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Catholic University of Portugal

Lisbon (Headquarters); Porto Regional Centre; Braga Regional Centre; Viseu Regional Centre
Portugal

+351 217 214 000

www.ucp.pt

Best in History

Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2016-2024)

About the Law School

The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]), also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is the only concordat university (non-state-run university with concordat status) of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is a "free" and "autonomous" university "of public utility" recognized by the Portuguese State.UCP is organized as a university system, made up of four major centres: Lisbon (the headquarters), Porto, Braga and Viseu. These include 20 faculties, schools and institutes, which are the basic education and research units. Besides the four centres in Portugal, UCP also has the University of Saint Joseph in Macau as its affiliate.
UCP has more than 11,000 students and 7,549 postgraduate students. The current and 6th Rector of UCP is Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil. It is the best Portuguese university according to the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Ranking.