NOVA University Lisbon
NOVA University Lisbon, known in Portuguese as Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and in everyday use as NOVA, is a public university founded on 11 August 1973 and the youngest of Lisbon's three state universities.新里斯本大学(葡萄牙语:Universidade NOVA de Lisboa),日常简称 NOVA,是一所公立大学,创办于 1973 年 8 月 11 日,是里斯本三所国立大学中最年轻的一所。
It is a decentralised institution whose nine schools enjoy considerable autonomy, with teaching units in Lisbon, Almada, Oeiras and Cascais, and in the 2025-2026 academic year it enrolled 26,278 students taught and supervised by 2,767 teachers and researchers.学校实行分权治理,九个学院享有相当大的自主权,教学单位分布于里斯本、阿尔马达、奥埃拉什与卡斯凯什,2025 至 2026 学年共招收 26278 名学生,由 2767 名教师与研究人员教学与指导。
It is ranked 337th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, placed in the 501-550 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education table, 535th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities list and in the 701-800 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, with 74,260 works and 3,635,430 citations recorded on OpenAlex.学校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 337 位,在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位于 501 至 550 位,在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中列第 535 位,在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位于 701 至 800 位,其在 OpenAlex 上记录有 74260 项成果与 3635430 次引用。
History
- NOVA University Lisbon was founded by Decree-Law 402/73 of 11 August 1973, one of the new universities created in Portugal that year as higher education expanded and diversified.新里斯本大学由 1973 年 8 月 11 日的第 402/73 号法令创立,是当年葡萄牙在高等教育扩张与多样化背景下新建的大学之一。
- It was the smallest and youngest of Lisbon's three public universities, and it adopted an interdisciplinary model that combined technological development with traditional fields such as medicine, the sciences and the humanities.它是里斯本三所公立大学中规模最小、历史最短的一所,采用跨学科模式,把技术发展与医学、科学、人文等传统领域结合起来。
- Its first rector, João José Fraústo da Silva, served from 1973 to 1975, chaired the installation commission and laid out the institutional structure that the university still uses.其首任校长若昂·若泽·弗劳什托·达席尔瓦于 1973 至 1975 年在任,主持筹建委员会并奠定了学校至今沿用的制度结构。
- By September 1974 the planning study had defined five scientific areas for development, namely the exact and natural sciences, the human and social sciences, the arts, the applied sciences and technologies, and the medical and paramedical sciences.至 1974 年 9 月,规划研究已确定五个重点发展的学科领域,即精确与自然科学、人文与社会科学、艺术、应用科学与技术,以及医学与辅助医学。
- Manuel Laranjeira served as rector from 1975 to 1977, a period in which the university consolidated its first faculties and began to build a teaching body.曼努埃尔·拉兰热拉于 1975 至 1977 年任校长,这一时期学校整合了最初的几个学院并开始组建师资队伍。
- In November 1977 the Minister of Education, Mário Sottomayor Cardia, divided NOVA into four organic units, the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the last of these created by Decree-Law 481/77 of 15 November 1977.1977 年 11 月,教育部长马里奥·索托马约尔·卡尔迪亚将新里斯本大学划分为四个建制单位,即科学与技术学院、社会科学与人文学院、经济学院与医学院,其中医学院由 1977 年 11 月 15 日的第 481/77 号法令创设。
- The Faculty of Sciences and Technology was established in 1977 on the Caparica campus in Almada, and it has grown into one of Portugal's most prominent public schools of engineering and science with about 8,000 students, some 1,500 of them postgraduate.科学与技术学院于 1977 年在阿尔马达的卡帕里卡校区成立,如今已发展为葡萄牙最知名的公立工程与理科学院之一,约有 8000 名学生,其中约 1500 人为研究生。
- Alfredo de Sousa served as rector from 1977 to 1982, following a period in which the university had concentrated on graduate and specialist programmes and had begun, from the end of 1977, to expand its offerings steadily.阿尔弗雷多·德索萨于 1977 至 1982 年任校长,此前学校以研究生与专门课程为主,并自 1977 年底起持续扩展课程门类。
- The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities opened its doors in January 1978, building its identity on the social sciences and humanities at a time when the study of letters held the leading position.社会科学与人文学院于 1978 年 1 月开办,在社会科学的建立上确立自身特色,而当时的学界仍以文学研究为主导。
- The university's information management school, later known as NOVA IMS, was founded in 1989 in response to a shortage of specialists in information management and information systems, and it settled on the Campolide campus.学校的信息管理学校即后来的 NOVA IMS 创立于 1989 年,以应对信息管理与信息系统专业人才的短缺,院址设在坎波利德校区。
- José António Esperança Pina was rector from 1982 to 1991, Manuel Pinto Barbosa from 1991 to 1995 and Luís Sousa Lobo from 1995 to 2003, a stretch in which NOVA broadened from a small interdisciplinary experiment into a full metropolitan university.若泽·安东尼奥·埃斯佩兰萨·皮纳于 1982 至 1991 年、曼努埃尔·平托·巴尔博萨于 1991 至 1995 年、路易斯·索萨·洛博于 1995 至 2003 年先后任校长,这一阶段学校从规模不大的跨学科试验成长为完整的大都市大学。
- The Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which traces its origins to a school of tropical medicine founded in 1902, was later integrated into NOVA and became one of its specialist institutes.卫生与热带医学研究所可上溯至 1902 年创办的热带医学学校,其后并入新里斯本大学,成为学校的专门研究所之一。
- Leopoldo Guimarães was rector from 2003 to 2007 and António Rendas from 2007 to 2017, after which Paulo Pereira took office as rector.莱奥波尔多·吉马良斯于 2003 至 2007 年、安东尼奥·伦达斯于 2007 至 2017 年任校长,其后保罗·佩雷拉就任校长。
- Through its first five decades NOVA grew into nine schools spanning science and technology, social sciences and humanities, business and economics, law, medicine, information management, chemical and biological technology, hygiene and tropical medicine, and public health.经过最初五十年的发展,新里斯本大学扩展为九所学院,涵盖科学与技术、社会科学与人文、商业与经济、法学、医学、信息管理、化学与生物技术、卫生与热带医学以及公共卫生。
- In 2018 the NOVA School of Business and Economics moved to a new campus at Carcavelos on the coast west of Lisbon, giving its teaching and research a purpose-built home.2018 年,NOVA 商业与经济学院迁入里斯本以西海滨卡斯凯什地区的新校区,为其教学与研究提供了专门建设的场所。
- In 2019 NOVA joined the EUTOPIA alliance of European universities, a grouping of ten institutions that pool their teaching and research agendas.2019 年,新里斯本大学加入由十所高校组成的欧洲大学联盟 EUTOPIA,成员校共享教学与研究议程。
- In August 2023 the university marked its 50th anniversary, describing itself as a university that had set out to do things differently in Lisbon in 1973.2023 年 8 月,学校迎来建校 50 周年,自述为 1973 年在里斯本立志另辟蹊径办学的大学。
- In the 2020s NOVA has extended its footprint further, opening a NOVA Mafra space and planning a new campus for the NOVA Medical School at Carcavelos on land ceded by the CUF health group.进入 2020 年代,学校进一步拓展空间,开设 NOVA Mafra 场地,并计划在 CUF 医疗集团让出的卡斯凯什地块上为 NOVA 医学院建设新校区。
Academics
- NOVA is organised into nine schools, among them the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the School of Business and Economics, the School of Law, the Medical School, the Information Management School, the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology, the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the National School of Public Health.学校下设九所学院,包括科学与技术学院、社会科学与人文学院、商业与经济学院、法学院、医学院、信息管理学院、化学与生物技术研究所、卫生与热带医学研究所以及国家公共卫生学院。
- In the 2025-2026 academic year the university enrolled 26,278 students, among them 9,470 in first-cycle degrees, 2,353 in integrated master's degrees, 11,362 in master's degrees, 2,484 in doctorates and 609 in non-degree courses.2025 至 2026 学年,学校共有 26278 名学生,其中第一阶段学位 9470 人、本硕连读学位 2353 人、硕士学位 11362 人、博士学位 2484 人、非学位课程 609 人。
- Its accredited portfolio in that year comprised 48 first-cycle degrees, one integrated master's, 147 master's degrees and 72 doctorates, and a further 609 students followed non-degree courses.其当年经认证的课程体系包括 48 个第一阶段学位、1 个本硕连读项目、147 个硕士学位与 72 个博士项目,另有 609 名学生修读非学位课程。
- The university employs 2,767 teachers and researchers, equivalent to 1,813 full-time posts, and half of them are women.学校聘有 2767 名教师与研究人员,相当于 1813 个全职岗位,其中半数为女性。
- It counts 40 research units, 92.5 per cent of which were rated exceptional, excellent or very good by the Foundation for Science and Technology, and its researchers produced 3,789 Scopus-indexed publications in 2025.学校设有 40 个研究单位,其中 92.5% 被科学技术基金会评为卓越、优秀或良好,研究人员在 2025 年产出 3789 篇被 Scopus 收录的论文。
- Research accounts for 28.7 per cent of the university's revenue, and 27.1 per cent of its research income comes from private sources.科研占学校收入的 28.7%,其科研经费中有 27.1% 来自私人部门。
- Of its students 6,066 come from abroad, representing 131 nationalities, and 330 of its teachers and researchers are foreign nationals.其学生中有 6066 人来自国外,涵盖 131 个国籍,另有 330 名教师与研究人员为外国籍。
- It maintains 1,016 mobility partnerships across 106 countries and in one year received 1,065 incoming exchange students.学校在 106 个国家维持 1016 项流动合作,某一年度接收了 1065 名交换生。
- Its teaching is spread over sites in Lisbon, Almada, Oeiras and Cascais, with Lisbon hosting the rectorate and the social sciences and humanities, Almada the science and technology campus and Oeiras the chemical and biological technology institute.其教学分布于里斯本、阿尔马达、奥埃拉什与卡斯凯什,里斯本驻有校务委员会与社会科学与人文学院,阿尔马达设科学与技术校区,奥埃拉什设化学与生物技术研究所。
- The Faculty of Sciences and Technology offers engineering and science degrees on the Caparica campus and is attended by about 8,000 students, including some 1,500 master's and doctoral candidates.科学与技术学院在卡帕里卡校区开设工程与理学学位,在校生约 8000 人,其中约 1500 人为硕士与博士研究生。
- The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the largest arts and humanities faculty in the metropolitan area, teaches history, languages, philosophy, communication and the arts.社会科学与人文学院都会区规模最大的人文学院,开设历史、语言、哲学、传播与艺术等课程。
- The School of Business and Economics runs undergraduate, master's, doctoral and executive programmes from its Carcavelos campus and is one of the leading business schools in Portugal.商业与经济学院在卡斯凯什校区开设本科、硕士、博士与高层管理课程,是葡萄牙领先的商学院之一。
- The Information Management School, founded in 1989, specialises in statistics, information management and data-driven business and was the first institution in Portugal accredited as an entrepreneurial faculty.信息管理学院创立于 1989 年,专长于统计学、信息管理与数据驱动的商业,是葡萄牙首所获得创业型学院认证的机构。
- The Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology, based in Oeiras, carries out research and doctoral training in chemistry, biology and biotechnology in partnership with neighbouring institutes.化学与生物技术研究所设在奥埃拉什,与邻近科研机构合作开展化学、生物学与生物技术的研究与博士培养。
- The National School of Public Health, together with the Medical School and the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gives NOVA a substantial presence in health education in Portugal.国家公共卫生学院与医学院、卫生与热带医学研究所一道,使新里斯本大学在葡萄牙健康教育领域占有重要地位。
Campus
- The rectorate stands on the Campolide campus in Lisbon, a complex of buildings that includes the Colégio Almada Negreiros and serves as the administrative and event centre of the university.校务委员会驻于里斯本的坎波利德校区,该建筑群包括阿尔马达·内格雷罗斯学院楼,是学校的行政与活动中心。
- The Campolide campus also houses the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Information Management School and the School of Law, concentrating the social sciences in the city.坎波利德校区还设社会科学与人文学院、信息管理学院与法学院,把社会科学学科集中到市区。
- The Faculty of Sciences and Technology occupies the Caparica campus at Almada on the opposite bank of the Tagus, a site with about 8,000 students that includes laboratories and a canteen serving the faculty.科学与技术学院位于塔霍河对岸阿尔马达的卡帕里卡校区,该校区约有 8000 名学生,配有实验室与供应全院的餐厅。
- The School of Business and Economics occupies a purpose-built campus at Carcavelos on the Atlantic coast west of Lisbon, opened in 2018 with modern teaching and residential facilities.商业与经济学院位于里斯本以西大西洋沿岸卡斯凯什的专门校区,于 2018 年启用,配有现代教学与住宿设施。
- In Oeiras the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology sits within a scientific and technological park shared with other Portuguese research institutions.在奥埃拉什,化学与生物技术研究所坐落在与其他葡萄牙科研机构共用的科技园区内。
- The Medical School and the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are based in Lisbon, close to the city's hospitals, where clinical teaching takes place.医学院与卫生与热带医学研究所设在里斯本市区,毗邻市内医院,临床教学便在此展开。
- Across its sites the university maintains 53 buildings with 285,667 square metres of built area, nine libraries and three student residences.在各校区范围内,学校拥有 53 座建筑、建筑面积 285667 平方米、9 所图书馆与 3 处学生宿舍。
- The student housing initiative known as Rede 1/4 is a non-profit scheme that connects people with spare rooms to students in need of a place to live and study, supplementing the university residences.名为 Rede 1/4 的学生住宿计划是一项非营利机制,把有闲置房源的房东与需要居住和学习场所的学生对接起来,补充校内宿舍的供给。
Reputation
- NOVA University Lisbon is ranked 337th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, its position among the three public universities of the Lisbon metropolitan area resting on its research and international profile.新里斯本大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 337 位,其在里斯本都会区三所公立大学中的位次依托于科研与国际化的表现。
- It is placed in the 501-550 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, an improvement from the 501-600 band in the 2026 edition.学校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位于 501 至 550 位,较 2026 年版的 501 至 600 位有所提升。
- The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities list places it 535th in the world, while the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places it in the 701-800 band.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中,学校列世界第 535 位,而 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将其列于 701 至 800 位。
- Its research output recorded on OpenAlex amounts to 74,260 works and 3,635,430 citations, and 92.5 per cent of its 40 research units were rated highly by the national science foundation.其在 OpenAlex 上记录的研究产出为 74260 项成果与 3635430 次引用,其 40 个研究单位中有 92.5% 获国家科学基金会高评价。
- Its nine schools constitute, in the university's own description, a cultural, artistic, academic and technological resource of national standing.学校的九所学院,按其自身表述,构成一份具有全国影响的文化、艺术、学术与技术资源。
- The Faculty of Sciences and Technology at Caparica is regarded as one of Portugal's most prestigious public schools of engineering and science, a standing it pairs with a large postgraduate population.卡帕里卡的科学与技术学院被视为葡萄牙最知名的公立工程与理科学院之一,这一声誉与其庞大的研究生规模相称。
- The School of Business and Economics ranks among the leading business schools of Europe and is the university's most internationally visible faculty.商业与经济学院位居欧洲领先商学院之列,是学校国际知名度最高的学院。
- Membership of the EUTOPIA alliance, alongside quality ratings for its research units, has raised NOVA's profile in European higher education cooperation.加入 EUTOPIA 联盟,加上其研究单位获得的质量评级,提升了新里斯本大学在欧洲高教合作中的能见度。
- The university presents itself as a leader in sustainability and internationalisation among Portuguese institutions, claims supported by its 131 student nationalities and 106-country partnership network.学校自述为葡萄牙高校中可持续发展与国际化的领先者,其 131 个学生国籍与覆盖 106 个国家的合作网络为其提供支撑。
Student life
- The university's motto, Omnis Civitas Contra Se Divisa Non Stabit, was taken from the final sentence of the rector's investiture speech and means that every city divided against itself shall not stand.学校校训 Omnis Civitas Contra Se Divisa Non Stabit 取自校长就职演说的末句,意为自相纷争的城必站立不住。
- Officially translated as a call to unity, the motto uses the image of the civitas, the city of knowledge and the community of scholars, as the metaphor for the university itself.这一校训被官方诠释为对团结的呼吁,以「城邦」即知识的城市与学者的共同体的意象来比喻大学本身。
- The Residence Alfredo de Sousa, named after a former rector, is one of the university's halls of residence and was opened with the ambition of being a meeting place rather than merely a place to sleep.以历任校长阿尔弗雷多·德索萨命名的宿舍楼是学校的学生公寓之一,其启用时的定位是交流聚会之所,而不只是睡觉的地方。
- The programme branded Vida na NOVA brings together the social, cultural and sporting life of the university across its campuses.以(Vida na NOVA)为名的项目汇集了学校各校区的社交、文化与体育生活。
- NOVA Walks, a series of guided city events, takes students and staff into Lisbon to explore themes such as the city's multicultural history.NOVA Walks 是一系列城市导览活动,带领师生走进里斯本,探讨如城市多元文化史等主题。
- Through the EUTOPIA alliance students take part in joint programmes such as the Innovation Challenge Week, which brings researchers from the partner universities together.借助 EUTOPIA 联盟,学生参与创新挑战周等联合项目,该项目汇聚成员高校的研究人员。
- PULSAR, a permanent cycle of conferences, public forums and editorial initiatives, engages the university community with the wider role of the university in contemporary public questions.PULSAR 是一系列常设的会议、公开论坛与出版活动,引导大学社群思考大学在当代公共议题中的更广泛角色。
Notable people
- João José Fraústo da Silva was the founder and first rector of NOVA, leading its installation from 1973 to 1975 and defining an institution built on innovation, interdisciplinarity and a close link to society.若昂·若泽·弗劳什托·达席尔瓦是新里斯本大学的创办人与首任校长,1973 至 1975 年主持筹建,为学校确立了创新、跨学科与紧密联系社会的定位。
- Alfredo de Sousa, rector from 1977 to 1982, gave his name to the university's Alfredo de Sousa residence and helped shape its early expansion.1977 至 1982 年任校长的阿尔弗雷多·德索萨,其名字被用于学校的阿尔弗雷多·德索萨宿舍楼,并推动了学校的早期扩张。
- Paulo Pereira, the rector from 2017, has presented NOVA as a community that has aimed since 1973 to do things differently in Lisbon.2017 年起任校长的保罗·佩雷拉,将新里斯本大学描述为一个自 1973 年以来立志在里斯本另辟蹊径办学的共同体。
- José Manuel Albuquerque Tavares, a professor of economics at the School of Business and Economics, holds a doctorate from Harvard University and is a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London.商业与经济学院经济学教授若泽·曼努埃尔·阿尔布开克·塔瓦雷斯拥有哈佛大学博士学位,并是伦敦经济政策研究中心的兼职研究员。
- Cátia Batista, a professor of economics, founded and directs the NOVAFRICA research centre at the School of Business and Economics and took her doctorate at the University of Chicago.经济学教授卡蒂娅·巴蒂斯塔创办并主持商业与经济学院的 NOVAFRICA 研究中心,其博士学位得自芝加哥大学。
- Susana Peralta, a specialist in public economics and political economy who joined the School of Business and Economics in 2004, holds a doctorate from the Catholic University of Louvain.公共经济学与政治经济学专家苏珊娜·佩拉尔塔于 2004 年加入商业与经济学院,其博士学位得自鲁汶天主教大学。
- António Câmara, a professor and entrepreneur who founded the digital media company YDreams, is associated with the university as both academic and businessman.创办数字媒体企业 YDreams 的教授与企业家安东尼奥·卡马拉,以学者与商人的双重身份与学校关联。
- José Luís Peixoto, one of the best-known Portuguese novelists of his generation, is counted among the university's alumni.若泽·路易斯·佩肖托是同代葡萄牙最知名的小说家之一,被列为学校的校友。
- Miguel Vale de Almeida, an anthropologist known for work on gender and masculinity in Portugal, is among the figures associated with the institution.以研究葡萄牙性别与男性气质著称的人类学家米格尔·瓦莱·德阿尔梅达,是与该校关联的人物之一。
- António Chagas Rosa, a composer whose work has been performed by Portuguese orchestras, is listed among the university's alumni.作品曾由葡萄牙多家乐团演出的作曲家安东尼奥·沙加斯·罗萨,被列为学校的校友。
- Carmona Rodrigues, an engineer and politician who served as mayor of Lisbon, drew part of his academic career from the institution.曾任里斯本市长的工程师与政治家卡莫纳·罗德里格斯,其部分学术生涯得自该校。
- Armando Vara, a politician and banking executive, is named in the university's roll of notable people although he did not complete his degree.政治家与银行业高管阿曼多·瓦拉虽未完成学位,仍被列入学校的知名人物名录。