It is in the breadth of its ecosystem and in the umbilical relationship between the dimensions of learning and the creation of knowledge that the positioning of the U.Porto as a Research University is rooted.
Reflecting the dynamism and interdisciplinary nature of the University's Research Units, the University of Porto is today one of the country's major producers of science in all areas of knowledge. This result reflects the effort led by its Research Units (RU) and the activity carried out by the different entities that make up the research ecosystem, as well as the active involvement of the U.Porto in Associated Laboratories and Collaborative Laboratories and the significant participation of the University in infrastructures of the National Roadmap of Research Infrastructures.
The character of excellence that defines research, scientific production and the entire research community of the U.Porto is made particularly evident by the increasing prominence of the University in the main international academic and scientific rankings.