University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra (acronym: UC) GCSE is a public university located in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. It is one of the oldest still operating universities in the world, the oldest and one of the largest universities in the country. Comprising 3 poles, 8 colleges and 18 museums, the institution also has the Botanical Gardens and the Coimbra University Stadium in a space with 24 815 students in 2010. Its history dates back to the century following that of the founding of the Portuguese nation, since it was created on March 1, 1290, when King Dinis I signed in Leiria the document Scientiae thesaurus mirabilis, creating the university, which was intermediated And confirmed by the Pope. Fixed definitively in Coimbra in 1537, seven years later all its faculties settle in the old Real Palace of the Alcáçova (denominated Paço das Escolas after its acquisition by University of Coimbra in 1597). Organized in eight faculties, according to a variety of fields of knowledge, the university offers all academic degrees in architecture, education, engineering, humanities, law, mathematics, medicine, natural sciences, psychology, social sciences and sports.