NOVA University Lisbon (, ), or just NOVA, is a Portuguese

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whose rectorate is located in

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. Founded in 1973, it is the newest of the public universities in the Portuguese capital city, earning its name as the "New" (NOVA) University of Lisbon. The institution has more than 20,000 students, 1,800 professors and staff members distributed through five faculties, three institutes and one school, providing a variety of courses in several fields of knowledge.

History

NOVA University Lisbon was founded in 1973 and is the newest public university in the Lisbon metropolitan area, with teaching units in Lisbon, Almada, Oeiras, and Cascais. It was founded as a response to ever-increasing demand for higher education in Portugal and in Lisbon in particular. While its early years focused on graduate and specialist programs, NOVA started expanding its teaching and research from 1977 onwards. The structure of NOVA was organized according to a departmental and interdisciplinary model, where each of the Academic Units enjoy a great deal of autonomy.

Academic units

NOVA is divided into nine academic units, which enjoy a great deal of autonomy. These are the following. * Sciences and technology: FCT NOVA - NOVA School of Science and Technology * Social sciences and humanities: NOVA FCSH - Faculty of Social and Human Sciences * Economics and management: Nova SBE - Nova School of Business and Economics * Medical sciences
NMS, FCM - NOVA Medical School
* Law
NOVA Direito - Faculty of Law
* Statistics and information management
NOVA IMS - NOVA Information Management School
* Chemical and biological technology
ITQB NOVA - António Xavier Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology
* Hygiene and tropical medicine
IHMT - Institute of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine
(Portuguese) * Public health
ENSP-NOVA - National School of Public Health

Research units

NOVA University Lisbon hosts 42 Research and Development Units (R&D Units), 15 of which are research partnerships between NOVA and other national institutions. In 2013, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FC&T) evaluated 75% of NOVA R&D Units with "Exceptional", "Excellent" or "Very Good". NOVA is responsible for approximately 10% of the national research papers indexed to the Web of Science. Since the launch of the European Research Council (ERC) grants programme in 2009, NOVA's researchers were awarded a total of 10 grants, placing NOVA as one of the top national institutions in this field.

NOVA School of Business and Economics

The Lisbon

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is a partnership between NOVA,

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...

and

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. The partnership includes a full-time 1-year

and a Part Time MBA. The two Universities that offer this MBA program hold the triple crown accreditation namely AMBA,

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and

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. In 2019, the NOVA School of Business and Economics is ranked 30th among the best European Business Schools according to the

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ranking. NOVA is also actively involved in cooperation actions promoted by the

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, in particular with North-American universities such as the

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(UTA), the

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(MIT) and

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(CMU), namely in master's courses and doctoral and research programmes.

Rankings

In 2014,

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has evaluated NOVA as one of the world's best universities being ranked number 312 in the world. NOVA is the only Portuguese university in the QS Top 50 under 50 ranking, having reached this position for the third year in a row.

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100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 placed NOVA as the 89th best university in the world under 50 years old. The results achieved in the main rankings of universities under 50 years have granted NOVA the inclusion in Yerun network (Young European Research Universities Network). The

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which has expanded and internationalized itself as a global business school, is the only business school in Portugal to have achieved

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's 5 palmes distinction, being placed among the top 100 Business Schools worldwide. It was also classified as #23rd in Europe by the Financial Times ranking for the best Business Schools in Europe in 2015. NOVA was also highlighted for 100% of its professors having a PhD and its gender and international diversity, with 40% women in the faculty and 29% professors of a foreign nationality. Nova SBE's Master's of Finance is the #19th best in the world by the

, the Master's in Economics is the 5th best in the world by Eduniversal rankings, and the 17th best Master's in Management in the world by the Financial Times.

Notable Alumni

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, anthropologist and civil rights advocate

References

External links

Universidade NOVA de LisboaCourses Guide

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