Universidade dos Açores

Description

The University of the Azores is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores and was established in order to advance sustainable development and higher education in the Azores. It has campuses in Ponta Delgada (S. Miguel island), Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira island) and Horta (Faial island), numbers 264 teaching and researching staff, 192 administration and lab technicians and 3017 students, including undergraduate, MSc and PhD. University of the Azores hosts 12 research units focused on scientific areas as diverse as biodiversity, volcanology, biotechnology, economy and history. The modern laboratory facilities in its three campuses and the equipment available, financed by projects and grants from international and national entities, and also from the Azores regional government, are more than adequate to carry out projects of great novelty and scientific value. Research on biodiversity, both terrestrial and marine, is internationally acknowledged as excellent. The University of Azores hosts the Azores Bioportal (http://azoresbioportal.uac.pt/) a regional E-Infraestructure. The Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP) is an e-infrastructure now associated with Portuguese POBIOTA -LIFE-WATCH Europe. The ABP is a key e-infrastructure for the integrated management of biodiversity data of the Azores, providing a large number of specialized services supporting research, policy and education. This was the first Biodiversity Portal in Portugal, starting in 2008, and the only one which provides easy access to island biodiversity data. ABP is currently recognized as a valuable outreach, management and conservation tool for all who work in science and protection of biodiversity. The 3000 visits per day, the numerous international scientific collaborations, resulting in publications and academic thesis, and the connection with other prestigious databases demonstrate the Portal’s scientific quality as well as its general appeal. Several Natural History Collections are also managed by University of Azores, namely of Algae, Bryophytes, Vascular Plants, Mollusks and Arthropods.

Contacts

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Paulo Borges
Telephone: +351-968933212
email: pborges@uac.pt

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Maria Barreto
Telephone: +351-968933212
email: barreto@uac.pt

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Paulo Borges
Telephone: +351-968933212
email: pborges@uac.pt

Universidade dos Açores
Rua Madre de Deus, sn
Ponta Delgada
9500
Açores
PT