MISSION & VALUES
Mission
The University of Coimbra is an institution for creation, critical analysis, transmission and dissemination of culture, science and technology which, by means of research, teaching and community services provision, contributes to the economic and social development, the environmental protection, the promotion of social justice and informed and responsible citizenship, and the consolidation of knowledge-based sovereignty.
The University has a duty to contribute to:
The public understanding of humanities, arts, science and technology, by promoting and organising actions to support the dissemination of the humanistic, artistic, scientific and techonological culture, and providing the necessary resources for these purposes.
The development of activities related to society, namely the dissemination and transfer of knowledge, as well as the economic valorisation of scientific knowledge.
The promotion of the actual mobility of professors and researchers, students and graduates, at both the national and international levels, namely in the European Higher Education Area and in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
in Statutes of the University of Coimbra [Article 2]
Values
