Support services
FCT has a range of services mainly aimed at students.
Academic Services – responsible for all matters pertaining to the enrolment and admission of students from every teaching level in the Faculty.
Reception and Mobility Office (Gabinete de Acolhimento e Mobilidade – GAM) – responsible for receiving students, arranging accommodation and integrating students into the Faculty; for carrying out and managing the application process for national and international mobility of FCT students. This includes the awarding of scholarships and the monitoring of external mobility students, in cooperation with the Academic Services.
Career Guidance and Counselling Office (Gabinete de Orientação e Informação de Emprego – GOIE) – responsible for helping FCT graduates and postgraduates to enter the job market.
Psychological Support and Counselling Office (Gabinete de Apoio Psicológico e Aconselhamento – GAPA) – responsible for providing support in teaching, learning and personal development, to graduate and postgraduate students.
There is also a range of services which, although not entirely dedicated to students, also support their activities: the Library, Information Centre, Training Centre, Image Centre, Press and Information Centre, Sport and Cultural Activities Office and the Hygiene and Safety Office (see Services).
Library
The Caparica Campus Library has capacity for 522 individuals with six reading rooms with material that is accessible to all FCT members of the academic staff, researchers, students and staff and to the general public.
All this material has been entered in a catalogue. Users can also have access to material that is not present at FCT, through the interlibrary loan system, which covers partner institutions in Portugal and abroad.
The Library also provides photocopiers, which are available for students to use, by purchasing cards that can be recharged at any service counter.
Users also have access to a printing service, where payment is carried out through a virtual account linked to the CLIP system, which can be topped up at the service counters of the Library. There is also the possibility of scanning documents.
There are fifty computers available to work on assignments and carry out research; there is wireless Internet access throughout the building and it is possible to remotely access all documentation that is available digitally.
The library has 40 individual study rooms; 8 rooms for group work; an exhibition room and an amphitheatre with 80 seats.
Given that the institution is part of the B-On platform it is possible to have access to a large number of academic journals, even when outside the campus.
Schedule
Working days: From 9.00am to 20.00pm
Holidays: From 9.00am to 17.00pm
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays
Contact
E-mail: sec-cdb@fct.unl.pt
Tel.:+351 - 21 294 7829
Fax: +351 - 21 294 8347
Other equipment
- Twenty four study rooms with an overall capacity of around 1200 students – open from 20.00pm onwards and during all night,
- Four computer rooms, with 40 computers – open 24 hours,
- There are various study rooms in the different departmental buildings, some of which are equipped with computers,
- Copy centre,
- Common room,
- Sports field,
- Jogging Circuit,
- Climbing wall,
- Medical centre,
- Kindergarden,
- Grocery store
- Mail box and stamp dispensing machine
- Caixa Geral de Depósitos Bank
- Livraria Escolar Editora Bookshop
- Agência Abreu Travel Agency
Interchange programs
GERMANY
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD); UNL
Student exchange: studying for the “Master of Science” degree through the Computational Logic Programme
03-02-2004/05-03-2007
Technische Universität Munchen; UNL
Academic and scientific cooperation. Academic staff, researchers, non-teaching staff and students mobility.
04-11-2002
BRAZIL
Fundação Universidade de Brasília; UNL
Technical-scientific and cultural Cooperation and Exchange. Academic staff and student exchange.
14-07-2005
The Universities of the Amazonas, Brasília, Fed. de Pernambuco, Fed. de St.ª Catarina
Universities of the Azores, Aveiro, Évora and UNL
Luso-Brazilian Network for Environmental Studies. Setting up a Masters Course in Environmental Management and Policies. To encourage the exchange of academic staff, students and non-teaching staff between institutions.
04-04-1997
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); UNL
To set up and regulate a pedagogic, scientific, technological and university extension programme. Academic staff, researchers and student exchange.
30-01-2003
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; UNL
Academic staff, students and non-teaching staff exchange. Joint research.
01-12-2005
Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), UNL
Exchange of undergraduate and postgraduate students, teaching and non-teaching staff. Setting up joint research, academic publishing and international events.
19-02-2004
Universidade São Paulo (USP); UNL
Academic staff, researchers, non-teaching staff and students exchange.
Establishing common research projects.
27-07-2004
BULGARIA
Technical University of Sofia; UNL
Academic staff, students, administration, faculties and departments exchange
02-05-2005
CHINA
University of Macau; UNL
Development and extension of scientific cooperation and academic research and training. Academic staff, researchers, non-teaching staff and students exchange.
17-10-1992
FRANCE
French Embassy, Counsellor for External Trade; UNL
Establishes the terms of an annual internship programme to be carried out in French companies in France.
07-12-2005
SPAIN
The Technical University/Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC); UNL
Development of academic and cultural exchanges and mutual support in the fields of education, research, etc. Academic staff and student exchange (undergraduate and post-graduate)
20-03-2006
MOZAMBIQUE
Instituto Superior de Ciências e Tecnologia de Moçambique (ISCTEM)
FCT support in training academic staff and in the curricular planning of ISCTEM courses; establishing scientific projects.
22-04-1997
ROMANIA
State University "Valachia" Targoviste (SUVT)
Academic staff exchange. Organisation of workshops and conferences.
Student exchange. Setting up research projects.
04-06-1996
The "Politehnica" University of Timisoara
Cooperation in the area of Natural Sciences and Engineering. Welcoming academic staff and undergraduate and postgraduate students. Erasmus-Socrates Programme.
30-11-2005
Technical University for Civil Engineering – Bucharest
Academic staff exchange (conferences, workshops, seminars). Promotion of academic programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Exchange of pedagogic and scientific experiments.
01-06-2004
University of Galati ("DJ"UG) - "Dunarea de Jos"
Academic staff exchange (conferences, workshops, seminars). Promotion of academic programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Exchange of pedagogic and scientific experiments.
04-06-2004
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Academic staff exchange (conferences, workshops, seminars). Promotion of academic programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Exchange of pedagogic and scientific experiments.
24-03-2004
T.U.C.N. Technical University of CLUJ-NAPOCA
Promoting international scientific cooperation in the fields of academic education, academic internships and research
27-03-2006
TUNISIA
L’Institut Supérieur des Métiers du Patrimoine (Université de Tunis)
Establish cooperation in the fields of scientific and technical training, teaching and research.
18-10-2002
UKRAINE
National University of Kiev "Taras Chevchenko"
Cooperation between institutions, such as exchange of academic staff, researchers, non-teaching staff and students; establishing joint research programmes through common programmes.
18-07-2005
Vinnytsia National Technical University
Cooperation through Socrates-Erasmus contracts and other bilateral programmes. Promotion of other academic activities.
18-07-2005
USA
San Diego State University; UNL
Academic exchange, setting up courses and research. Student exchange.
25-02-2003
Sub-agreement for a Student Exchange Programme (max. 2 per year)
25-02-2003
Internships
All Internship opportunities at FCT are handled by the Careers Guidance and Counselling Office (Gabinete de Orientação e Informação de Emprego – GOIE)
If a student wishes to receive job and internship offers from companies, he should fill in the enrolment form and email it, along with an updated Curriculum Vitae, to this Service: goie@fct.unl.pt.
After inserting their personal data in the GOIE Database, students will start to receive offers related to their area of study.
Scholarship
FCT awards Merit Scholarships to its students in accordance with the standard legal procedures.
Language courses
Each year the FCT Training Centre provides a varied programme of activities.
Food services
Students can eat at the UNL Social Welfare Services Canteen at the Caparica Campus.
There are also six catering facilities which are also available on the campus as an alternative.
Special needs facilities
FCT provides parking places specifically for students/academic staff with special needs, and also has access ramps to its buildings and lifts. It is also possible to carry out a case-by-case analysis to try and minimise any difficulties that such students/academic staff may feel.
Extra curriculum activities
The FCT Student Union sponsors a large number of sports teams and thematic centres.
FCT sponsors two university Tunas:
* TunaMaria and the
* anTUNiA
The Library periodically organises exhibitions, colloquia and conferences.
Periodically, the departments organize themed conferences.
Students associations
Founded in 1979, the Student Association of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (AEFCT) is the body that represents student interests, and aims mainly at the promotion and improvement of student studying conditions and the civic awareness of its members. The Student Union organises various activities each year, which include the New Student Welcoming Week, the Pedagogic Forum, and the Centres Forum, in addition to other one-off cultural, recreational or sports activities.
The AEFCT includes leisure centres, as well as pedagogic associations that are mainly targeted at students from specific undergraduate courses. Additionally, students are encouraged to join sports teams.
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