The University of Porto is a Portuguese public research university located in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the second largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students, after the University of Lisbon, and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal.
The main façade (north) of the university's rectory
The seat of the Faculty of Fine Arts
The Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Queima das Fitas student parade
Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 237,559 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi). Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
Image: Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012 05 09, DD 13
Image: Casa da Música Porto Portugal
Image: Ayuntamiento de Oporto, Portugal, 2012 05 09, DD 03
Image: Palacio da Bolsa in Porto (2)