Universidade Lusófona


Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias is the largest Portuguese private university, and the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Indeed, promotion of Lusophony is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees.

History

The Universidade Lusofona started in 1987 in Lisbon and is the property of Grupo Lusófona a Portuguese private investor group geared at developing higher education institutions in Lusophone countries. Since then Universidade Lusófona has opened semi-autonomous offshoots in Porto, Luanda, Mindelo.

Courses offered

First Cycle of the Bologna process ("licenciatura" or undergraduate degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

In December 2013, six students of the university drowned to death at Meco Beach in an alleged hazing incident.