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Find out the best way to get to FEUP.

Floor plan of the FEUP campus.

How to get to FEUP

By metro

FEUP is served by three metro stations on line D (yellow) in zone C6. Line D (yellow) connects the University Centre with Gaia City Hall in about 15 minutes, passing through Trindade, where it connects with lines A (blue), B (red) and C (green). When you get off at Pólo Universitário station, turn left into Dr Manuel Pereira da Silva Street and, after passing the Paranhos cemetery, turn left into Rua do Dr Roberto Frias. Continue until you see FEUP on your right. Leaving the IPO, you should walk the whole length of Rua do Dr Plácido da Costa and cross Dr Roberto Frias Street. You are now in front of FEUP. Leaving the Hospital de São João, follow the ring road until the intersection with Rua do Dr Roberto Frias. Follow this street until it crosses Rua do Dr Plácido da Costa. FEUP is now on your left.

For more information, see Metro do Porto maps.


By bus

There are four bus lines in the Faculty area: 204, 300, 301 and 803.

Other STCP lines are also available from the Hospital de S. João, as well as regular routes to other cities.

To choose the bus that best suits your needs, visit the following websites:


"MOVE-ME" App

To check the arrival time of your bus or metro, you can download the mobile app MOVE-ME.

By car

The best way to find the Faculty of Engineering is to follow the signs to Hospital de São João. Here are the routes to FEUP from the main points of departure.


From Ermesinde, Gondomar and Valongo on the Circunvalação road (EN12)

Follow the EN12 until you see the Hospital de São João on your left. At the traffic lights with Rua Dr Roberto Frias, go straight ahead and keep to the left. At the next set of traffic lights, turn left into Rua António Bernardino Almeida (with the IPO on your right) and continue straight ahead until you reach the junction with Rua do Dr Plácido da Costa. Keep to the left until you reach the next junction, where you should turn left. Continue along this road until you come to another T-junction, where you should turn left. Continue until you reach the end of the road, which ends in Rua do Dr Roberto Frias, where you should turn left. Keep to the right until you reach the junction with Via Estruturante, where you should turn right.


From Maia and Matosinhos on the Circunvalação road (EN12)

Follow the EN12 until you see the IPO on your right. At the traffic lights, turn right into Rua António Bernardino Almeida (bypassing the IPO) and continue straight ahead until you reach the junction with Rua do Dr Plácido da Costa. Keep to the left until you reach the next junction, where you should turn left. Continue along this road until you reach another junction where you should turn left. Continue until you reach the end of the road that leads to Rua do Dr Roberto Frias, where you should turn left. Keep to the right until you reach the junction with Via Estruturante, where you should turn right.


Car Park

FEUP has three car parks. All of them can be accessed from Via Estruturante (perpendicular to Rua Doutor Roberto Frias), which runs around the southern perimeter of the Faculty. Access to the car park for teachers and staff (permanent staff) and visitors; Access to the car park for students; Access to the car park for non-permanent staff.

By train

If you arrive in the city of Porto by train, you have two options:

  • If you arrive at Campanhã station, take the metro and choose one of the following lines: A (blue), B (red), C (green), or E (purple). You will need to transfer at Trindade station and take the D (yellow) line. Follow the instructions provided under the "By metro" option.
  • If you arrive at S. Bento station, take the D (yellow) metro line and follow the instructions provided under the "By metro" option.
  • If you get off at the Campanhã Intermodal Terminal, you can use the new STCP line 404, with a direct connection to São João Hospital.


By plane (Porto Airport)

The fastest way to reach FEUP, if you don’t have your own vehicle waiting or don’t wish to take a taxi, is to take the metro on line E (purple). You will need to transfer at Trindade station and take line D (yellow). Then, follow the instructions provided under the "By metro" option.