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13 unusual facts about University of Porto


Adriano de Paiva

He worked at the Politechnical Academy of Porto and conducted research into selenium as a material to transmit images.

Ana Luísa Amaral

Ana Luísa Amaral (born Lisbon, 1956) is a Portuguese poet and a professor of Anglo-American Studies at the University of Porto.

António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto

In 1891, he became the secretariat the "Revista de Portugal" (Portugal Magazine) established by his friend Eça de Queiroz and organized the Cabinet of Mineralogy, Geology and Palaeontology of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto (currently University of Porto).

Frederico Morais

He studied Sports Science with Sports Training - Football specialization at the Faculty of Sports from University of Porto.

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal

Its main general branches are located in Coimbra, Lisbon and Porto, and are linked with the legal medicine departments at the University of Coimbra, University of Lisbon and University of Porto.

IPO station

The station is at the northern end of the University of Porto campus and is named after the nearby Instituto Português de Oncologia (Portuguese Oncology Institute).

José Marques da Silva

The estate of Marques da Silva was bequeathed to the University of Porto by Maria José Marques da Silva (1914–1994) and David Moreira da Silva (1909–2002), his daughter and son-in-law, themselves also architects, through the creation of the Marques da Silva Institute.

Leandro Müller

In addition, he studied Philosophy at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) and at Porto University (Universidade do Porto, Portugal).

Manuel Centeno

Besides practicing professional bodyboarding, Manuel Centeno has finished in December 2006, the architecture degree, at the University of Porto.

Maria José Marques da Silva

In her will, she provided funding for the University of Porto to establish the José Marques da Silva Institute.

Pedro Tudela

He has regularly exhibited in Portugal and abroad since 1982, and is now a professor at the University of Porto.

Queima das Fitas

During the festival's week groups of students from other universities, such as Lisbon or Porto, among thousands of other visitors, come to enjoy it.

Trams in Porto

Line 18: Massarelos-Carmo: connects Massarelos (site of the Tram Museum) via Rua da Restauração with Carmo (Praça Parada Leitão) next to the Rectory of the University of Porto.


Massarelos

Other landmarks include Porto's main Custom House, Rosa Mota sports hall, Porto's major fish market and the Campo Alegre neighborhood, where a theatre and several buildings of the University of Porto are located.