Universidade da Madeira

Name

Universidade da Madeira

Legal name

Universidade da Madeira

Website

https://uma.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Polytechnic & Applied Sciences Universities (EDAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Higher education
• Undergraduate degrees
• Doctoral programs
• University research
• Professional education

Headquarters

HQ city

Funchal

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Universidade da Madeira is a public higher education institution offering first-cycle undergraduate degrees (Licenciaturas, 3 years / 180 ECTS), second-cycle master's degrees (Mestrados, 2 years / 120 ECTS), third-cycle doctorates (Doutoramentos, 3 years / 180 ECTS), higher professional technical courses (CTESP, 2 years / 120 ECTS), and postgraduate specialisations. It also provides internal digital platforms (SiDoc, InfoAlunos, Moodle, HelpDesk) and operates research centres such as the Chemistry Centre of Madeira (CQM) and a node of the Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN).

Product overview

Universidade da Madeira is a public higher education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programmes and digital services. The academic offerings include undergraduate degrees (Licenciaturas, 3 years), master's programmes (Mestrados, 2 years), doctoral programmes (Doutoramentos, 3 years), professional technical courses (CTESP), and postgraduate specialisations. The university also provides digital platforms including SiDoc for faculty management, InfoAlunos for student services, Moodle for e-learning, and a HelpDesk service for IT support. These products and services are interconnected components of the university's educational infrastructure supporting teaching, research, and student administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Licenciaturas (Undergraduate Degrees)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VastBlue Innovations, Lda.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Collaboration protocol signed March 2nd at the Rectorate building to strengthen ties between applied research and professional training within the Computational and Physical Engineering degree program. The agreement includes annual company presentations to students and the proposal of course projects compatible with training requirements, which may be developed as internships at the company. The partnership aims to align academic curriculum with industrial needs in the context of Europe's reindustrialization cycle.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidade de Coimbra: One of the world's oldest universities and Portugal's largest comprehensive public universities. Comparable as a public higher-education institution offering the full Bologna cycle, but operates at substantially greater scale, broader program portfolio, and stronger research brand than UMa.
• Universidade de Lisboa: Portugal's largest public university, formed from the merger of the former Universidade de Lisboa and Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Comparable as a Portuguese public university offering the full Bologna stack and major research centers, but with vastly greater scale, broader portfolio, and stronger brand recognition than UMa.
• Universidade do Porto: Large Portuguese public research university offering comprehensive undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs across most major disciplines. Comparable as a fellow public state university under the same DGES regulatory framework, but with materially larger scale and broader research footprint.

Direct peers

• Universidade Nova de Lisboa: Mid-sized Lisbon-based Portuguese public university with a strong graduate and research orientation. Comparable as a Portuguese public university offering the full Bologna cycle and accredited research centers, but with a stronger urban brand and broader disciplinary reach than UMa.
• Universidade dos Açores: Portugal's other island-region public university, located in the Azores. Directly comparable as a regional state university offering the same Bologna-cycle stack, with overlapping research focus on Atlantic/island studies and a similarly constrained demographic base. UMa and UAc co-deliver inter-university doctoral programs.
• Universidade do Minho: Mid-sized regional Portuguese public university with a strong applied-research profile and similar Bologna-cycle offerings. Comparable as a Portuguese public university of similar scale and disciplinary breadth, but located on the mainland with access to a larger student market.
• Universidade do Algarve: Southern Portuguese regional public university offering the full Bologna cycle across multiple schools. Comparable as a peripheral-region public university serving a constrained demographic base and competing for similar student segments as UMa.
• Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro: Smaller peripheral Portuguese public university focused on undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs in a rural region. Comparable as a Portuguese public university of similar institutional scale and demographic constraints to UMa.
• Universidade da Beira Interior: Inland regional Portuguese public university with a focused research and teaching portfolio. Comparable as a mid-sized Portuguese state university serving a peripheral region, offering similar Bologna-cycle programs with a comparable scale and resource base.
• Universidade de Évora: Smaller regional Portuguese public university offering undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs with notable research activity in heritage and agricultural sciences. Comparable as a fellow regional Portuguese state university with similar scale and demographic constraints.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/UMaGIRP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universidade-da-madeira

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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