Our commitment
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Encouraging the involvement of the entire academic community, particularly students, in a strategy of differentiation through quality, ensuring the effectiveness of the Quality Management System, regularly mapping the University of Coimbra internal and external stakeholders and periodically assessing their needs and satisfaction.
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Involving the University of Coimbra stakeholders in defining, implementing, evaluating, analysing and improving the University of Coimbra Management System.
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To guarantee academic freedom, governing on the basis of the principles of academic solidarity and the freedom to teach, learn, research, innovate and undertake in order to offer the entire academic community an environment that combines intellectual rigour and university ethics with freedom of opinion, a spirit of tolerance and scientific humility, the encouragement of creativity, critical thinking and innovation, as well as the recognition and promotion of merit at all levels.
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Promoting the institutional policy of open science, providing good practices and sharing knowledge with the scientific community and society in general, ensuring the necessary procedures for digital preservation of content and guaranteeing permanent access.
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To contribute, within the scope of the University of Coimbra activity, to economic and social development, to the defence of the environment, to the promotion of social justice and enlightened and responsible citizenship, to the consolidation of sovereignty based on knowledge, to international cooperation and to rapprochement between peoples, within the framework of democratic values and the defence of peace.
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To adopt, in all areas of activity, practices based on quality management systems measured and evaluated according to internationally recognised standards.
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Identify, prevent, mitigate and eliminate management risks, corruption and related offences, repudiating any abuse of power, harassment, improper conduct, conflicts of interest, discrimination, fraud and other practices detrimental to the rights of the University of Coimbra community.
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Provide whistleblowing mechanisms and act proportionately and appropriately in each case reported.
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Act with transparency and integrity, developing practices of relational transparency and procedural justice, ensuring equal opportunities and the full expression of diversity, defending academic honesty and actively combating all types of fraud.
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Comply with the legal requirements applicable to the University of Coimbra spheres of activity, as well as additional requirements to which the University of Coimbra commits itself, endeavouring to go beyond legal obligations whenever possible.
Did you know?
The Universit of Coimbra is governed by its Code of Ethics, Conduct and Integrity, which establishes a set of principles, values, rules of conduct and good practices that should guide the actions of the institution and its community.
The Academic Association of Coimbra, which has more than 130 years of history, is the oldest student association in Portugal. It is one of the most emblematic and eclectic academic associations in the country, with more than 70 structures in its constitution. Its defence of the more than 25,000 UC students it represents involves not only political activities, but also sports, culture and civic intervention. Through an annual programme contract, the UC supports the Coimbra Academic Association by funding projects of a diverse scope, with the aim of enriching extracurricular activities and strengthening the academy.
The UC Open Science website gives visibility to the University of Coimbra's commitment to Open Science and its programme to position itself at the forefront of a movement that cuts across scientific institutions, political decision-makers, economic agents and all forms of active citizenship.
The digital repository of the University of Coimbra's scientific output, Estudo Geral (EG), presented to the public in 2008, gathers and stores all of the UC's scientific output in full text and on an open access basis.
The Office for Auditing and Prevention of Management Risks is a technical support and advisory structure to the Rector and the Management Board, created with the aim of promoting internal control by carrying out internal audits, with a view to identifying situations that could lead to management risks, corruption and related infractions, as well as presenting proposals for preventive measures to eliminate these risks or minimise the likelihood of their occurrence, adopting a pedagogical approach in its work.
The University of Coimbra provides an electronic platform for submitting complaints, the "ComplaintChannel" platform, where it is also possible for the complainant to access information on the status of the complaint, simply by entering the code obtained when submitting it on the same platform.
The Student Ombudsman, an organ of the University, plays an important role in raising awareness among students of their right to receive a quality, efficient and respectful public service and also in encouraging them to participate in improving that service through their personal commitment and critical capacity.
The UC also has a privileged evaluation and contact channel, SIM@UC, accessible through the uc.pt universe pages and based on a web platform designed to receive, process and monitor compliments, suggestions and complaints.
The UC publishes annual Management and Accounts Reports and Sustainability Reports, which are very important for accountability and transparency, and which provide a clear and detailed view of its activities, allowing stakeholders to assess its performance and guaranteeing ethical and responsible behaviour. The Social Action Services also publish annual Management and Accounts Reports.