Technical University of Lisbon

The Technical University of Lisbon (UTL; Portuguese: Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðaðɨ ˈtɛknikɐ ðɨ liʒˈβoɐ]) was a Portuguese public university. It was created in 1930 in Lisbon, as a confederation of preexisting schools, and comprised the faculties and institutes of veterinary medicine; agricultural sciences; economics and business administration; engineering, social and political sciences; architecture; and human kinetics.

On July 25, 2013, it merged with the older University of Lisbon (1911–2013) and was incorporated in the new University of Lisbon.

Faculties

• Veterinary Medicine: FMV - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
• Agricultural Sciences: ISA - Instituto Superior de Agronomia
• Economics and Business Management: ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
• Engineering, Science and Technology: IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
• Social and Political Sciences: ISCSP - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas
• Human Kinetics: FMH - Faculdade de Motricidade Humana
• Architecture: FA - Faculdade de Arquitectura

The faculties offer all levels of academic degrees in a wide range of fields, ranging from veterinary medicine to agricultural sciences to engineering to political science to sports management.

Notable alumni

People who have been awarded a degree by the Technical University of Lisbon or otherwise have attended this university, include:

Dom Duarte Pio de Bragança, 24th Duke of Braganza, claimant to the throne of Portugal, agronomist.

Alberto Romão Dias, Researcher, university professor.

António Borges (economist), Vice President of Goldman Sachs International

Amílcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean independence fighter, guerrilla, agronomist.

António Câmara, Entrepreneur, university professor, civil engineer.

Bento de Jesus Caraça, Antifascist resistance, mathematician and economist.

Carlos Carvalhas, Communist leader, politician, economist.

Aníbal Cavaco Silva, former President of Republic and Prime Minister, university professor, economist.

Maria Amélia Chaves, first female civil engineer to graduate from the Instituto Superior Técnico at UTL, and the first Portuguese female engineer to work in the field.

Vítor Constâncio, former governor Banco de Portugal, politician, economist.

Nuno Crato, university professor, researcher, writer, mathematician and economist.

Mariano Gago, minister, politician, university professor, scientist, electrical engineer.

Carla Gomes, computer scientist, computational sustainability researcher, university professor.

António Guterres, former Prime Minister, politician, electrical engineer.

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