Education in Coimbra
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Since early ages,
Basic and secondary education
The city has a large number of public and private basic and secondary schools, among these some of the best-ranked in the country, like Escola Secundária Infanta D. Maria (public) and Colégio Rainha Santa Isabel (private), as well as several kindergartens and nurseries.
The state-run secondary schools and 2nd and 3rd cycle of basic education schools in the municipality of Coimbra are the following:
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos Dra. Maria Alice Gouveia
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de Inês de Castro
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de Taveiro
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de Ceira
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos da Pedrulha
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de Eugénio de Castro
- Escola secundária de D. Duarte
- Escola secundária de Jaime Cortesão
- Escola secundária de Avelar Brotero
- Escola secundária com 3º ciclo do ensino básico de D. Dinis
- Escola secundária Infanta D. Maria
- Escola secundária com 3º ciclo do ensino básico da Quinta das Flores
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de S. Silvestre
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de Martim de Freitas
- Escola secundária de José Falcão
- Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos do Poeta Manuel da Silva Gaio
There is also the Coimbra Hotel and Tourism School.
Tertiary education
Public university
The
Public polytechnic
The
Other institutions
The
There are also private higher learning schools and institutes such as the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, the Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto, the Escola Universitária das Artes de Coimbra, and the Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, which are not generally considered as prestigious as the old university, but some are noted for awarding degrees in fields not offered by it.
The city hosts also a regional branch of the
The long history and reputation of the University of Coimbra caused several newer public and private institutions of higher education created after 1974, to unofficially attach themselves to the good name and notability of the historical old university in order to boost its marketing efforts and promote their image among potential students interested for studying in the city. This also happened with a few degrees offered by the old university itself which were never particularly reputed neither for strict selectiveness nor distinctive teaching standards (like, for example, UC's degrees in mining and geological engineering which were discontinued in the early 2000s due to lack of curricular academic integrity).
Student traditions
Born in the old
In general, almost all students from the different public and private institutions present today in the city, adopt and internally adapt the traditional student rituals and celebrate the festivities born in the ancient University of Coimbra (UC) like the