Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

What Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa does

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Ciências ULisboa/FCUL) is a public higher education faculty of the University of Lisbon, founded in 1911, offering bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and minor degree programs in natural sciences, mathematics, informatics, engineering, earth sciences, and environmental sciences. The institution serves more than 6,000 students through 650+ teachers and researchers, supported by 13 research centers including IDL (Instituto Dom Luiz), CE3C (Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes), and MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre). Core teaching and research operations are enabled by specialized infrastructure: the Herdade de Ribeira Abaixo field station (221+ hectares in Serra de Grândola), the Laboratório Marítimo da Guia marine laboratory in Cascais, the Stable Isotopes Analysis Facility, the experimental evolution unit inaugurated in 2024, microscopy units, greenhouses, and high-performance computing. Academic delivery is supported by the Fénix academic management system and Moodle LMS.

The institution generates revenue from four primary streams: public higher education funding from the Portuguese state budget, research grants from FCT and EU framework programs (Portugal 2030, PRR, Horizon Europe), regulated tuition from domestic and international students, and revenue from advanced training programs delivered through the comCiências platform in digital rehabilitation, circular economy, blue value, and digital twins. Technology transfer is mediated through Tec Labs, an on-campus innovation incubator offering physical, laboratory, virtual, and co-lab incubation modalities. The institution is publicly funded and not a commercial enterprise; its 6,000+ students, 98% graduate employability rate, and alumni placed at Google DeepMind, Meta, and global academic institutions reflect the underlying value proposition.

The business model is community-led: Ciências ULisboa attracts students through academic reputation, research excellence, and outreach programs including the Ser Cientista congress for secondary school students, summer schools, and public festivals such as Festival Geração Ciência. The institution holds membership or minority stakes in 20+ partner entities including FCiências.ID, LIP (particle physics), Fundação da FCUL, Lispolis, MARE, CE3C, IDL, and the Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal science museum, and participates in the Unite! European university alliance for transnational cooperation.

Name

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Legal name

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Website

https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ciências ULisboa is a public higher education faculty of the University of Lisbon offering bachelor's through doctoral programs in sciences, mathematics, informatics, and engineering to 6,000+ students, supported by 13 research centers and specialized research infrastructure including a 221-hectare field station and marine laboratory.

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Comprehensive Graduate & Professional Schools (EDAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical Universities with Specialized Engineering Domains (EDAHAEAI), Polytechnic & Applied Sciences Universities (EDAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Higher education
• Scientific research
• Undergraduate programs
• Graduate programs
• Continuing education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: As a public institution within the University of Lisbon, Ciências ULisboa receives government funding for educational activities, research, and operations through national budget allocations.
2. Research Grants and Projects: Funding from national and international research agencies including FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), European Union framework programs, and project-specific grants from PRR, Portugal 2030, and other programs.
3. Tuition and Fees: Tuition fees from domestic and international students for various degree programs including bachelor's, master's, doctorate, and continuing education courses.
4. Advanced Training (comCiências): Revenue from specialized professional training programs in areas such as digital rehabilitation, circular economy, blue value, and digital twins offered through the comCiências platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Public university faculty offering bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and minor degree programs across natural sciences, mathematics, computer science, engineering, and earth sciences. The institution operates 13 research centers and maintains specialized research infrastructures including field stations, marine laboratories, isotope analysis facilities, and an experimental evolution unit, while providing advanced professional training and technology transfer through an on-campus innovation incubator.

Product overview

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa is a comprehensive public university offering higher education across scientific disciplines. The institution operates a unified educational portfolio comprising undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and minor degree programs spanning mathematics, statistics, informatics, biology, physics, chemistry, geology, and earth sciences. These academic programs are supported by complementary platforms including the Fénix academic management system and Moodle learning management system. The institution houses 13 research centers with advanced infrastructures such as the Herdade de Ribeira Abaixo field station (221+ hectares), the Laboratório Marítimo da Guia marine laboratory, and specialized facilities including microscopy, isotope analysis, and experimental evolution units. Technology transfer is facilitated through the Tec Labs innovation center offering incubation services. Advanced professional training is provided through the comCiências platform covering specialized areas like rehabilitation sciences, circular economy, and digital twins.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tec Labs - Centro de Inovação: Technology entrepreneurship incubator located on the CIÊNCIAS campus, offering physical and virtual incubation services for scientific and technology-based companies
• Herdade de Ribeira Abaixo
• Laboratório Marítimo da Guia
• Laboratório de Isótopos Estáveis (LIE/SIAF)
• Parque de Estufas
• Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL)
• comCiências

Products and services

• Educational Programs (Bachelors, Masters, Doctorates, Minors) Comprehensive higher education programs across scientific disciplines for domestic and international students at undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and minor levels.
• Advanced Training (comCiências) Continuing education and professional development programs in areas such as Rehabilitation Sciences, Circular Economy, Blue Value, and Digital Twins for working professionals and specialists.
• Tec Labs Innovation Center Technology incubator offering physical, laboratory, virtual, and co-lab incubation modalities for scientific and technology-based business ventures, supporting entrepreneurship and technology transfer.
• Research Infrastructures Network of research facilities and platforms including microscopy units, bioteries, isotope laboratories, greenhouse parks, high-performance computing, and experimental evolution units accessible to researchers and research projects.
• Herdade de Ribeira Abaixo Field Station Ecological field laboratory spanning over 221 hectares in Serra de Grândola, serving as a living laboratory for ecology research with diverse flora and fauna species.
• Laboratório Marítimo da Guia (LMG) Marine science research infrastructure in Cascais with open and closed aquarium systems, climate-controlled laboratories, marine culture facilities, and a machine learning workstation for marine data analysis.
• Unidade de Evolução Experimental Experimental evolution laboratory inaugurated in 2024, studying real-time evolution of large populations including plants, insects, herbivorous mites, and predators for agroecosystem research.

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de CiênciascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation for research and development of sciences in which Ciências ULisboa participates as a member entity.
• LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de PartículascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics in which Ciências ULisboa holds a participation stake.
• Fundação da FCULcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCUL Foundation supporting the faculty's activities and mission.
• LispoliscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience and technology park in which Ciências ULisboa participates.
• Associação Ciência Viva do LousalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInteractive science museum in a former mine, with Ciências ULisboa as one of five founding associates.
• ISPG - Instituto do Petróleo e GásminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute of Petroleum and Gas in which Ciências ULisboa participates.
• Lisboa e-nova - Agência de Energia e Ambiente de LisboaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy and Environment Agency of Lisbon with Ciências ULisboa participation.
• ALER - Associação Lusófona de Energias RenováveisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLusophone Renewable Energy Association.
• MARE – Centro de Ciências do Mar e do AmbientecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarine science research center managed by ULisboa, managing the Guia Maritime Laboratory.
• CE3C - Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações AmbientaiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes at ULisboa managing the Herdade de Ribeira Abaixo field station.
• IDL - Instituto Dom LuizcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto Dom Luiz - Earth system research institute focusing on climate change, natural hazards, and energy transition.
• CIM - Centro Internacional de MatemáticaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Mathematics Center.
• IMAR - Instituto do MarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute of the Sea.
• Tec Labs - Centro de InovaçãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation center and technology incubator on Ciências ULisboa campus supporting entrepreneurship.
• Unite! University NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity Alliance for Innovation, Technology and Engineering - European alliance for transnational cooperation in higher education.
• Universidade de OxfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research collaboration including Diogo Pinto's Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship and joint publications in Nature Communications.
• Instituto Jozef StefancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research partner in joint study on cellular tissue ruptures published in Nature Communications.
• Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/FiocruzcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian research institution co-organizing the 6th Luso-Brazilian Congress on History of Tropical Medicine.
• Smart Energy Lab AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation focused on smart energy research.
• Smart Farm Colab - Laboratório Colaborativo para a Inovação Digital na AgriculturaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative laboratory for digital innovation in agriculture.
• Data Science Portuguese AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association for data science.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fac.ciencias.ul
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ist
• Instagraminstagram.com/ciencias_ulisboa_oficial
• Xx.com/fc_ul

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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