STUDENTS

19 121 Students

10 688 Bachelor/1st cycle1

6 081 Master/2nd cycle2

2 194 Doctorate/3rd cycle

158 in non-degree programs

274 Post-doctoral researchers1 includes students enrolled in 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of Integrated Masters

2 includes students in the remaining years of Integrated Masters

STAFF

1 472 Teaching staff (1 087.7 FTE)

42% women

234 Research staff (231.1 FTE)

50% women

77% of Teaching/Research staff (FTE) has PhD degree

832 Administrative/Support staff (829.4 FTE)

75% women

Students by cycle

Staff

Students by gender

Staff by gender

2010 IN REVIEW

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*OECD ISCED-97 classification

All graduates 2009-2010by area*

Graduates 2009-2010 by cycle

Doctorates 2009-2010by area*

GRADUATES 2009-2010

Time to degree (years)*

1st cycle (N=3) 4.07

2nd cycle (N=1.5-2) 2.64

Integrated Masters (N=5-6) 6.30

3rd cycle (N=3) 4.88

* Time to Degree: total length of time between original enrolment to completion of the degree. N: expected amount of years needed to complete the cycle

RESEARCH UNITS

42 Research units including 3 Associated Laboratories financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

62% of the Research units classified as Excellent or Very Good by international panels

Evaluation of Research Units

Areas of Research Units*

*FCT classification (Associated Laboratories excluded)

NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

460 ongoing research projects financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Art Studies

Ongoing (2010) FCT projects by scientific area

MathematicsPhylosophy

Sport Studies

Results call for projects FCT2009

NOVA versus Portugal NOVA Portugal

Proposals evaluated 437 4 114

Projects funded 83 698

Success Rate 20,5% 17%

Funding (€) 9,491,436,00 86,643,190,00

% of funding 11%

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PUBLICATIONS & BIBLIOMETRICS

More than 1 000 publications per year indexed to Web of Science

An increasing number of citations and international normalized impact

A growing number of highly-cited papers*

Plant & Animal Sciences 13

Chemistry 10

Engineering 6

Clinical Medicine 5

Microbiology 5

Environment/Ecology 2

Computer Sciences 1

Mathematics 1

Biology & Biochemistry 1

Immunology 1

Physics 1

Materials Sciences 1

Social Sciences 1

*(2001-2011) Essential Science IndicatorsTM

The normalized citation impact compares the number of citations received (excluding self-citations) to the average number of citations in the same field(s). A normalised impact between 0.8 and 1.2 is similar to the world average

Publications indexed to WoS

Normalized impact

Highly cited papers

2000-03

2001-04

2002-05

2003-06

2004-07

2005-08

Origin of International StudentsINTERNATIONAL PROFILE

1 403 Enrolled foreign students

605 in 1st cycle and Integrated Masters

509 in 2nd cycle

282 in 3 rd cycle

627 Erasmus students (incoming)

95 Foreign staff

103 Foreign post-doctoral researchers

90 Different nationalities

8 Joint Masters and PhD Programmes (including Erasmus Mundus, MIT, UT Austin and CMU)

Sudents Top 5 nationalities Brasil 318

Cabo Verde 210

Spain 178

Italy 176

Germany 155

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RESEARCH IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT

68 Projects funded by the EU 7th

Framework Program

NOVA in the 7th Framework Program (FP7)

Projects in the themes of the Cooperation section of FP7

INCOME & EXPENDITURE

2009/Expenditure by area (€) 2010/Expenditure by area (€)

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EMPLOYABILITY

Employability of graduates that obtained their degrees in 2008-2009 - 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles (Source: OBIPNOVA, Observatório de Inserção Profissional da NOVA)

NOVA’s graduates are valuedworkforce in industry, business lifeand other facets of society

Percentage of graduates with a professionaloccupation matched# to their instruction levelone year after graduation

Percentage of diplomates Employed, Unemployed orEconomically inactive* one year after graduation

*Economically inactive: The economically inactive population comprises all persons who were neither "employed" nor "unemployed" during the reference period (EUROSTAT). The vast majority are students enrolled in the subsequent formation cycle

# Based on the skill levels of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). The three first ISCO categories include posts that are typically occupied by tertiary education graduates (EUROSTAT)

KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Knowledge transfer is based on the University’s principal tasks: research and education. NOVA is a sought-after partner in R&D projects, as evidence by more than 550 partnerships with entities from the private and public sectors

NOVA transfers knowledge through collaborative R&D projects manly carried out at interface institutions, Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias (UNINOVA) and Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)

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FCT 137

FCSH 188

NOVASBE 158

FCM 19

FD 66

IHMT 1

ISEGI 26

ITQB 29 ENSP

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Number of students in entrepreneurship events

Entrepreneurship among students is encouraged by initiatives such as Intellectual Property Seminars, Entrepreneurship Days, NOVA Idea Competition and the Master Course “Creating and Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures”. In 2010-2011, about 1 000 students participated in these events

Annually, more than 160 Continuing Professional Development Courses are organised, by which professionals of several areas improve and broaden their knowledge and skills

Interaction with society is promoted by events such as Open-days, participation in the Science and Technology Week and the organization of concerts and exhibitions open to the general public