Catholic University of Portugal

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Catholic University of Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Latin: Universitas Catholica Lusitana
Motto	The Value of Values
Type	Concordat university
Established	1967
President	Isabel Capeloa Gil
Academic staff	1 109 (2023)
Administrative staff	642 (2023)
Students	13 026 Students (Degree-Granting Programmes) and 7 549 Postgraduate Students (Non Degree-Granting Programmes)
Location	Lisbon (Headquarters); Porto Regional Centre; Braga Regional Centre; Viseu Regional Centre , Portugal
Campus	Multiple sites
Website	www.ucp.pt

The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]), also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run university with concordat status) headquartered in Lisbon and with four locations: Lisbon, Braga, Porto and Viseu.^[1] Besides the four centres in Portugal, UCP also has the University of Saint Joseph in Macau as its affiliate.

It was recognized as the best Portuguese university according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, from 2021 to 2023, ^[2] with more than 20 000 students.^[3] The current and 6th Rector of UCP is Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil.