- University of the Azores
Universidade dos Açores is a
public university and the westernmost university inPortugal . It is theAzores ' only university and was founded in1976 , just after the April Revolution in1974 .The University opened on 9th January, 1976 in the aftermath of the
Portuguese Revolution of 1974 and before the institutionalization of the Autonomous Region.The university is in
Ponta Delgada and has two "campi":
*the departmento deCiências Agrárias "Department of Agricultural Sciences" is inAngra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira
*thedepartamento de Oceanografia e Pescas "Department of Oceanography and Icthyology" is on the island of Faial. The department includes scientists which conserves the marine life in the Azorean Archipelago.The head of the university is Prof. Doutor
Avelino de Freitas de Meneses , a specialist in the insular history of the Atlantic. Other facilities includes theDepartamento de Biologia , the "Department of Biology"The university buildings are in three parishes including one in Ponta Delgada and one in São Pedro northeast of Ponta Delgada. The university has a university team.
ee also
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List of universities in Portugal
*Higher education in Portugal External links
* [http://www.uac.pt/en/ Official website] , [http://www.uac.pt In Portuguese]
*http://www.aeiou.pt/registos/u/Universidade_dos_Acores.html -aeiou.pt
* [http://www.angra.uac.pt/ Campus de Angra/Angra Campus] or the Department of Agricultural Sciences (in Portuguese)
* [http://www.dm.uac.pt/ Department of Mathematics]
* [http://www.horta.uac.pt/ Department of Oceanography and Ichthyology in Horta]
*http://www.sdoc.uac.pt/
*http://www.hridir.org/countries/portugal/PROVCOUN/university_of_the_azores/
*http://www.universities.com/Schools/U/Universidade_dos_Aandccedil;ores.php
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