Partnerships

The majority of the education and research activities of the University of Coimbra take place within the framework of a large network of contacts and partnerships with higher education institutions from all over the world, from Europe to Africa, North and South America, Asia, Middle East and Australia.

Currently, UC holds over 1500 Erasmus bilateral agreements with several European universities in over 30 countries and around 200 bilateral agreements with higher education institutions from countries in other regions.

• Double Degrees

The internationalisation strategy of the University of Coimbra also focus on the internationalisation of its study cycles. Several types of internationalisation of study programmes are developed including brand new joint degrees with foreign Higher Education Institutions (HEI), double degrees with foreign HEI using existing study programmes, study programmes delivered at foreign HEI and the support of foreign HEI in the development of their study programme.

• Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters

In this context, the Erasmus+ Action Erasmus Mundus, is a priority in the internationalisation of study cycles, and the UC participates in various Erasmus Mundus Master Degrees and Erasmus Mundus Design Measures, in a diverse multidisciplinary range of programmes.

The cooperation is promoted through a set of tools as international cooperation agreements, the participation in programmes, projects and institutional networks or other associations that we consider relevant for the internationalization of the University of Coimbra. As an example: Coimbra Group, EUA, FORGES (Portuguese-speaking Higher Education Forum), Utrecht Network, Tokyo Foundation, Fulbright, Silk Road Network and AULP (Association of Portuguese Language Universities) which currently has the presidency of the University of Coimbra.

European Campus of City-Universities - EC2U

The European Campus of City-Universities (EC2U) is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual Alliance created in 2018, consisting of seven long-standing, education- and research-led, locally and globally engaged universities from four diverse regions of the European Union: the University of Coimbra, the University of Iasi, the University of Jena, the University of Pavia, the University of Poitiers (Coordinator), the University of Salamanca and the University of Turku.