UPT – Oporto Global University, is a private higher education institution, ISO 9001 certified, recognized by the Portuguese Government and the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education – A3ES.
Created in June of 1986, UPT – Oporto Global University located in Oporto, north of Portugal, the second largest city situated within an urban area of over 1.3 million inhabitants. UPT offers bachelor, master, doctorate
and post-graduate courses, in Law, Economics, Management, Marketing, Psychology, Education, Computer Sciences, International Relations, Tourism, Hospitality, Heritage and Culture. The university adopts innovative teaching and learning approaches conducted by a distinguished international faculty as well as by executives with recognized experience and reputation in the business world.
UPT is organized in five Departments: Law, Economics and Management, Science and Technology, Tourism, Heritage and Culture and Psychology and Education that teach 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle programmes and post graduations, structured according to the Bologna Process. UPT aims to be a model in higher education, taking the advantages of the different department’s synergies. More than acquiring theoretical knowledge, the students have the chance to develop practical work and research projects, developing different kinds of skills that prepare them for jobs in future career and for living in a competitive global society.