UAlg academic year begins with welcome session for new students

As well as welcoming new national and international students, the initiative also aims to help them integrate fully not only into university life, but also into the city and region that hosts them.

The ceremony on Monday 18th September (8.45am) at the Penha Municipal Pavilion (Faro) will begin with speeches by the mayor of Faro, Rogério Bacalhau, followed by the president of the Academic Association, Fábio Zacarias, and the rector of the University of Algarve, Paulo Águas, who will close the session.

The session will also feature a performance by singer-songwriter Marta Lima.

Families and friends are invited to watch the live broadcast of this session on the following channels YouTube and Facebook

At the end of the session, students from the Gambelas Campus will be given free transport to the venue via the Próximo transport network.

Organic Units welcome sessions

The Organic Units (Faculties, Schools and Institute) also organise welcome sessions for their students:

Penha Campus

- School of Education and Communication

18 September | 11h00

Entrance hall of the School of Education and Communication

- School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism

Daytime/Evening courses

18 September | 11h00 

Ludgero Sequeira Amphitheatre, School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism

Courses at the Portimão Campus

18 September | 17h00

Portimão Campus Amphitheatre

- Institute of Engineering

18 September | 11h00

José Silvestre Amphitheatre, Institute of Engineering

Gambelas Campus

- School of Health

18 September | 11h00

Green Amphitheatre, building 8

- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

18 September | 11h30 

Teresa Júdice Gamito Amphitheatre, building 8

- Faculty of Sciences and Technology

18 September | 11h00

Caixa Geral de Depósitos Grand Auditorium

- Faculty of Economics

18 September | 11h15

Red Auditorium, building 8

- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

18 September | 11h30

Room 2.67, building 2