António de Sousa Pereira

António de Sousa Pereira

Rector, University of Porto


Rector of the University of Porto since 2018, after serving for 14 years as Dean of the Biomedical Sciences school, António de Sousa Pereira has dedicated his entire career to the practice and teaching of Medicine.
Physician and Full Professor of Anatomy before being elected Rector, he was a member of several national and international bodies in the field of Health and Life Sciences, having chaired the National Council for Medical Education and Education of the Portuguese Medical Association.
In 2020, its peers elected Antonio Sousa Pereira as president of the Council of Rectors, the coordinating body of the Portuguese universities and the national representative in the Council of the European University Association.