
To gain access to the University services that are available for the ALUMNI community, you must as the Former Students Office for a declaration. All you need for this is to send an email to alumni@reit.up.pt, with your ID information (full name and your national identification number).
As members of the U.Porto community, in their own right, our Alumni have a number of services and initiatives at their disposal, which are offered by the University and partner entities. Some of these benefits for our Alumni Network include special access to our libraries, eating facilities, University museums, employment opportunities and to the UPIN – University of Porto Innovation - services. As an alumnus/alumna of the U.Porto, you will also benefit from special discounts on our Continuing Education courses, sporting and cultural activities, as well as unique advantages in accessing services and initiatives promoted by partner institutions of the University.
Always! If you have completed a first cycle course (undergraduate) at U.Porto, you can come back to enhance your curriculum on one of the University's postgraduate courses (master and doctoral degrees).
Do you want to learn Arabic or Japanese? How about testing your skills as a top manager on one of the world's most famous MBA programmes? Why not embrace the Programme of University Studies for Senior Citizens (PEUS), for graduates who are over 55 years old? The hard part is to choose!
Yes. Committed as it is to the development of the wider community, U.Porto maintains a close relationship with the national and international entrepreneurial network, seeking to widen the range of organisations – many of which are led by our Alumni - involved in its teaching, research, innovation and development (R&D+i) activities.
You can obtain further information about how to enable platforms of cooperation with the University here, or by checking the Companies' gateway.
Yes. Through the Former Students Office, the University and its schools encourage the reunion of their former Alumni by organising events that bring together different generations of graduates. In a festive and convivial atmosphere these reunions are ideal opportunities for recalling the “good old days", and are useful for establishing new professional contacts and making our graduates' careers known. Besides these on-site gatherings, you can get in touch and exchange experiences with thousands of other U.Porto alumni in the University's Linkedin page. For more information, contact the Office for Former U.Porto Students.
As ambassadors of the U.Porto, our Alumni are the best business card of the University in the whole world. In many cases, this connection can result in our former students taking part in some academic events (University Day, New Students Welcome Session, etc.), where they are invited to share their personal experience with students, and collaborate in networking and mentoring activities for final-year students and new graduates, for example. The U.PORTO Alumni magazine has a particular focus on the paths and initiatives of our former students, and disseminates them throughout the entire community. If you are a former student of the University of Porto, you're always invited to share with us your memories, opinions, suggestions and professional achievements. Because our history is ...
Our Alumni are always welcome home, whether to participate actively in our educational and research activities, or simply to participate in the University's annual events, or in any of the other cultural, social or sporting activities held regularly in our campus. U.Porto also challenges its alumni to get involved in the community by taking part in voluntary activities organised by the University and/or its schools, students associations and other associative structures created within the academic community.
You can start by choosing one of the initiatives that, throughout all year, open the schools’ and University research centres' doors to thousands of children and teenagers from primary and secondary schools to introduce them to the university world.
Take a couple of days, in march, to visit the Annual University Showcase. Enrol them in the summer courses of the Junior University, Portugal’s biggest programme of initiation to the university environment. Bring them to our schools' open days. And, if necessary, invite the University to visit the school that your children/family members are attending.
In between these activities, don't forget to visit the University's historical buildings; discover the treasures kept in our museums; wander through the emblematic Botanical Garden of Porto; probe the far reaches of space in the Planetarium; or buy a souvenir at U.Porto Shop, with an exclusive discount!
Our Alumni may contribute to the development of the University through scientific sponsorship activities and donations (fund raising), which will later be used to develop educational and scientific research activities within the institution.
By becoming a benefactor of the U.Porto, or one of its schools, you will not only be helping to enhance the quality of the University, you will also be expressing your pride in having been our student. For more information, contact the Office for Former U.Porto Students or the services for Alumni of your school.
In order to strengthen the ties with its former students, U.Porto has various information supports especially geared to the Alumni community. Of these, we highlight the U.PORTO Alumni magazine, where you can find interviews, news, stories and articles focused on the University and, more particularly, on our former students. Every week, the Alumni get a newsletter via e-mail with the most important recent events in the University. At a local level, U.Porto's different schools cultivate other means of communication with their former students.
To keep track of the day-to-day events in the University, we invite you to check our news portal and follow us on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram or Youtube.Send your comments to info@up.pt. We will answer as soon as possible.
