University of Algarve

The University of Algarve (UAlg, Portuguese: Universidade do Algarve) is a public university based in Faro, the capital of Portugal's southernmost Algarve region, and was founded in 1979.阿尔加维大学（University of Algarve，葡萄牙语 Universidade do Algarve，简称 UAlg）是葡萄牙最南部阿尔加维地区首府法鲁的一所公立大学，创办于 1979 年。

It is the only Portuguese university created by a law of the Assembly of the Republic, and it combines four faculties, three schools and one institute across campuses in Faro and Portimão, with about 10,000 students and 700 teaching and research staff.该校是葡萄牙唯一由共和国议会立法创办的公立大学，在法鲁与波尔蒂芒的校区中汇集四个学院、三所学校与一个高等研究所，约有 1 万名学生和 700 名教学与研究人员，课程覆盖从初始学位到博士训练的完整链条。

UAlg is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, ranks 1579th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 and did not enter the ARWU 2026 main table.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名与 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中均处于 1001-1200 区间，在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中列第 1579 位，未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

History

• On 16 January 1979 the Portuguese Parliament voted to create a university in the Algarve, ending a period in which the region had no university of its own.1979 年 1 月 16 日，葡萄牙议会表决通过在阿尔加维创办一所大学，结束了该地区没有本地大学的历史。
• Law 11/79 of 28 March 1979 formally established the University of Algarve, giving the new institution a legal identity separate from the older universities of Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto.1979 年 3 月 28 日的第 11/79 号法律正式设立阿尔加维大学，使这所新院校在里斯本、科英布拉与波尔图等老牌大学之外获得独立法人地位，这一立法程序也为其后续取得学位授予权奠定了基础。
• Law 513-T/79 of 26 December 1979 created the Polytechnic Institute of Faro, which was then combined with the university to form a single institution with both university and polytechnic schools.1979 年 12 月 26 日的第 513-T/79 号法律创设法鲁理工学院，该院随后与大学合并，形成一个同时包含大学院系与理工学院系的单一机构。
• This union gave UAlg a binary structure in which university faculties and polytechnic schools co-exist, a model that distinguishes it from most Portuguese universities.这一合并使阿尔加维大学形成大学院系与理工学院系并存的二元结构，这一模式使其有别于葡萄牙多数大学。
• Manuel Gomes Guerreiro, a forestry engineer born in Loulé in 1919, was appointed the first rector and served from 1982 to 1986.1919 年生于洛莱的林业工程师曼努埃尔·戈梅斯·格雷罗被任命为首任校长，任期为 1982 至 1986 年。
• Carlos Alberto Lloyd Braga followed as rector from 1986 to 1990, and Jacinto Montalvão Marques held the post from 1990 to 1993.卡洛斯·阿尔贝托·劳埃德·布拉加于 1986 至 1990 年接任校长，雅辛托·蒙塔尔旺·马克斯则于 1990 至 1993 年任职。
• After the Portuguese Universities Autonomy Law, the University Assembly of staff and students approved the first statutes in 1991, which were then confirmed by the Ministry of Education.葡萄牙《大学自治法》颁布后，由教研人员与学生组成的大学议会于 1991 年通过首部章程，随后获教育部确认。
• Eugénio Alte da Veiga served as rector from 1993 to 1997, a period in which the university consolidated its first degree programmes and campus facilities.欧热尼奥·阿尔特·达·韦加于 1993 至 1997 年任校长，这一时期学校巩固了首批学位项目与校园设施。
• The Student Union of the University of Algarve (AAUAlg) was founded on 1 October 1997, replacing six smaller associations that had represented individual schools.阿尔加维大学学生会（AAUAlg）于 1997 年 10 月 1 日成立，取代了此前代表各学院的六个较小协会。
• Adriano Gomes Pimpão was rector from 1998 to 2006, and the first amendment to the university statutes was published in the official gazette in 2001.阿德里亚诺·戈梅斯·平庞于 1998 至 2006 年任校长，大学章程的首次修订则于 2001 年在政府公报上公布。
• João Guerreiro led the university from 2006 to 2013, when the institution expanded its research base and its international partnerships.若昂·格雷罗于 2006 至 2013 年领导该校，期间学校扩大了科研基础与国际合作。
• The medical school opened in September 2009 with its first 32 students, creating the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and adding clinical training to the university's portfolio.医学院于 2009 年 9 月开学，首批招收 32 名学生，随后形成医学与生物医学科学院，为学校增添了临床培养职能，也使阿尔加维的高等教育首次覆盖完整医学训练。
• On 15 December 2010 the university awarded an honorary doctorate to the Algarve-born novelist Lídia Jorge, recognising her international literary standing.2010 年 12 月 15 日，该校授予阿尔加维出身的小说家莉迪亚·若热荣誉博士学位，以表彰其国际文学地位。
• António Branco was rector from 2013 to 2017, and Paulo Águas succeeded him in 2017 at the head of a university with three campuses and eight academic units.安东尼奥·布兰科于 2013 至 2017 年任校长，保罗·阿瓜斯于 2017 年接任，领导一所拥有三个校区与八个学术单位的大学。
• In 2019 UAlg joined the European University of the Seas (SEA-EU) alliance, a transnational partnership created under the European Universities Initiative.2019 年，阿尔加维大学加入「欧洲海洋大学」（SEA-EU）联盟，这是欧洲大学倡议下建立的跨国高校伙伴关系。
• By 2024 the university reported about 10,000 students, more than 700 teaching and research staff and over 31 study areas across its faculties and schools.到 2024 年，该校报告约有 1 万名学生、700 余名教学与研究人员，以及横跨各院系的 31 个以上学科领域。
• In 2025 Alexandra Teodósio, a full professor of marine ecology at the Faculty of Science and Technology and a researcher at CCMAR, became rector.2025 年，科学与技术学院海洋生态学正教授、CCMAR 研究员亚历山德拉·特奥多西奥出任校长。
• The rectors' gallery records an unbroken sequence from Manuel Gomes Guerreiro in 1982 through Lloyd Braga, Montalvão Marques, Alte da Veiga, Pimpão, João Guerreiro and Branco to Paulo Águas.校史长廊完整记录了从 1982 年曼努埃尔·戈梅斯·格雷罗开始，经劳埃德·布拉加、蒙塔尔旺·马克斯、阿尔特·达·韦加、平庞、若昂·格雷罗与布兰科，直至保罗·阿瓜斯的历任校长序列。
• The University of Algarve was the only Portuguese university whose creation was approved unanimously by Parliament, a point the institution still cites in its official profile.阿尔加维大学是葡萄牙唯一经议会一致通过而创办的大学，该校至今仍在官方简介中强调这一立法渊源。
• Its two Faro campuses, Gambelas and Penha, and the Portimão branch developed over four decades from the 1979 legal foundation into a multi-site institution serving the whole Algarve.其法鲁的甘贝拉斯与佩尼亚两个校区以及波尔蒂芒分部，经过四十年发展，从 1979 年的法律基础成长为服务整个阿尔加维的多校区机构，并在研究、教学与知识转移方面持续对接区域需求。
• The 2009 medical school and the later Algarve Biomedical Center made health sciences the university's newest faculty-level field, alongside its older strengths in marine science and tourism.2009 年设立的医学院及后来的阿尔加维生物医学中心，使健康科学成为该校最新的学院级领域，与海洋科学和旅游等传统强项并列。

Academics

• UAlg is organised into four faculties and three schools plus the Higher Institute of Engineering, giving it eight academic units in total.阿尔加维大学由四个学院、三所学校以及高等工程学院组成，共设八个学术单位。
• The four faculties are the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.四个学院分别是人文与社会科学学院、科学与技术学院、经济学院以及医学与生物医学学院，这一划分把人文、理工、经济与医学四大板块集中于法鲁的两个校区，便于跨院系选课与合作。
• The three schools are the School of Education and Communication, the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, and the School of Health, while the Higher Institute of Engineering completes the group.三所学校分别是教育与会展学院、管理与酒店旅游学院以及健康学院，高等工程学院则构成第八个单位。
• The university offers more than 150 first-cycle and postgraduate courses, including about 40 undergraduate programmes and 68 postgraduate programmes, of which roughly 52 are master's and 16 doctoral.该校共提供 150 多个本科与研究生课程，其中包括约 40 个本科项目与 68 个研究生项目，后者约含 52 个硕士与 16 个博士项目，形成从本科到博士的完整培养链条。
• Teaching is grouped into six broad fields, namely arts, communication and heritage, social and education sciences, health sciences and technologies, exact and natural sciences, economics, management and tourism, and engineering and technologies.教学划分为六大领域，即艺术、传播与遗产，社会与教育科学，健康科学与技术，精确与自然科学，经济、管理与旅游，以及工程与技术。
• In 2024 the university counted about 10,000 students, more than 700 teachers and researchers, and 80 full-time researchers within its research units.2024 年该校约有 1 万名学生、700 余名教师与研究人员，其研究单位内有 80 名全职研究人员。
• About 20 per cent of students are international, drawn from more than 90 nationalities, with Brazil the largest single country of origin among foreign students.约 20% 的学生为国际学生，来自 90 多个国籍，其中巴西是外国学生人数最多的单一来源国。
• Each year Faro receives about 1,700 international students from more than 84 nationalities, a visible presence in the city's academic and social life.每年法鲁接收约 1,700 名来自 84 个以上国籍的国际学生，他们构成城市学术与社会生活中显见的一部分。
• The medical school admitted its first 32 students in September 2009 and now sits within the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which also hosts the Algarve Biomedical Center and delivers clinical teaching with the Algarve University Hospital Center.医学院于 2009 年 9 月招收首批 32 名学生，现隶属医学与生物医学学院，该学院同时设有阿尔加维生物医学中心，并与阿尔加维大学医院中心共同开展临床教学。
• The Marine Sciences Center (CCMAR) is the university's best-known research unit, working on marine biology, aquaculture, fisheries and coastal ecology in the Ria Formosa and beyond.海洋科学中心（CCMAR）是该校最知名的研究单位，在里亚福尔摩沙及更远海域从事海洋生物学、水产养殖、渔业与海岸生态研究。
• Other named units include the Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE), the Centre for Research in Arts and Communication (CIAC) and the Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs).其他具名单位包括环境与可持续研究中心（CENSE）、艺术与传播研究中心（CIAC）以及旅游、可持续与福祉研究中心（CinTurs）。
• Marine and environmental sciences are a distinctive strength, supported by the university's location beside the Ria Formosa lagoon and its access to the Atlantic coast.海洋与环境科学是该校的显著强项，得益于其毗邻里亚福尔摩沙潟湖并通往大西洋海岸的地理位置。
• Economics, management and tourism are taught in the Faculty of Economics and the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, the latter operating in both Faro and Portimão.经济、管理与旅游由经济学院与管理、酒店旅游学院承担，后者在法鲁与波尔蒂芒两地办学。
• Engineering is concentrated in the Higher Institute of Engineering at Penha, with programmes linked to marine, food, civil, electrical and computer engineering.工程学科集中于佩尼亚的高等工程学院，课程涉及海洋、食品、土木、电气与计算机工程。
• Health sciences are taught by the Health Sciences School and the medical faculty, supported by a clinical simulation centre and partnerships with regional health services.健康科学由健康科学学院与医学院承担，配有临床模拟中心，并与地区卫生服务机构合作。
• The university runs a business incubator and a technology transfer office, and more than 120 fellowship grant holders work on research, development and innovation projects.该校设有企业孵化器与技术转移办公室，另有 120 余名奖学金研究员参与研究、开发与创新项目。
• UAlg was a pioneer in Portugal in offering and coordinating Erasmus Mundus mobility projects, and it participates in the SEA-EU alliance with partner universities around Europe.阿尔加维大学是葡萄牙最早开设并协调「伊拉斯谟世界」流动项目的高校之一，并以成员身份参与覆盖欧洲多所伙伴大学的 SEA-EU 联盟。
• Its research profile is supported by CCMAR, CENSE, CIAC and CinTurs, and the university runs nine community services including living science centres in Algarve, Tavira and Lagos.该校的研究体系由 CCMAR、CENSE、CIAC 与 CinTurs 支撑，并运营九项社区服务，其中包括设在阿尔加维、塔维拉与拉各斯的三个「活科学中心」。

Campus

• UAlg operates three campuses, two in Faro and one in Portimão, spread across the Algarve's coastal strip.阿尔加维大学运营三个校区，其中两个位于法鲁，一个位于波尔蒂芒，分布于阿尔加维沿海地带。
• The Gambelas campus lies about six kilometres from central Faro and houses the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Economics and the School of Health.甘贝拉斯校区距法鲁市中心约六公里，容纳医学与生物医学学院、人文与社会科学学院、科学与技术学院、经济学院以及健康学院。
• The Penha campus stands in the centre of Faro and contains the School of Education and Communication, the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism and the Engineering Institute (ISE).佩尼亚校区位于法鲁市中心，设有教育与会展学院、管理与酒店旅游学院以及工程学院（ISE）。
• The Portimão campus occupies the square by the railway station and works as an extension of the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, teaching management and tourism about 70 kilometres west of Faro.波尔蒂芒校区位于火车站广场，作为管理与酒店旅游学院的延伸，在法鲁以西约 70 公里处教授管理与旅游课程。
• The Portimão branch also teaches technical specialisation courses in accountancy and a postgraduate programme in real estate appraisal and management.波尔蒂芒分部还开设会计技术专修课程，以及房地产估价与管理方向的研究生项目。
• The two Faro campuses serve around 8,000 students and sit close to Faro International Airport, the Ria Formosa and the city's beaches.法鲁的两个校区服务约 8,000 名学生，靠近法鲁国际机场、里亚福尔摩沙与城市海滩。
• UAlg provides nine university residences, three canteens and 14 amphitheatres across its sites, alongside libraries and student support services.该校在各校区提供九处大学宿舍、三个食堂与 14 个阶梯教室，并配有图书馆与学生支持服务。
• The Nautical Sports Centre on Faro Island gives students access to canoeing, windsurfing and sailing, using the sheltered waters of the Ria Formosa.法鲁岛上的水上运动中心利用里亚福尔摩沙的避风水域，为学生提供独木舟、帆板与帆船活动。
• The Gambelas site also hosts the Algarve Biomedical Center and research laboratories, linking clinical teaching with the university's biomedical research units.甘贝拉斯校区还设有阿尔加维生物医学中心与研究实验室，把临床教学与生物医学研究单位连接起来。

Reputation

• UAlg is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval in the global table.阿尔加维大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，属于全球榜单中的并列区间，这一区段对应全球第 1001 至 1200 名的院校群体，也是该校在 2026 与 2027 年连续所处的区间。
• It is also placed in the 1001-1200 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中同样位列 1001-1200 区间。
• It was ranked 1579th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 list.该校在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1579 位。
• It did not enter the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 main table, and the university's own ranking page notes a standout position in Hospitality and Tourism Management.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，其官方排名页面则指出学校在酒店与旅游管理领域表现突出，这一方向与阿尔加维以旅游为支柱的经济结构相互呼应。
• In the QS Europe ranking for 2027 the university placed 83rd in Southern Europe, and it was placed at 577th in the QS Sustainability Ranking.在 2027 年 QS 欧洲排名中，该校位列南欧第 83 位，并在 QS 可持续发展排名中并列第 577 位，两项成绩均体现其区域影响力。
• The Center for World University Rankings places UAlg in the top 5.9 per cent worldwide and seventh among Portuguese institutions.世界大学排名中心（CWUR）将该校列为全球前 5.9%，在葡萄牙高校中排名第七，显示其科研体量与全国位置之间的匹配。
• In U-Multirank 2022 the university ranked sixth among 27 Portuguese higher education institutions, and U.S. News placed it 62nd worldwide for the share of publications with international co-authors, the best Portuguese result.在 2022 年 U-Multirank 中，该校在 27 所葡萄牙高校中排名第六，US News 则将其国际合著论文比例列为全球第 62 位，为葡萄牙高校中的最佳成绩。
• Research indexed by OpenAlex records 21,490 works and 1,079,541 citations for the university, with marine science, biomedicine, engineering and tourism among the most cited areas.OpenAlex 收录该校 21,490 篇研究成果与 1,079,541 次引用，海洋科学、生物医学、工程与旅游是引用较集中的领域，这一产出结构与其面向海岸与旅游经济的区域定位相符。
• In the Times Higher Education 2025 table the university recorded its highest score in the indicator measuring international projection, a result highlighted in its official ranking summary.在 2025 年泰晤士高等教育榜单中，该校在衡量国际影响力的指标上取得自身最高得分，这一结果被列入其官方排名摘要，显示国际化是该校最受认可的发展方向。

Student life

• The Student Union of the University of Algarve (AAUAlg) was founded on 1 October 1997 and is the central representative body for students across the faculties and schools.阿尔加维大学学生会（AAUAlg）成立于 1997 年 10 月 1 日，是覆盖各学院与学校的中央学生代表机构，同时协调文体活动、学生权益与校园福利事务。
• Before 1997 six independent associations represented individual schools, and their merger into AAUAlg created a single voice for the university's students.1997 年之前，六个独立协会分别代表各学院，它们合并为 AAUAlg 后为全校学生提供了统一声音。
• Students run a university radio station and a theatrical troupe alongside the union's cultural programme.学生除参与学生会的文化活动外，还运营一家大学广播电台与一个剧团。
• The Sports Department of AAUAlg offers salsa, hip-hop, tai chi, yoga, bujinkan, basketball and football, while canoeing, windsurfing and sailing are free for UAlg students at the Nautical Sports Centre.AAUAlg 体育部开设萨尔萨、嘻哈、太极、瑜伽、武神馆、篮球与足球，独木舟、帆板与帆船则在法鲁岛水上运动中心对阿尔加维大学学生免费开放。
• Competitive teams include handball, women's futsal, women's and men's volleyball and men's rugby, with federated teams active in basketball, futsal and football and a competitive esports department.竞技队伍包括手球、女子五人制足球、男排与女排以及男子橄榄球，篮球、五人制足球与足球设有注册联赛队伍，另有一个竞技电子竞技部门。
• The Semana Académica, or Student Academic Week, is held in May and is the union's largest annual cultural event.学术周（Semana Académica）于每年 5 月举行，是学生会规模最大的年度文化活动。
• The Sports Festival takes place in September in the streets of downtown Faro with exhibitions and workshops, and the union also runs a Snow Campus winter event and a university mini half-marathon.体育节于 9 月在法鲁市中心街道举行，包含展演与工作坊，学生会还组织「雪上校园」冬季活动与大学迷你半程马拉松。
• Academic tunas and the union's sports exchange programme connect UAlg students with teams and musicians from other Portuguese and international universities, while Faro's theatres, municipal library and film club extend student life into the city.学术乐队（tunas）与学生会的体育交流计划把阿尔加维大学学生与其他葡萄牙及国际高校的队伍和乐手连接起来，法鲁的剧院、市立图书馆与电影俱乐部则把学生生活延伸至城市。
• The union enters federated teams in district championships and organises a Sports Exchange Programme with national and international teams, complementing its recreational classes.学生会派出注册队伍参加地区锦标赛，并与国内国际队伍组织体育交流计划，与其休闲课程互为补充。

Notable people

• Manuel Gomes Guerreiro (1919-2000), a forestry engineer from Loulé, was the university's first rector from 1982 to 1986 and is regarded as one of the Algarve's leading twentieth-century academic figures.曼努埃尔·戈梅斯·格雷罗（1919 至 2000）是洛莱出身的林业工程师，1982 至 1986 年任该校首任校长，被视为阿尔加维二十世纪最重要的学术人物之一。
• Adriano Gomes Pimpão served as rector from 1998 to 2006, and João Guerreiro led the university from 2006 to 2013 during its expansion of research and international partnerships.阿德里亚诺·戈梅斯·平庞于 1998 至 2006 年任校长，若昂·格雷罗则于 2006 至 2013 年领导该校，期间科研与国际合作不断扩展。
• António Branco was rector from 2013 to 2017, and Paulo Águas held the post from 2017 until 2025.安东尼奥·布兰科于 2013 至 2017 年任校长，保罗·阿瓜斯则于 2017 至 2025 年担任该职。
• Alexandra Teodósio, a full professor of marine ecology and CCMAR researcher, became rector in 2025 after serving as vice-rector for research and later for internationalisation.亚历山德拉·特奥多西奥是海洋生态学正教授与 CCMAR 研究员，曾任主管科研及后来主管国际化的副校长，于 2025 年出任校长。
• António Rosa Mendes (1954-2013), a historian and professor at UAlg, completed his doctorate in modern history at the university in 2003 and directed its Central Library.安东尼奥·罗萨·门德斯（1954 至 2013）是历史学家与该校教授，2003 年在阿尔加维大学取得近代史博士学位，并曾主持该校中央图书馆。
• Stefan Grigorievich Samko, a mathematician specialising in fractional calculus and function spaces, was a professor at UAlg, published more than 260 papers and supervised 21 doctoral students.斯特凡·格里戈里耶维奇·萨姆科是研究分数阶微积分与函数空间的数学家，曾在阿尔加维大学任教授，发表 260 余篇论文并指导 21 名博士生，其 1993 年与基尔巴斯、马里切夫合著的《分数阶积分与导数》成为该领域的标准参考书。
• Lídia Jorge, the Algarve-born novelist, received an honorary doctorate from UAlg on 15 December 2010 for her internationally translated fiction, and she later served on the university's General Council.阿尔加维出身的小说家莉迪亚·若热因其被广泛翻译的小说创作，于 2010 年 12 月 15 日获该校荣誉博士学位，后来还出任该校理事会成员。
• António Sampaio da Nóvoa, an education scholar and former candidate in Portugal's 2016 presidential election, received an honorary doctorate from UAlg in May 2015 and sat on Portugal's Council of State from 2022 to 2024.安东尼奥·桑帕约·达·诺沃亚是教育学者、2016 年葡萄牙总统选举候选人，于 2015 年 5 月获该校荣誉博士学位，并于 2022 至 2024 年出任葡萄牙国务委员会成员。
• Mário Ruivo, the oceanographer and former Portuguese minister, received an honorary doctorate from UAlg in December 2016 in recognition of his work on marine science and policy.马里奥·鲁伊沃是海洋学家与前葡萄牙部长，因在海洋科学与政策方面的工作，于 2016 年 12 月获该校荣誉博士学位。
• Diogo Piçarra, a singer born in Faro in 1990, won the Portuguese edition of Ídolos in 2012 and is among the university's best-known former students, while Pedro Frazão, a veterinarian and vice-president of Chega, and Ana Passos, a Socialist Party deputy with a doctorate in genetics, also studied at UAlg.1990 年生于法鲁的歌手迪奥戈·皮萨拉于 2012 年赢得葡萄牙版《偶像》冠军，是该校最知名的前学生之一，兽医、切加党副主席佩德罗·弗拉藏与拥有遗传学博士学位的社会党议员安娜·帕索斯也曾在阿尔加维大学就读。