Universidade Lusófona

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Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Motto Humani nihil alienum
Established 1987
Type Private University
Rector Mário Moutinho
Students 10,271 (2008)[1]
Location Lisbon, Portugal
Campus Urban
Website www.ulusofona.pt

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies) is the largest Portuguese private university, and the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Indeed, promotion of Lusophony (the speaking of Portuguese) is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees.

History

The Universidade Lusofona started in 1987 in Lisbon and is the property of Grupo Lusófona a Portuguese private investor group geared at developing higher education institutions in Lusophone countries. Since then Universidade Lusófona has opened semi-autonomous offshoots in Porto, Luanda, Mindelo (2007).


Courses offered

First Cycle of the Bologna process ("licenciatura" or undergraduate degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Department of Social and Human Sciences

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Education Sciences
  • Religious Sciences
  • European Studies and International Relations
  • Lusophone Studies
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Social Service
  • Sociology
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Tourism

Department of Communication Sciences, Architecture, Arts, and Information Technology

Department of Health Sciences

Department of Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

  • Physical Education and Sports

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

  • Biology
  • Ocean Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Biotechnological Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Industrial Management and Engineering
  • Food Engineering
  • Mathematics

Department of Veterinary Medicine

  • Veterinary Medicine

Department of Psychology

Department of Economy and Management

  • Accounting
  • Economy
  • Business Management
  • Human Resources Management

Second Cycle of the Bologna process (master's degrees)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

  • Advanced Studies in Architecture
  • Geography and Development
  • Museology
  • Urban Planning

Department of Social and Human Sciences

  • Education Scienceslll
  • Political Science
  • Science of Religions
  • Special Education
  • Literary Translation Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Social Service and Social Policy
  • Sociology
  • Lusophony and International Relations
  • Political, Economic and Social Lusophone History
  • Tourism

Department of Communication Sciences, Arts, and Information Technology

  • Communication Sciences, Marketing, and Advertising
  • Institutional Communication
  • Alternative Communication and Support Systems
  • Communication and Culture Sciences
  • Film Studies
  • Journalism, Politics, and Contemporary History
  • Creation and Production in Technological Arts
  • Multimedia Communication Systems
  • Software Engineering and Information Systems

Department of Health Sciences

  • Dermatological and Cosmetic Sciences
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Pharmaceutical Care

Department of Law

  • Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

  • Young Sportspeople Training
  • Pedagogical Supervision in Physical Education and Sports

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

  • Developmental Biology
  • Engineering and Ocean Studies
  • Environmental Engineering

Department of Veterinary Madicine

Department of Psychology

  • Education Psychology
  • Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Sexual Psychology
  • Criminal Psychology and Social Exclusion
  • Psychology in International and Inter-cultural environments

Department of Economy and Management

  • Business Management
  • Economy

Third Cycle of the Bologna process (doctor's degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

  • Museology

Department of Social and Human Sciences

  • Education
  • Political Science
  • Philosophy - Contemporary Thought

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

  • Mathematics (Physics-Mathematics]

Department of Psychology

  • Clinical Neuropsychology


External links

References

  1. http://www.estatisticas.gpeari.mctes.pt/archive/doc/insc07_08__difusao_.xls

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