The Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP) is a higher education institution (established in 1919), dedicated to teaching and research in the areas of the Human and Social Sciences, and is host to 12 Research and Development Units. FLUP is an institution renowned not only for its extensive, high-quality range of academic training but also for the volume and quality of its scientific production. Also worthy of note is its integration and interrelations with the surrounding environment, operating as a vector in the promotion and dissemination of knowledge and in the social, cultural and economic development of the region and the country itself.
With over 3000 students, FLUP offers 13 undergraduate courses (licenciatura), 28 Master’s courses (mestrado) and 11 doctoral courses (doutoramento). Apart from the degrees offered, FLUP also provides a wide variety of vocational training courses as well as open courses (including a range of language programmes, from Arabic, Chinese and Japanese to Hungarian, Polish and Persian). Most of the vocational training courses are certified by the Portuguese Pedagogical and Scientific Council for In-Service Training and award credits for career development. Based on an exchange of knowledge and expertise, the courses are designed to encourage the production of scientific knowledge and provide students with the professional skills they will require o enter the labour market and to pursue endeavours in entrepreneurship. The Faculty’s teaching staff is highly qualified with almost all its members hold a doctoral degree. They are vastly prolific in scientific production and have significant international experience in their areas of research and teaching. Both teaching staff and PhD and master’s students are involved in a number of on-going national and international research projects as part of the activities of R&D Units accredited and financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
The Faculty’s Central Library holds close to 300.000 volumes, which are available in its digital catalogue, and is extensively used by the its students, as well as students from other faculties and universities. It also provides specialized international databases, and readers can consult a wide range of electronic publications and journals. Additionally, the Digital Library provides users with full text access to the Faculty’s publications.
How to get to FLUP?
By Metro: The nearest Metro station to FLUP is Casa da Música and it’s approximately 10 minutes away on foot. Once up on the surface, you can get on bus 204 heading to Foz and stop at Junta de Massarelos in Campo Alegre. The Faculty of Arts is located in Via Panorâmica, near the motorway junction. For more information: http://www.metrodoporto.pt
By Bus: The Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto is served by the following bus lines: 200, 204, 207, 902, 903. Regardless of the departure point, the closest bus stop to FLUP is Junta de Massarelos in Campo Alegre. If you do not have a metro or bus ticket (‘Andante’ or ‘Passe’), you can purchase one on board. For more information: http://www.stcp.pt | http://www.itinerarium.net
By Train: If you want to get to Porto by train, you should get off in one of two main stations: Campanhã or S. Bento. If you get off at Campanhã, there are 2 means of public transport available: (a) by metro: take any of the lines that go by Campanhã because any one of them will take you to Casa da Música without having to transfer (To learn how to go from Casa da Música to FLUP, please see ‘By Metro’ above); (b) by bus: bus 207 passes by Campanhã and heads towards Foz. This bus will take you to Rua do Campo Alegre, where you will have to stop at Junta de Massarelos. If you get off at S. Bento, there are also 2 means of public transport available: (a) by metro: the metro station of St. Bento is right outside the train station to the left and is an underground station. You should take the Metro heading towards Hospital de S. João. You will have to make the transfer at the Trindade Station, get on another Metro and then get off at Casa da Música. To learn how to go to FLUP, please see ‘By Metro’ above; (b) by bus: when getting off at the train station, go to: (1) Praça da Cordoaria (in the upper end of Rua dos Clérigos) and get on bus 902 or 903; (2) Praça D. João I and get on bus 200 or 207. You will have to get off at Junta de Massarelos in Rua do Campo Alegre. For more information on trains: https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/
By Car: FLUP is located in Pole 3 of the University of Porto, at the road junction of Campo Alegre. If coming from North or East, you should follow the main collector road of VCI, towards Lisbon (Ponte da Arrábida) and exit in Campo Alegre. If coming from South, follow the direction towards Ponte de Arrábida and exit in Campo Alegre (1st exit immediately after the bridge).
