University of the Azores

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University of the Azores

Universidade dos Açores
Former names	Instituto Universitário dos Açores
Type	Public
Established	January 9, 1976
Rector	João Luís Roque Baptista Gaspar
Vice-Rectors	Ana Teresa da Conceição Silva Alves Maria da Graça Câmara Batista Maria Gabriela Pereira da Silva Queiroz Susana da Conceição Miranda Silva Mira Leal
Academic staff	302
Administrative staff	321
Students	2,613
Undergraduates	2,094
Postgraduates	444
Doctoral students	52
Location	Ponta Delgada , São Miguel , Azores, Portugal 37°44′45″N 25°39′49″W / 37.74583°N 25.66361°W / 37.74583; -25.66361
Campus	Multiple campuses: Angra do Heroísmo Horta Ponta Delgada
Colors	Blue & silver
Mascot	Açor (goshawk)
Website	uac.pt

The University of the Azores (Portuguese: Universidade dos Açores), or commonly abbreviated as UAc, is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It was founded on January 9, 1976, two years after the Carnation Revolution that ended several decades of dictatorship in Portugal, but before the Portuguese Third Republic was institutionalized, along with the region's autonomy. The university is a public institution dependent on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education and was established in order to advance sustainable development and higher education in the Azores.