The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa), also referred to as Católica for short, is a non-state public university based in Lisbon with four campuses: Lisbon, Braga, Porto and Viseu.
Established in 1967 by decree of the Holy See, it is a higher education institution with a humanistic focus. It is a multi-site institution with a clear international vocation, aiming to promote high-quality education and holistic development, leading-edge knowledge and research, and innovation in the service of the common good.
Católica has over 20,000 students. The current and 6th President is Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil.
Until 2001, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa had a campus in Leiria, in 2007 in Figueira da Foz, with the Faculty of Science and Technology, and also in Caldas da Rainha, where it maintained a campus until 2011 focused on the Western Region, with the Faculty of Biotechnology.
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Notable people
Faculty
Aníbal António Cavaco Silva
Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral
José João de Freitas Barbosa Pereira Coutinho
José Manuel Durão Barroso
José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça
Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa
Maria Alves da Silva
Maria do Rosário Lopes Amaro da Costa
Roberto Artur da Luz Carneiro
Alumni
António Horta Osório
António Luís dos Santos da Costa
D. Manuel Clemente
Isabel Jonet
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas
Ricardo Araújo Pereira
Sérgio Rebelo
Vítor Louçã Rabaça Gaspar