The University of Aveiro (UA) is a public institution whose mission is the intervention and development of graduate and postgraduate training, research and community outreach. Established in 1973, it quickly became one of the most dynamic and innovating universities in the country. Attended by about 13.000 students on graduate and postgradute programs, the UA soon took on a relevant role within the country's academic landscape, offering high quality infrastructures, high quality research and an excellent teaching staff. The UA is a priviledged partner of companies and other national and international entities, with which it cooperates in several projects and programs and to which it renders valuable services, thus becoming a space for research where products and innovating solutions are designed, which contribute towards the advancement of science and technology. These are the goals of the UA: To create knowledge, to expand the access to knowledge on people's and society's behalf, through research, teaching and cooperation; to engage in a project of global training of the individual; to be an actor in the process of builduing a European space for research and teaching, and a model of regional development based on innovation and scientific and technological knowledge. Learn more about the UA by downloading “UA Essencial”.