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The University of Coimbra ( UC; Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðaðɨ ðɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537.
The Biblioteca Joanina, sometimes known in English as the Joanine Library, is a Baroque library in Coimbra, Portugal, located at the heart of the University of Coimbra.The Biblioteca Joanina is regularly considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.
Coimbra (/ k oʊ ˈ ɪ m b r ə /, also US: / k u ˈ-, ˈ k w ɪ m b r ə /, UK: / ˈ k ɔɪ m b r ə /, Portuguese: [kuˈĩbɾɐ] ⓘ or [ˈkwĩbɾɐ]) is a city and a municipality in Portugal.The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi).
Coimbra's Queima das Fitas Parade (image depicting nearly-graduated students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra and their decorated float). The Queima das Fitas (Portuguese for Ribbon Burning) is a traditional festivity of the students of some Portuguese universities, organized originally by the students of the University of Coimbra.
History Homage to Avelar Brotero. It was founded in 1772 by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (the Marquis of Pombal). The location for the Hortus Botanicus—part of the farm of S. Bento's College in the Ursulinas Valley—was chosen by the vice-chancellor of the University of Coimbra (Francisco de Lemos).
Formerly there were several museums in the university, including a museum of physics, a museum of zoology, a museum of natural history, and a museum of mineralogy and geology, which were managed by different university departments. They merged in 2006/2007 to form the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra.
The Coimbra Commentaries, also known as the Conimbricenses or Cursus Conimbricenses, are a group of 11 books on Aristotle (only eight can be called commentaries). [1] They were produced as part of King John III of Portugal 's efforts to make the University of Coimbra rival the University of Paris. [1] The names of 200 Jesuits, including those ...
João de Deus (1830–1896), poet (did not graduate) Bishop James Warren Doyle (1786–1834), Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland, studied for his doctorate in Coimbra. Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996), writer and teacher. Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (1966), psychologist and researcher, working on the psychology of the human smile.