Planning Erasmus in Coimbra, Portugal's oldest university city? Find the international office, ESN Coimbra, English courses and housing here.
City: Coimbra
Country: Portugalia
Erasmus code: P COIMBRA01
Students: 25000
Student union: Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC), the students' union of the University of Coimbra and the oldest in Portugal, founded in 1887. Membership is automatic for all UC students, and it also runs the university's sports, culture and radio sections.
ESN section: ESN Coimbra
International office: International Relations Division (DRI), University of Coimbra
Office e-mail: dri.intstudy@uc.pt
Office phone: +351 239 857003
Teaching languages: Teaching is mainly in Portuguese, but course units in humanities, economics, psychology, science and technology and sports sciences are taught in English. Exchange students can often arrange to take exams or submit assignments in English even in Portuguese taught courses.
Accommodation: SASUC, the university's own social services, run furnished residences reserved for international undergraduate and integrated master's students on the three campuses, with rent covering water, electricity, gas, internet and weekly laundry, plus shared equipped kitchens. Spaces are limited, so most e
Strong programmes: Law, medicine, humanities, sciences and technology, pharmacy, economics, psychology and education sciences, sports sciences. Strong in science and technology research, hosting one of Portugal's most powerful supercomputers.