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Study at ICBAS - Why choose ICBAS?

ICBAS, the Biomedical house where the Health is one.

Since its origins, ICBAS has been a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional institution in the field of life and health sciences. It is a school that welcomes the diversity of training in Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Aquatic Sciences, courses with their own administrative headquarters; and Biochemistry, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, whose administrative headquarters are located in other organic units of UP: FCUP, FEUP, FCUP, respectively. ICBAS also contributes to the teaching of the Dental Medicine course at FMDUP.

That's why we say that at ICBAS we are One Health, because we take the One Health concept (which understands the integration of human, animal and ecosystem health as one) as the main motto of our action. This vision cuts across teaching and research, areas that guide our activity.

At the moment, ICBAS occupies a unique place in Portugal, integrating the three basic areas of the One Health concept, both in terms of teaching and research.

At ICBAS students will find:

  • high quality training through teamwork with highly qualified research centers and hospitals to prepare professionals for the future.
  • more than a school: a community of students, professionals and citizens committed to fundamental values such as freedom, critical thinking and respect for all forms of life, guided by the humanist vision of our founders.
  • a space where art and culture go hand in hand with teaching and research, which encourages students to develop different forms of artistic expression, because it assumes that art and culture can also be a form of science.
  • a school with room for everyone, where students can benefit from multidisciplinary, multiculturalism and diversity in all its aspects.
  • a place where student well-being is a priority, with concrete prevention initiatives and a focus on mental health and psychological well-being.