The University of Maia is the second-largest private HEI in Portugal. It has c. 3,500 students and offers a wide range of 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle programmes in the fields of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Business Sciences, Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Communication Sciences and Information Technologies. Infrastructures include specialized laboratories, centres, offices and sports facilities that support both teaching and scientific research activities. It has 6 RD&I units that reflect the knowledge and skills of the university’s departments: Centre for Tourism Development Studies (CEDTUR); Research Centre in Technologies and Intermedia Studies (CITEI); Research Centre in Sport, Health and Human Development (CIDESD – UMAIA); Research Unit in Criminology and Behavioural Sciences (UICCC); Research Unit in Business Sciences and Sustainability (UNICES); Research Unit in Human Development and Psychology (UNIDEP).
At international level, each year, we welcome hundreds of international students and faculty members into our inclusive and diverse academic community, as well as faculty members from across the world who teach and/or conduct research. More than 200 HEIs and organisations (companies, associations, schools, foreign ministries and municipalities) from 35 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and America, which have allowed both the participation of the academic community in mobility exchange programmes, and the involvement in transnational cooperation projects, many of which co-financed by European and international institutions.
Contact person of the team:
Helena Azevedo
Email: hazevedo@umaia.pt
web-site: www.umaia.pt
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