Contacts
Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Calçada Martim de Freitas
Universidade de Coimbra
3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
Telefone: +351 239 240 700 ext. 262392
Fax: +351 239 240 701
Email: coi@bot.uc.pt
Opening hours
Monday to Friday
09h00 - 12h30
14h00 - 17h30
Closed weekends, public holidays and August.
Location
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How to reach Coimbra
The airports nearer to Coimbra are located in Lisboa (190 km away) and in Porto (120 km away).
From Lisboa (Humberto Delgado) International Airport
By train: you will need to take the metro or to catch a taxi to Lisboa Oriente railway station; the journey should take approximately 10 minutes. Trains to Coimbra run every hour and you should expect the journey to take approximately 2 hours. All trains stop at Coimbra B.
Check the website of CP-Comboios de Portugal to check the timetable and prices.
By express bus: Express buses to Coimbra run aproximately every hour and you should expect the journey to take approximately 2 hours and a half.
Check the bus companies websites for timetables and prices:
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- https://global.flixbus.com
By transfer: the shared transfer service Coimbra Airport Shuttle offers numerous daily shuttles going to or departing from the airports of Lisbon and Porto.
Check the website of the Coimbra Airport Shuttle to check the timetable and prices.
From Porto (Francisco Sá Carneiro) International Airport
By train: from Porto airport you will need to travel to Gare dd Campanhã (the main train station in Porto). It is recommended that you travel to this station by taxi or metro. You will find taxis readily available at the front of the airport and the underground station as well. You should expect the journey to take approximately 30 minutes. Several trains run from Porto to Coimbra daily. You should expect the journey to take one hour and a half. All trains stop at Coimbra B.
Check the website of CP-Comboios de Portugal to check the timetable and prices.
By express bus: Express buses to Coimbra run every hour and you should expect the journey to take approximately one hour and a half.
Check the bus companies websites for timetables and prices:
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- https://global.flixbus.com
By transfer: the shared transfer service Coimbra Airport Shuttle offers numerous daily shuttles going to or departing from the airports of Lisbon and Porto.
Check the website of the Coimbra Airport Shuttle to check the timetable and prices.
How to reach the Department of Life Sciences
Once in Coimbra, there are several Bus lines to the University. You can purchade prepaid cards on SMTUC official selling points (about 70c per journey), or buy the ticket directly to the driver (about 2€ per journey):
• Line 5 (Pedrulha - Estádio Municipal)
• Line 11 (Arnado - Bairro Norton de Matos)
• Line 26 (Praça da República - Chão do Bispo)
• Line 28 (Universidade - Bairro do Ingote)
• Line 34 (Universidade - Polo II)
• Line 42T (Baixa - Vale de Canas)
• Line 103 (Estação Nova - Stº António dos Olivais)
• Line Botânico
Depending on the Bus number you take, the stop will be either:
• right at the University, near the Faculty of Medicine. When you step out, walk to Largo D. Dinis (large roundabout with a statue in the middle) and then go down the street that has an aqueduct on your right. The Department of Life Sciences is the building next to the aqueduct.
• near the aqueduct. When you step out, go up the street along the aqueduct. The Department of Life Sciences is the building next to the aqueduct.