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WHY UBI and FCSH?
One of the 150 best young institutions in the World.
UBI is ranked as one of the 150 best young institutions of higher education in the World according to the Times Higher Education Young University Rakings.
Security and Quality of life
Covilhã is one of the safest cities in Portugal. The weather, mobility inside the city and proximity to the nature make a desirable place to study and live.
Authentically an University City
Every student Born t’UBI International Student. UBI is one of the best Universities in Portugal to do an International Mobility since is a city around a University Campus.
Research
UBI fosters multidisciplinary and synergies between research groups and between these and external reality, highlighting the possibility of students interact with the industry and teaching with experimental practice
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Cultural Diversity
The University of Beira Interior has a wide cultural diversity, having more than 40 nationalities in the University and a large community of Brazilians. His proximity to the two European Capitals, Lisboa and Madrid, make UBI as a center of multiculturalism.
Number of Students
FCSH as, regarding Academic Year 2020/2021, more than 2000 students enrolled in seven 1st Cycles, eleven 2nd Cycles and six 3rd Cycles.
Trust US: you will not regret this experience!
About UBI
University of Beira Interior (UBI) is an institution of national and international reference as regards education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship. As an extremely dynamic organisation, one of its major characteristics is the proximity between teacher and student.
With approximately eight thousand students, more than 600 teachers and around 270 non-teaching staff, UBI provides more than 31 post- graduate or master courses, around 36 2nd cycle/master courses and 25 3rd cycle/Ph.D. courses distributed over its five Faculties: Arts and Letters, Science, Health Science, Social and Human Sciences and Engineering.
UBI provides its students with social support, through the respective Social Action Services (SASUBI), in the following forms: i) direct support, through study grants and emergency help, etc. and ii) indirect support, which includes promoting access to catering and accommodation services, health services, etc.
More information at https://www.ubi.pt/en/
About Covilhã
Located on the south-facing slope of the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal – the only place in the country with a ski resort – Covilhã has steep streets with unique characteristics, preserving aspects of historical architecture. At approximately six hundred metres above sea level, the town is around thirty minutes by car from the highest point of the mountain range, where wonderful walking routes and unspoilt countryside abound.
Known as the “Portuguese Manchester” due to its growth being associated to the woollen industry, the city has a vast and rich industrial heritage, often housing companies, museums and schools. UBI itself has refurbished several of these buildings to accommodate its various facilities.
Covilhã is a medium-sized town that owes much of its dynamics to the presence of UBI. It offers a high quality of life, together with safety and a significantly lower cost of living than in the large cities on the coast of Portugal. The population is diverse, in terms of age and cultural aspects.
Covilhã has a range of leisure establishments such as bars, restaurants, pubs and a shopping centre in the so-called “new town”. However, local commerce is still active, including the traditional fairs in the municipal market.
This region offers a wide cultural variety, from the built heritage to activities in the fields of music, theatre and other forms of art.
Between Lisboa and Madrid …
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About FCSH
Housed in the former textile factory of “Ernesto Cruz”, as it is known among students and the inhabitants of Covilhã, the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (FCSH) includes four Departments:
Management and Economics: centres its activities on degree (1st Cycle) and post-graduate (2nd and 3rd Cycles
and Post-Ph.D.) courses, as well as on research, technology transfer and services to the community in the areas of Management, Economics and Marketing.
+ info: https://www.ubi.pt/Entidade/Departamento_de_Gestao_e_Economia Psychology and Education: currently offers a degree course in
Psychology (1st Cycle), a 2nd Cycle (Master) course in Clinical and Health Psychology and a 3rd Cycle (Ph.D.) course in Education. The Department is articulated with the rest of UBI’s educational community, being responsible for curricular units in various courses in the university. It also has a scientific journal which is published periodically.
+ info: https://www.ubi.pt/Entidade/Departamento_de_Psicologia_e_Educacao
Sociology: provides 1st cycle courses in Sociology and Political Science and International Relations. At the post-
graduate level (2nd and 3rd Cycles) it provides masters in Sociology: Exclusions and Social Policies, in Entrepreneurship and Social
Innovation and in International Relations and a Ph.D. in Sociology.
+ info: https://www.ubi.pt/Entidade/Departamento_de_Sociologia
Sport Sciences: located next to UBI’s sports infrastructure, in out- centre II, it offers courses at all academic levels:
degree, master and Ph.D. in Sport Sciences and a master in the Teaching of Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Schools.
+ info: https://www.ubi.pt/Entidade/Departamento_de_Ciencias_do_Desporto
Courses are taught in Portuguese and are specified in the following table, also showing the curricular units taught in English. International students can also turn to lecturers – most of whom have skills in English – and bilingual students. Bibliographic material is provided above all in English. These advantages make the international student’s experience easier and more pleasant.
At UBI there are various associations or groups in which the student can become involved to make academic life more productive and enriching.
These are occasions for personal and collective development and an opportunity for another type of experience,
such as learning to coordinate, work in a team, manage and perform activities, form relations with a variety of bodies in society, or simply to show solidarity, expecting
nothing in return. Standing out among the associations are the UBI Academic Association (AAUBI), Former Students’ Association (AUBI), AIESEC in UBI and the Young People’s Association for Humanitarian Action (AJAS).
The Erasmus Student Network Covilhã (ESN Covilhã), a non-profit international student organization, has the mission to represent international students, thus provide opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of Students Helping Students.
The students’ associations cover all degree courses at UBI and in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences there are seven: UBINEEC (Economics Students’ Association), UBIGEST (Management Students’
Association), MKTUBI (Marketing Students’ Association), PSICUBI (Psychology Students’ Association), NE CPRI-UBI (Political Science and International Relations Students’ Association), CESUBI (Sociology Students’ Association) and DESPUBI (Sport Sciences Students’
Association).
International students and their students Buddies of FCSH
International student mobility is facilitated by multilateral agreements, such as Erasmus+. At UBI, the Office of Internationalization and Careers (GISP) is the responsible service for coordinating, activating, accompanying and operating internationalization in the sphere of academic cooperation and mobility.
Detailed information at https://www.ubi.pt/en/
In addition, you have the precious help of the Erasmus’s/Mobility Coordinators at FCSH. Do you want to know them?
Prof. Bruno Costa Political Science and International Relations
Prof. Cristina Estevão Marketing
Prof. Henrique Neiva Sports Sciences
Prof. João Leitão Economics
Prof. Luís Mendes Management
Prof. Ludovina Ramos Psychology
FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES (FCSH) UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR
Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209 Covilhã, PORTUGAL Telef.: (+351) 275 319 801 fcshpres@ubi.pt || www.ubi.pt http://www.facebook.com/FCSH.UBI
