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23 unusual facts about University of Lisbon


Alberto Seixas Santos

Studied Historical-philosophical Sciences in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.

António de Vasconcelos Nogueira

Subsequently he gained a Degree and Masters from the University of Lisbon (founded 1290-1308; 1911) and later a Ph. D. in Philosophy from the University of Aveiro, where he undertook post doctoral research in Economic History.

António Lobo Antunes

At the age of seven he decided to be a writer, but when he was 16, his father sent him to the medical school of the University of Lisbon.

Augusto de Vasconcelos

He graduated at the Lisbon Medic-Cirurgical School, in 1891, where he also taught, later becoming a Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.

Dulce Maria Cardoso

She studied law at the University of Lisbon and worked as a lawyer before taking up writing on a full-time basis.

Fernando Rosas

He entered University of Lisbon's Faculty of Law where he remained as an active militant.

Flora Gomes

Was recognized by the University of Lisbon, receiving a medal celebrating the universality of his work.

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal

Its main general branches are located in Coimbra, Lisbon and Porto, and are linked with the legal medicine departments at the University of Coimbra, University of Lisbon and University of Porto.

Jerrold Levinson

He has also held visiting appointments in other countries, such as England (University of London and University of Kent), New Zealand (University of Canterbury), France (Université de Rennes), Belgium (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Portugal (Universidade de Lisboa) and Switzerland (Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana).

Joao Ponces de Carvalho

He went to the University of Lisbon, obtaining a License in History, specialty, Art History.

Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão

He is Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Letters of Lisbon University, was dean of the University of Lisbon from 1973 to 1974, and president of the Portuguese Academy of History between 1975 and 2006.

Jorge Palma

In 1969, he joined the Hard rock band Sindikato while continuing his studies in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon.

Júlia Belard

Later she studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.

Leonor Beleza

Leonor Beleza is a graduate of the University of Lisbon Law School, where she has also worked as an Assistant Professor.

Luísa Dacosta

From 1944 to 1947 she attended the Faculty of Arts on the University of Lisbon, where she completed the course of history and philosophy.

Miguel de Serpa Soares

Born in 1967 in Angola, Serpa Soares graduated from the University of Lisbon with a law degree in 1990 and Collège d’Europe, Bruges, in 1992 with a Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Juridiques Européennes.

Ondjaki

Ondjaki studied sociology at the University of Lisbon, and wrote his graduation paper about Angolan writer Luandino Vieira.

Pascoal Mocumbi

Having left for Lisbon, Mainland Portugal, he enrolled in the University of Lisbon's Medical School, in 1960 and 1961; subsequently, he left Portugal for political reasons, and enrolled in the University of Poitiers in France, where he stayed up until 1963.

Pedro Luís Neves

He studied biology at the University of Lisbon and formed a jazz quartet at the Hot Club of Portugal, entered the universe of improvisation and composition techniques, simultaneously collaborating in the creation of two experimental theatre shows with Lisbon's Comuna Teatro de Pesquisa and Teatro Oficina from Brazil, in Brecht's play Galileo.

Queima das Fitas

During the festival's week groups of students from other universities, such as Lisbon or Porto, among thousands of other visitors, come to enjoy it.

Teodato Hunguana

He graduated with a Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (Universidade Clássica de Lisboa) in 1972, becoming one of the very few black Mozambican lawyers.

University of Lisbon

As of 2013, the University of Lisbon comprises eighteen schools and its research institutes, six specialized units, social and shared services, and the Lisbon University Stadium.

Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira

He has a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in European Studies from the European Institute of the Faculty of Law at that university.


Eric van Damme

In between he was Visiting Professor at European Universities in Bielefeld, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Vienna, Lisbon; and in the USA at the Kellogg School of Management.

José Leite de Vasconcelos

On the founding of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon in 1911, he was appointed professor of Latin and Medieval French.

Júlio Dantas

The son of a military officer, he studied at Lisbon's Colégio Militar, and later Medicine at the University of Lisbon.

Vitorino Nemésio

Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva (Praia da Vitória, December 19, 1901 – Lisbon, February 20, 1978) was a poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his romance Mau Tempo No Canal, as well as being a professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon and member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.