Professor António Rendas is a retired Full Professor of the NOVA Medical School, Director of the Faculty between 1996 and 2006, and Dean of the NOVA University Lisbon between 2007 and 2017.
He has been a consultant to the World Health Organization in the areas of medical education and residency training, coordinator of the project responsible for the introduction of problem-based learning in medical education in Portugal, in collaboration with the Department of Medical Education at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
As a member of the International Scientific Commission for Monitoring Medical Education, he supported the Health Mission Group responsible for evaluating new projects for medical schools in Portugal. In 2004, he was a member of the working group that analysed the suitability of the Bologna Process for the medical course, within the framework of the Superior Council of Science, Technology and Innovation. He was also President of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities.
He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Aga Khan University, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Agency for Accreditation and Assessment of Higher Education (A3ES) and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fundação Oriente.
In 1987, he was made a Chevalier de l’Orde National du Mérite by the French Republic. In 2014 he received the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Health and in 2017 the Grand Cross of the Order of Public Education.