University of Porto

Continente:: Europe
Country:: Portugal
Address:: Reitoria da U.Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Web Site:: www.sigarra.up.pt

About University of Porto:

The University of Porto (Universidade do Porto) is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the second largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students, after the University of Lisbon, and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal. The University of Porto was founded by decree of March 22, 1911, issued by the Provisional Government of the First Portuguese Republic. The Polytechnic Academy's main purpose was the teaching of science and industrial engineering of all kinds, and professional specialties such as naval officers, merchants, farmers, factory directors and artists. The inauguration of the University of Porto took place on July 16, 1911, and mathematician Gomes Teixeira was chosen as first Reitor (rector). At this time, the university became economically and scientifically independent, and teaching autonomy was officially recognized. Currently, there are 14 faculties and a postgraduate business school at the university.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
World University Rankings	458	374	330	323	320	318	296	279	269	254	232	218	220	232	223	220	209

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agriculture	252	197	180	158	57	119	117	106	105	94	86	92	82	73	70	62
Engineering	-	255	214	164	162	170	156	157	162	164	163	181	174	183	212	301-350
Life Sciences	-	-	281	286	292	262	226	226	229	199	203	188	179	156	169	165
Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	218	232	218
Natural Sciences	-	-	285	226	212	276	281	261	290	266	256	280	293	287	301-350	296
Social Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	240	252

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agricultural Sciences	66	57	47	69	62	58	57	31	50	45	36	39	30
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	179	-	154	168
Chemistry	179	124	150	151	162	172	177	172	193	183	166	196	287
Chemical Engineering	57	60	64	69	76	80	82	83	89	92	74	86	143
Civil Engineering	97	67	54	50	59	58	53	53	79	86	139	121	120
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	241	224	204	225	217
Computer Science	299	215	250	215	209	202	242	211	227	230	244	267	301-350
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical Engineering	-	-	209	209	234	242	221	200	210	191	257	301-350	301-350
Environment / Ecology	191	183	163	126	117	125	110	111	118	101	-	98	103
Geosciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	192	179	-	199	201
Materials Science	239	290	226	218	195	247	245	228	244	222	247	279	301-350
Mathematics	-	-	-	-	-	-	335	301-350	301-350	275	301-350	301-350	351-400
Mechanical Engineering	46	30	92	65	80	84	73	80	86	78	103	118	168
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	179	174	-	-	182
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	198	169	-	158	156
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	280
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	203	149	87	99	65	58	67	74	50	40	33	45
Physics	224	249	-	-	294	-	301-350	301-350	401-450	351-400	451-500	451-500	451-500
Plant & Animal Science	-	277	196	160	138	125	127	134	115	96	83	86	101
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	301-350	224	239
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	187	-	128	132
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150	205	195
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96	125	169
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	132	-