UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR

HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY

The first steps on the way to what is now the University of Beira Interior (UBI) were taken in the 70s, when he was born the Polytechnic Institute of Covilhã (IPC) in 1973. The city, once considered the "Portuguese Manchester", by long tradition, dynamism and quality of their wool, was reached in this decade, a crisis at the industry level. Thus, following the publication of Decree-Law 402/73 of 11 August, as part of the "Reform Veiga Simão," which led to the expansion and diversification of higher education, created the IPC, which received in 1975 , its first 143 students in the courses of Textile Engineering and Business Administration and Accounting. In July 1979, the past six years, the institution becomes Institute University of Beira Interior (iubi) (Law 44/79 of 11 September). The conversion iubi came to pass in 1986 (Decree-Law 76-B/86, April 30). The first rector was Prof. UBI. Dr. Cândido Manuel Passos Morgado, who would remain in office between August 21 1980 and January 19, 1996, on which date he assumes his duties as Rector Prof. Doctor José Manuel dos Santos Silva, who remains in office until June 19, 2009. This date takes over as the third Rector of the institution Prof.. João António Rodrigues Sampaio Queiroz.

TEACHER OF DOCTOR JOAO ANTONIO RODRIGUES

The University of Beira Interior (UBI) was founded in 1986. The University has grown to a comprehensive set of scientific fields. UBI has five colleges and has about 7000 students and 500 teachers. There is now a clear emphasis on the implementation of the Bologna process with a student centered teaching and research. The campus of UBI, which includes buildings with historical value, is spread in Covilha, a mountain town near the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain in the Portuguese mainland. UBI was awarded the Diploma Supplement European Commission.