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Top Public Universities in Portugal

What are the top public Universities in Portugal? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of 31 public Portuguese higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Portugal.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top public Portuguese Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top Public Universities in Portugal


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List of Portuguese public universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon
2 Universidade do Porto Porto
3 Universidade de Coimbra Coimbra
4 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisbon
5 Universidade do Minho Braga
6 Universidade de Aveiro Aveiro
7 Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Lisbon
9 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Porto
10 Universidade de Évora Évora
11 Universidade do Algarve Faro
12 Universidade da Beira Interior Covilhã
14 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Vila Real
15 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Leiria
16 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Bragança
17 Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Lisbon
18 Universidade dos Açores Ponta Delgada
19 Universidade da Madeira Funchal
20 Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Viseu
21 Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Setúbal
23 Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Castelo Branco
24 Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Coimbra
25 Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Santarém
27 Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Tomar
29 Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Barcelos
30 Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo
32 Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Portalegre
34 Instituto Politécnico de Beja Beja
37 Instituto Politécnico da Guarda Guarda
39 Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra Coimbra
42 Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril Estoril
65 Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique Paço de Arcos
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How many public universities are there in Portugal?

There are 31 officially chartered, licensed or accredited public Portuguese higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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