Undergraduate

CATÓLICA-LISBON is currently an institution of reference in Portugal, with a reputation for excellence in its various levels of education: Bachelors in Economics, Bachelors in Management, Masters, MBA and Programs for Executives.

Católica Medical School is the most recent academic unit of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, created in 2018. It will contribute to the innovation of medicine in Portugal, through three basic pillars: teaching, research and clinical. Católica Medical School aims to train professionals of excellence, with a high ethical sense and social responsibility, capable of contributing to the continuous improvement of health care, inspired by the mission of working for the common good.

Católica Porto Business School is a school recognized nationally and internationally for the complete development of professionals in the areas of Economics and Management, focused on sustainability and respect for the individual. For more than 25 years the School has been preparing professionals for the global business, who follow careers in Portugal or abroad. 

The Faculty of Biotechnology was founded in 1984, more than 30 years ago. At ESB, a variety of university activities are carried out, with emphasis on Higher Education (Undergraduate, Master's, PhD and Postgraduate), Research and Development (fundamental and applied projects) and Extension to the secondary and tertiary sectors (provision of services, and continuing training).

The Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FEP-UCP) offers its students a quality education in the fields of Education and Psychology. The educational offer in Education includes several post-graduate courses, a master's degree and a PhD program (at the Porto Regional Centre and the Catholic University of Mozambique).

The Faculty of Human Sciences is organized in five scientific areas - Communication Sciences, Culture Studies, Philosophy, Social Sciences and Psychology - offering a total of 6 degrees, 10 master's degrees (with a total of 16 variants or annual specializations) and 7 PhDs. Moreover there is a Graduate School and an Advanced Training (EPGFA), with a dozen courses of variable format and length, 2 institutes and 3 Study Centers.

The reputation of the Faculty of Law (Porto School) speaks for itself. It was the first law course north of Coimbra. Over the course of 40 years, it has been building its own body of teachers, trained in Portugal and in prestigious European and North American universities. In the Faculty of Law, it is seen as a fundamental objective to help each student carry out their professional projects and even some of their dreams.

In January 2015 was created the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences as a result of the fusion of two faculties of the Braga Regional Centre of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Social Sciences). Currently this faculty offers 7 undergraduate degrees, 9 master's degrees and 3 doctoral degree.

The Faculty of Theology has the mission to cultivate and promote, through scientific research and higher teaching, theological and related sciences; to study Catholic doctrine, haurida of Divine Revelation, and to expose it orderly, seeking, in the light of the same Revelation, solutions to human problems.

Plurilocalised teaching in Lisbon, Braga and Porto.

The Institute for Political Studies intends to be a strategic project of long reach and long duration. In an era in when knowledge tends to be the key to development, this Institute naturally assumes itself as a project for the future which seeks to be useful to Portugal and to the Portuguese-speaking world.

The mission of the Institute of Management and Health Organisations is to prepare professionals of excellence giving them skills to work in organisations (businesses, public institutions or third sector) and to promote research and the consequent scientific development, as well as collaborating with other units of the University.
The Institute offers the undergraduate degree in Management, Master's degree in Management and Social Work, Master's degree in Education Sciences (in collaboration with the Faculty of Education and Psychology at Porto) and several postgraduate courses in Management and Social Sciences and also advanced training courses.

The School of Arts in Porto is directed to all those who are interested in the ancient and contemporary artistic and cultural heritage, in a diversified theoretical and practical education, and who are curious and have an open mind to research and fondness for problem solving.

In 2006, the Escola Superior Politécnica de Saúde (Polytechnic School of Health) was created within the Institute of Health Sciences (ICS) of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

On 30 September 2015, the University's Board of Governors approved changing the name of the Escola Superior Politécnica de Saúde to Escola de Enfermagem (Lisboa).

In 2006, the Escola Superior Politécnica de Saúde (Polytechnic School of Health) was created within the Institute of Health Sciences (ICS) of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, integrating the Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Imaculada Conceição (Nursing School of the Immaculate Conception) (in operation since 1935), which became the Nursing Teaching Unit of the Universidade Católica do Porto.

On 30 September 2015, the University's Board of Governors approved changing the name of the Escola Superior Politécnica de Saúde to Escola de Enfermagem (Porto).