Praxe
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The Portuguese term praxe, refers to the entirety of student traditions at universities, particularly the initiation rituals that freshmen undergo at some Portuguese institutions.
Coimbra's Queima das Fitas parade. Nearly graduated medicine (orthodontology in this particular case) students and their decorated float.
Freshman being "baptized" by older students
Higher education in Portugal
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Higher education in Portugal is divided into two main subsystems: university and polytechnic education. It is provided in autonomous public and private universities, university institutes, polytechnic
Headquarters of the New University of Lisbon
The Rector's office building of the University of Porto, the largest Portuguese university by number of students.
The tower of the University of Coimbra, the oldest Portuguese university
The North Tower of the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, the largest Portuguese engineering degree-conferring institution.