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Transform4Europe

Open Call: Common European Heritage Week 2026: Heritage future(s) / future heritage(s): on the threshold of change

From 16 to 20 March 2026, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto Campus, will host the T4EU Common European Heritage Week , in collaboration with Porto...

February 11, 2026

A Católica

“The institutional identity of a university is never static”

It was with these words that Isabel Capeloa Gil , President of the Universidade Católica, presented the UCP's new visual identity during the formal...

February 11, 2026

A Católica

Conference by Isabel Capeloa Gil at the celebration of the seventh anniversary of the Declaration on Human Fraternity

On 3 February, the Subcommittee for Interreligious Dialogue of the Episcopal Commission for Mission and New Evangelisation of the Portuguese Episcopal...

February 5, 2026

Transform4Europe

Nine academic cooperation projects from Universidade Católica Portuguesa receive funding from Transform4Europe

Nine academic cooperation projects aimed at diversifying the educational offering of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa will receive funding from the...

February 5, 2026

Docentes

Católica Braga faculty members undergoing training at UNIJES

From January 26 to 30 , professors Ana Paula Pinto , from the Humanities department, Cláudio Carvalho , from the Philosophy department, and Manuel Antunes...

February 5, 2026

Campus Braga

Ser Social promotes fundraising to support communities affected by Storm Kristin

The Social Work Students' Committee - Ser Social is promoting a collection of goods to support communities affected by Storm Kristin. Hygiene products (...

February 4, 2026

Campus Braga

Católica Braga launches workshop to improve oral and written Portuguese language skills

The Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) - Braga has opened registration for the Portuguese Oral and Written Production Workshop , a free course aimed at...

February 2, 2026

Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (FFCS)

Education and AI in focus at the IV International Congress of Pedagogy

The VI International Congress of Pedagogy took place on 22, 23 and 24 January at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFCS) of the Portuguese...

February 2, 2026

Mestrado em Gerontologia Social Aplicada

Incentive grants support admission to the Master's Degree in Applied Social Gerontology

The Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFCS) of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) – Braga has opened applications for six incentive...

January 30, 2026

Doutoramentos

CADOS and Catholic University Libraries promote online courses for doctoral students

The Catholic University Libraries, together with CADOS, will promote two online training courses aimed at doctoral students, focusing on fundamental...

January 30, 2026

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February 4, 2026

Diario do Minho

Mestrado em Gerontologia Social Aplicada

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences awards incentive scholarships

The Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFCS) of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) – Braga has opened applications for six incentive scholarships, worth €1,000 each, for graduates who wish to enrol in the Master's Degree in Applied Social...

04/02/2026 - 15:13

Diario do Minho

Universidade Católica é chamada a ser mesa comum de escuta da sociedade

February 4, 2026

Diario do Minho

A Católica

Catholic University called to be a common forum for listening to society

Canon Luís Miguel Figueiredo Rodrigues said yesterday that the Portuguese Catholic University is now called upon to be, not a tribune, but a common table, where society is listened to in all its plurality. This was one of the messages that the priest...

04/02/2026 - 15:10

Diario do Minho

Universidade Católica Portuguesa faz obras nos edifícios de Braga IMG

February 4, 2026

Diario do Minho

Campus Braga

Portuguese Catholic University carries out renovation work on buildings in Braga

The vice-chancellor of the Portuguese Catholic University in Braga yesterday announced the start of an infrastructure renovation process, with a series of works already scheduled to begin this semester, with the aim of ‘giving the institution a new look...

04/02/2026 - 15:08

Diario do Minho

Católica de Braga vai lançar novo curso de Gestão IMG

February 4, 2026

Diario do Minho

Licenciatura em Gestão Aplicada

Católica University in Braga to launch new Management course

Yesterday, the vice-chancellor of the Portuguese Catholic University in Braga announced the opening of a Management course in Braga as a major new development for the next academic year. "We have a very strong tradition in the field of Management. The...

04/02/2026 - 15:06

Diario do Minho

January 26, 2026

Correio do Minho Online

Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (FFCS)

Without regulation, artificial intelligence can destroy lives and democracy

The International Congress of Pedagogy debates the challenges and opportunities created by artificial intelligence at the Braga Regional Centre of the Portuguese Catholic University. ‘Without strong, very strict regulation, artificial intelligence (AI)...

26/01/2026 - 13:20

Correio do Minho Online

VI Congresso Internacional de Pedagogia IMG 1

January 23, 2026

Diario do Minho

Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (FFCS)

Artificial Intelligence must be subject to stringent regulation

The coordinator of the Organising Committee of the VI International Congress of Pedagogy, which is taking place at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFCS) of the Portuguese Catholic University in Braga, defended the need to regulate...

23/01/2026 - 15:58

Diario do Minho

January 23, 2026

Diário do Minho Online

Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (FFCS)

UCP Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences promotes pedagogical innovation

The Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Braga Campus of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) is implementing a pedagogical renewal and innovation project based on Ignatian Pedagogy, an educational approach proposed by Saint Ignatius of...

23/01/2026 - 15:50

Diário do Minho Online

Clube de Leitura visitou a exposição “Rostos Inabaláveis”, de Sílvia Mota Lopes

January 5, 2026

Diario do Minho

Clube Liberdade

Club promotes reading among Catholic University students

The ‘Liberdade’ Reading Club at the Braga Campus of the Portuguese Catholic University aims to promote books and encourage young people to read, while broadening the cultural horizons of the students at this educational establishment. This structure is...

05/01/2026 - 11:52

Diario do Minho

December 16, 2025

Diario do Minho

Campus Braga

Dean encourages UCP students to be ‘protagonists of the future’

Yesterday, the rector of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), Isabel Capeloa Gil, challenged students to be ‘protagonists in the great struggles and challenges facing societies and Portugal.’ Isabel Capeloa Gil was speaking in the Aula Magna of the...

16/12/2025 - 12:14

Diario do Minho

December 16, 2025

Diario do Minho

Campus Braga

D. José warns that Católica has a greater mission of comprehensive education

The Archbishop of Braga recalled yesterday that a university is normally linked to a city, ‘but the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) is linked to a country and even to a more universal world’. He therefore argued that the Catholic University ‘has...

16/12/2025 - 12:11

Diario do Minho