University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra, known in Portuguese as Universidade de Coimbra and abbreviated UC, is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal, chartered by King Denis on 1 March 1290 and confirmed by Pope Nicholas IV on 9 August of the same year.科英布拉大学（葡萄牙语：Universidade de Coimbra，简称 UC）是位于葡萄牙科英布拉的一所公立研究型大学，由国王迪尼什一世于 1290 年 3 月 1 日颁授特许状，并于同年 8 月 9 日获教皇尼古拉四世认可。

It is the oldest university in Portugal and one of the oldest in continuous operation in the world, and it lies 342nd in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.该校是葡萄牙历史最悠久、亦为世界持续办学最久的高等学府之一，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 342。

It sits in the 401-450 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 444th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, and in the 401-500 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 401 至 450 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 444，并在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 401 至 500 区间。

History

• The university had its beginnings in Lisbon as a Studium Generale, and the royal charter Scientiae thesaurus mirabilis of 1 March 1290 made it the second oldest institution of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula after Salamanca, although efforts to create it date back at least to 1288.该校最初以学园形式创办于里斯本，1290 年 3 月 1 日的皇家特许状使其成为伊比利亚半岛上仅次于萨拉曼卡的第二古老高等学府，而创办之举至少可追溯至 1288 年。

• The papal confirmation of 9 August 1290, given in the papacy of Nicholas IV, allowed all the licit faculties with the exception of theology, so that the faculties of Arts, Law, Canon Law and Medicine were the first to be created.1290 年 8 月 9 日教皇尼古拉四世给出的认可准许除神学之外的一切合法学院自由建立，于是文学院、法学院、教会法学院与医学院最先成立。

• In 1308, likely because of problems of emancipation from the Church and conflicts between the town's inhabitants and the students, the university moved 200 kilometres north to Coimbra, a town with old educational traditions around the Monastery of Santa Cruz, and settled at the site known as Estudos Velhos.1308 年，或因摆脱教会约束的纠葛与城中居民和学生之间的冲突，大学向北迁往 200 公里外的科英布拉，这座城因圣十字修道院而已有悠久的教育传统，大学落户于被称为旧学园的地段。

• The Estudos Velhos site corresponds roughly to the area where the Main Library now stands, and the institution was moved again to Lisbon in 1338 under Afonso IV before returning in 1354 to the centre of a town then in full expansion.旧学园的位置大体相当于今日中央图书馆所在之处，1338 年在阿方索四世治下该校再次迁往里斯本，1354 年又迁回当时正全面扩张的城镇中心。

• In 1377, during the reign of King Fernando, the university was transferred yet again to Lisbon, where it remained for more than a century and a half, and the authorisation for a Faculty of Theology probably dates from this period around 1380.1377 年在国王费尔南多治下该校再度迁往里斯本并停留一个半世纪以上，而设立神学院的授权大约正是在这一时期的 1380 年前后。

• In 1537, during the reign of João III, the university moved definitively to Coimbra and was installed in the Alcaçova Palace, which the institution later purchased from the royal family in 1597.1537 年若昂三世统治期间，大学最终迁定于科英布拉并设于阿尔卡索瓦王宫之中，该校随后于 1597 年向王室购得这处房产。

• In the same reign the institution and all its library books were moved from Lisbon to Coimbra, the faculties hitherto scattered in different buildings were brought together in the Palácio del Rey, and new and prestigious Spanish professors were invited from Salamanca.也是在若昂三世时期，学校机构与其图书馆藏书一并从里斯本迁往科英布拉，原本分散于不同建筑中的各学院被集中到王宫之中，学校还从萨拉曼卡延聘了知名的新教席。

• The canonist Martín de Azpilcueta, known as Doctor Navarrus, taught law, while Francisco Franco and Rodrigo Reinoso taught at the School of Medicine, and classical languages were taught at the Colégio das Artes by professors such as the Scottish Latinist George Buchanan.被称为纳瓦鲁斯博士的教会法学家马丁·德·阿斯皮尔库埃塔讲授法学，弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥与罗德里戈·雷伊诺索在医学院任教，古典语言则由苏格兰拉丁语学者乔治·布坎南等人在文理学院讲授。

• The colleges of São Pedro and São Paulo were founded for graduates intending to pursue teaching careers, while other colleges received students of various religious orders.圣佩德罗学院与圣保罗学院为有意从事教职的毕业生而设，另有若干学院接纳各修会的学生。

• The Cursus conimbricenses, a group of eleven volumes on Aristotle, was produced as part of King John III's effort to rival the University of Paris.由十一卷亚里士多德研究构成的科英布拉讲义，正是若昂三世力图与巴黎大学相抗衡的成果之一。

• In 1759 the Society of Jesus was expelled from Portugal, its college in Coimbra was confiscated, and its buildings and laboratories were turned over to the Faculty of Medicine.1759 年耶稣会被逐出葡萄牙，其在科英布拉的学院被没收，房舍与实验室转交给医学院使用。

• In the 18th century the Marquis of Pombal, minister of the kingdom, carried out radical reforms at the university, especially in the teaching of the sciences, in keeping with his Enlightenment and anticlerical convictions.18 世纪时任王国内政大臣的蓬巴尔侯爵对该校推行激进改革，尤以科学教育为重，以契合其启蒙与反教权的信念。

• On 23 December 1770 King José I, following Pombal's initiative, appointed a commission which advised creating the two new faculties of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy while leaving intact the faculties of Theology, Canon Law, Civil Law and Medicine.1770 年 12 月 23 日，国王若泽一世在蓬巴尔推动下任命了一个委员会，该委员会建议新设数学与自然哲学两个学院，同时保留原有的神学、教会法、民法与医学院。

• For most of the period from 1290 to 1911, apart from the years between 1559 and 1759 when a university operated in Évora, Coimbra was the only university running in Portugal.自 1290 年至 1911 年的大部分时间里，除了 1559 至 1759 年间埃武拉另有一所大学存在之外，科英布拉大学是葡萄牙唯一运作的大学。

• The University of Lisbon and the University of Porto were created in 1911, but the long history and former predominance of Coimbra had already made it an important focus of influence in Portugal, not only educational but also political and social.里斯本大学与波尔图大学于 1911 年成立，但科英布拉悠久的历史与昔日的独尊地位，早已使它成为葡萄牙在教育乃至政治与社会方面的重要影响中心。

• The Sorbonne declaration of 1998 and the Bologna declaration of 1999 launched the convergence of European higher education systems, and the university decided to defer the adoption of the new Bologna model from 2006 to 2007 and 2008 in order to keep the highest standards of quality.1998 年的索邦宣言与 1999 年的博洛尼亚宣言推动了欧洲高等教育体系的趋同，而该校为使质量与学术操守保持在最高水准，决定将博洛尼亚新模式的采用从 2006 年推迟到 2007 与 2008 年。

• Only in the 2008/2009 school year did the entire university fully adopt the new programmes within its eight faculties.直到 2008 至 2009 学年，全校才在其八个学院中全面采用新的博洛尼亚课程体系。

• In 2013, because of its historic influence, architecture, culture and traditions, the university was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.2013 年，凭借其历史影响、建筑、独特文化与传统，该校被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗产。

• In 1789 Brazilian intellectuals asked to found a university on the Coimbra model, a plan blocked by Portugal, yet Coimbra remained the model for the early universities of Brazil.1789 年巴西的文人志士曾要求按照科英布拉大学的模式创办一所大学，这一计划因葡萄牙反对而落空，但科英布拉仍然是巴西早期大学的楷模。

• The Coimbra Group, an alliance of European research universities that lends its name to the university, was founded in 1985 and links Coimbra with member institutions such as Heidelberg University, Aarhus University, Leiden University, Durham University, Istanbul University and the Jagiellonian University.以该校命名的科英布拉集团是欧洲研究型大学的联盟，成立于 1985 年，将科英布拉与海德堡大学、奥胡斯大学、莱顿大学、杜伦大学、伊斯坦布尔大学与雅盖隆大学等成员机构联系在一起。

Academics

• The university is divided into eight faculties and grants bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in nearly all the major fields of learning.该校下设八个学院，可在几乎所有主要学科领域授予学士、硕士与博士学位。

• The Faculty of Law offers all levels of academic degrees in law and public administration, and the Faculty of Medicine offers all levels in medicine and dental medicine.法学院提供法律与公共管理各等级学位，医学院提供医学与牙医学各等级学位。

• The Faculty of Medicine manages both the Coimbra University Hospitals, a teaching hospital known as a centre of research with a broad range of clinical services, and the National Legal Medicine Institute under the Portuguese Ministry of Justice.医学院管理科英布拉大学附属医院与国家法医学研究所，前者是提供广泛临床服务的科研型教学医院，后者隶属于葡萄牙司法部。

• The Faculty of Humanities offers all levels in cinema, music, theatre, classical languages, Portuguese literature, modern languages and literature, history, art history, archaeology, geography, philosophy, journalism and tourism.文学院提供电影、音乐、戏剧、古典语言、葡语语言文学、现代语言文学、历史、艺术史、考古学、地理、哲学、新闻与旅游等专业各等级学位。

• The Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the largest faculty, offers all levels in anthropology, architecture, biology, biochemistry, design and multimedia, conservation and restoration, and a wide range of engineering subjects from environmental and biomedical to civil, electrotechnical, informatic, materials, mechanical and chemical engineering.规模最大的科技学院提供人类学、建筑学、生物学、生物化学、多媒体设计、保存与修复，以及从环境工程、生物医学工程到土木、电气与计算机、信息、材料、机械与化学工程等广泛工科专业的各等级学位。

• The remaining faculties are Pharmacy, with degrees in pharmaceutical sciences, Economics, with economics, business organisation and management, international relations and sociology, Psychology and Education Sciences, and Sports Sciences and Physical Education.其余学院为药学院（提供药物科学学位）、经济学院（提供经济、商务管理、国际关系与社会学）、心理学与教育学院，以及体育与体育教育学院。

• The university enrols more than 25,000 students, over 15 per cent of them international and drawn from 70 nationalities, and its official figures record 31,256 students, 1,935 professors, 378 researchers, 1,537 technical staff and 445 research fellowship holders.该校就读学生超过 25,000 人，其中逾 15% 为国际学生、来自 70 个国籍，其官方数据记载 31,256 名学生、1,935 名教授、378 名研究人员、1,537 名技术人员与 445 名研究奖学金获得者。

• In 2025 the university offered 274 active study programmes, reflecting sustained growth and diversification, particularly in postgraduate and advanced training opportunities.2025 年该校开设 274 个在办学习项目，显示出持续的增长与多样化，研究生与进阶培养机会尤为扩张。

• The Faculty of Sciences and Technology is the largest by number of professors and students, awards the highest number of academic degrees and manages more classrooms and research units than any other faculty.科技学院在教授与学生数量上均居首位，授予的学位数量最多，并管理着全校最多的教室与科研单位。

• One of the most powerful supercomputers in Portugal, named Milipeia and built in the mid-2000s with 528 processors and 1,000 gigabytes of memory, belongs to the university and is managed by the Laboratory for Advanced Computing of the Department of Physics.葡萄牙最强大的超级计算机之一名为 Milipeia，建于 2000 年代中期，拥有 528 个处理器与 1,000 GB 内存，属于该校并由物理系高级计算实验室管理。

• The supercomputer is used for modelling and calculation in molecular biology, genetics, particle physics, astrophysics, mathematics, engineering, geophysics and condensed matter physics, and is open to other members of the Portuguese scientific community.该超级计算机用于分子生物学、遗传学、粒子物理、天体物理、数学、工程、地球物理与凝聚态物理的建模与计算，并向葡萄牙科学界的其他成员开放。

• Its governance is assured by the Rector, the Senate and the University Assembly, which elects the Rector and the Senate, while the Rector is responsible for strategic direction and overall administration, assisted by the Administrative Council.该校由校长、参议院与大学议会共同治理，议会负责选举校长与参议院成员，校长则在行政理事会协助下负责战略方向与整体管理。

• The current Rector is Amílcar Falcão, and the rectoral team is composed of twelve members, the Rector, six vice-rectors and five pro-rectors.现任校长为阿米尔卡·法尔康，校长团队共十二名成员，包括校长、六名副校长与五名助理校长。

• The Instituto Pedro Nunes, founded by the university, is a business incubator and an innovation and technology transfer centre, and the Coimbra iParque science park counts the university among its founders.由该校创办的佩德罗·努内斯研究所是企业孵化器与创新及技术转移中心，科英布拉创新园亦将该校列为其创始单位之一。

• Notable start-up companies born from the university include ISA, Critical Software, Crioestaminal, Ciberbit and Feedzai, and the school year runs from October to July.诞生于该校的知名创业公司包括 ISA、Critical Software、Crioestaminal、Ciberbit 与 Feedzai，而学年则从 10 月延续到次年 7 月。

• The university was among the first in Portugal to limit the time allowed for degree completion, with a limit of six years for four-year degrees and eight years for the six-year medical degree, after which students pay the full cost of their courses.该校在葡萄牙率先对完成学位的时间作出限制，四年制学位限期六年、六年制医学学位限期八年，超期后学生须自行承担全部课程费用。

Campus

• The university has five main campuses or other sites in Coimbra, known as Pólo I, Pólo II and Pólo III together with the sites of the Faculty of Economics and of the Sports Sciences faculty.该校在科英布拉拥有五个主要校区或办学地点，即一区、二区与三区，以及经济学院与体育学院所在地。

• Pólo I is the monumental ancient core, active since before the 16th century and enlarged in the 18th century and from the 1940s to the 1960s, and it holds the General Library, the administration and the faculties of law, medicine, letters, psychology and natural sciences.一区是宏伟的老校区核心，自 16 世纪以前即在使用，18 世纪与 1940 至 60 年代两度扩建，中央图书馆、管理机关以及法学、医学、文学、心理学与自然科学各学院均设于此。

• Pólo II, built during the 1990s and 2000s, houses engineering and sciences and technology, while Pólo III, built in the 1980s and greatly expanded in the 2000s, houses medicine, pharmacy and the university hospital.二区建于 1990 年代至 2000 年代，容纳工程与科技学科，三区建于 1980 年代并于 2000 年代大幅扩建，容纳医学、药学与大学附属医院。

• The site of the Faculty of Economics was founded in the 1970s and the sports sciences faculty opened in the late 1990s within the university sports complex.经济学院所在地创建于 1970 年代，体育学院则在 1990 年代末设于大学体育综合体内。

• The university harbours a huge central library, the Botanical Garden, stadiums and other sports facilities including the Estádio Universitário de Coimbra and the Campo de Santa Cruz, an astronomical observatory, a publishing house, the São Miguel Chapel and the Gil Vicente Academic Theatre.该校拥有规模宏大的中央图书馆、植物园、包括科英布拉大学体育场与圣十字体育场在内的体育设施、天文台、出版社、圣米格尔教堂以及吉尔·文森特学院剧院。

• It manages several museums and cultural organisations, including the Science Museum, the Sacred Art Museum and the Academic Museum, as well as dining halls and study rooms.该校还管理若干博物馆与文化机构，包括科学博物馆、宗教艺术博物馆与学院博物馆，以及众多食堂与自习场所。

• The old University Tower with its clock overlooks the city, and the flag of the university, a white flag with the dark green seal in the middle, is always erected above it on 1 March, the day of the university.带有钟楼的老大学塔俯瞰全城，而该校的旗帜即以深绿色校印居中于白旗之上，每年 3 月 1 日校庆日都会在塔顶升起。

• The Alcaçova Palace, purchased by the university from the royal family in 1597, remains the monumental heart of the old campus alongside the baroque Joanina Library.1597 年由该校向王室购得的阿尔卡索瓦王宫，与巴洛克风格的若昂尼娜图书馆一同仍是老校区的宏伟核心。

• The university and its academic traditions colour the life of Coimbra, a city that was the capital of Portugal from 1139 to 1260 and lies some 200 kilometres north of Lisbon on the Mondego River.该校及其学术传统为科英布拉的城市生活着色，这座城在 1139 至 1260 年间曾是葡萄牙首都，位于里斯本以北约 200 公里、濒临蒙德古河。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Coimbra is placed 342nd in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，科英布拉大学位列世界第 342。

• It stands in the 401-450 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 444th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking and in the 401-500 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 401 至 450 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 444，并在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 401 至 500 区间。

• In the 2007 QS World University Rankings it was ranked 318th in the world and third among the universities of the Portuguese-speaking countries, behind the University of São Paulo and the University of Campinas, having been first among them in 2006.在 2007 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 318，并在葡语国家大学中排名第三，仅次于圣保罗大学与坎皮纳斯大学，而 2006 年它曾居葡语国家首位。

• It tends to be ranked first or among the very best in Portugal, with subject scores such as 234th in natural sciences, 260th in engineering and information technology, 282nd in social sciences, 290th in arts and humanities and 325th in life sciences.该校在葡萄牙通常位居第一或最前列，其学科名次例如自然科学第 234、工程与信息技术第 260、社会科学第 282、艺术与人文第 290、生命科学第 325。

• Its science, engineering, law and environment subjects enter the world's top 200, and QS awards the university five stars for research, innovation, internationalisation and teaching facilities.其科学、工程、法律与环境学科进入世界前 200，QS 亦在科研、创新、国际化与教学设施方面给予该校五星评价。

• In the 2019 Webometrics ranking it stood third in Portugal and 321st in the world, and it is one of Portugal's most cosmopolitan universities with students from 70 nationalities.在 2019 年世界大学网络排名中，该校居葡萄牙第三、全球第 321，同时它也是葡萄牙最具国际色彩的大学之一，学生来自 70 个国籍。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 96,817 research works drawing 5,002,118 citations, and it is the only Portuguese university to have produced a Nobel laureate.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 96,817 项研究成果、累计被引用 5,002,118 次，它也是葡萄牙唯一培养出诺贝尔奖得主的大学。

• The university is known in Portugal for the highest rate of academic inbreeding among national universities, with 80 per cent of its hired faculty holding doctoral degrees from Coimbra, a figure reaching 100 per cent in law and 97 per cent in medicine.该校以葡萄牙各国立大学中最高的学术近亲繁殖率著称，其聘用教师中有 80% 的博士学位得自科英布拉，法学院更高达 100%、医学院达 97%。

Student life

• Students are represented by the Associação Académica de Coimbra, formed on 3 November 1887 and thus the oldest university students' union in Portugal, with a long history of struggle against unpopular state policies.学生由科英布拉大学学生联合会代表，该会成立于 1887 年 11 月 3 日，是葡萄牙历史最悠久的大学生联合会，长期与不受欢迎的国家政策相抗衡。

• The union runs sections for theatre, cinema, radio and television broadcasting, music, choral singing, journalism and philately, as well as rowing, athletics and many other sports.该会设有戏剧、电影、广播电视、音乐、合唱、新闻与集邮等部门，也组织赛艇、田径等众多体育活动。

• Its sports sections play a significant role in the city's sporting life, covering rugby, handball, basketball, baseball, martial arts, athletics, gymnastics and swimming.其体育部门在城市体育生活中扮演重要角色，涵盖橄榄球、手球、篮球、垒球、武术、田径、体操与游泳等项目。

• The Queima das Fitas, the burning of the ribbons, takes place on the first weekend of May, lasts eight days, one for each faculty, and celebrates the end of graduation courses with concerts and performances across the city.烧带节于每年五月的第一个周末举行，持续八天、每学院一天，以焚烧各学院标志颜色捆书带的方式庆祝毕业课程的结束，其间全城举办系列音乐会与演出。

• The Festa das Latas and the Recepção ao Caloiro welcome the new students at the start of the academic year, with the Latada parade in which tin cans are tied to the freshmen's legs.罐头节与新生接待在学年之初迎接新同学，其间举行被称为 Latada 的游行，新生腿上被系上铁罐。

• After marching through the streets the freshmen are baptised in the Mondego River, second-year students receive their Grelos ribbons in their faculty colours, and the students fetch a turnip at the Dom Pedro V market to sustain themselves during the festivities.游行穿过街巷之后，新生们在蒙德古河接受洗礼，二年级学生获颁带有本学院颜色的 Grelos 小绶带，学生还需到佩德罗五世市场取一只萝卜以支撑一天的庆祝。

• The night-time student fado serenade at the stairs of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra draws thousands of students and spectators each year.每年在科英布拉老主教座堂台阶上举行的夜间学生法多演唱，吸引成千上万的学生与观众。

• The use of the academic costume of a black suit and cape on special occasions is one of the most visible traditions, later adopted by students of almost all higher education institutions in Portugal.在特殊场合穿着黑色西装与斗篷的学院礼服是最显眼的传统之一，后来被葡萄牙几乎所有高等院校的学生采用。

• The Republicas are autonomous student residences, and the Code of Academic Praxis prescribes the rituals of the praxe, which remains controversial and is debated even inside the students' union.共和国是自主的学生公寓，而学术实习守则规定了整套学术仪式的规程，这一传统至今仍具争议，甚至在该学生联合会内部也备受讨论。

• The colours of the eight faculties, red for law, yellow for medicine, dark blue for humanities, light blue for sciences and technology, purple for pharmacy, red and white for economics, orange for psychology and brown for sports, mark the ribbons and ceremonies, while dark green is the colour of the university seal.八学院的颜色——法学为红、医学为黄、人文为深蓝、科技为浅蓝、药学为紫、经济为红白、心理学为橙、体育为棕——标示着绶带与典礼，而深绿则是校印的颜色。

• The city's main football club, known as Académica or Briosa, is formally an autonomous body of the students' union and won the first ever Portuguese Football Cup in 1939.该市主要足球俱乐部被称为学院队或布里奥萨，在形式上属学生联合会的自主机构，并于 1939 年夺得首届葡萄牙杯冠军。

Notable people

• Luís Vaz de Camões, Portugal's national poet and author of the epic The Lusiads, is among the most celebrated figures associated with the university.葡萄牙国诗人、史诗《卢济塔尼亚人之歌》的作者路易斯·瓦斯·德·卡蒙斯是与该校相关的最著名人物之一。

• Pedro Nunes, the mathematician and cosmographer who devised the nonius and the quadrant, taught at the university in the 16th century.发明游标与非等分角器、象限仪的数学家与宇宙志学者佩德罗·努内斯，于 16 世纪在该校任教。

• Christopher Clavius, the German mathematician and astronomer who was a key figure in the creation of the Gregorian calendar, studied at the university.格里高利历创立过程中的关键人物、德国数学家与天文学家克里斯托弗·克拉维乌斯曾在该校求学。

• António Egas Moniz, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 and invented cerebral angiography, was a graduate and later a professor of the university.1949 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主、脑血管造影术发明者安东尼奥·埃加斯·莫尼斯是该校毕业生，后来还曾任教授。

• António de Oliveira Salazar, professor of economics and later Prime Minister of Portugal for decades, was educated at the university.曾任经济学教授、后长期出任由葡萄牙总理的安东尼奥·德·奥利维拉·萨拉查在该校受教。

• Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the diplomat who saved thousands of refugees during the Second World War, studied at the university.第二次世界大战期间拯救了数千名难民的葡萄牙外交官阿里斯蒂德斯·德·索萨·门德斯曾在该校求学。

• Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the Marquis of Pombal and chief minister under King José I, was educated at the university and later reformed it radically.蓬巴尔侯爵塞巴斯蒂昂·若泽·德·卡瓦略-梅洛在若泽一世时期任首相，曾在该校受教，后来对该校推行了激进改革。

• Eça de Queiroz, the novelist and author of The Crime of Father Amaro and The Maias, and the political musician José Afonso are counted among its alumni.著有《阿马罗神父的罪恶》与《马亚一家》的小说家埃萨·德·克罗兹，以及政治音乐家若泽·阿方索都被列为该校校友。

• The university has educated many of Portugal's statesmen, prime ministers and presidents, and its influence reached the Portuguese-speaking world.该校培养了葡萄牙众多政治家、总理与总统，其影响也远及整个葡语世界。

• Sam Hou Fai, Chief Executive of Macao, and Ho Chio Meng, former public prosecutor of Macao, are among its modern alumni.澳门特别行政区行政长官岑浩辉与前澳门总检察长何超明均是其现代校友。

• Among its teaching staff have been the canonist Martín de Azpilcueta, the physicians Francisco Franco and Rodrigo Reinoso, and the Scottish Latinist George Buchanan of the Colégio das Artes.其教职人员中包括教会法学家马丁·德·阿斯皮尔库埃塔、医师弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥与罗德里戈·雷伊诺索，以及文理学院的苏格兰拉丁语学者乔治·布坎南。

• In the comics series Tintin, Senhor Pedro João dos Santos is a Portuguese physicist of the University of Coimbra, and Voltaire's Candide refers to a decision of the university on punishment by fire.在漫画《丁丁历险记》中，佩德罗·若昂·多斯桑托斯先生是科英布拉大学的葡萄牙物理学家，而伏尔泰的《老实人》也提及该校关于火刑的裁定。