“Concerning the UL, the evaluation team has to acknowledge that change was the key concept in almost all our contacts with the people of the University, and primarily with its leadership – the Rector and his rectory team. The commitment of the University to change was not only clear but also commanding and pressing. The strategic plan of the UL serves the need for change. The concrete actions in the context of the action plan serve also the same need. Under these circumstances, the evaluation team has only to acknowledge that the UL traces with solid steps its way towards the necessary change for its own improvement and that it fulfils all requirements to succeed”
(EUA-Institutional Evaluation Programme, Universidade de Lisboa – Final Evaluation Report, Fevereiro de 2010).

On the 23rd of February last, the Rector of the University of Lisbon, Professor António Sampaio da Nóvoa, released a new communication to the academic community of the university, stating the University of Lisbon candidature in 2007 to the European University Association Institutional Evaluation Programme, within the Framework of the partnership agreement established by the Portuguese Government with the aim of external evaluation of Higher Education Establishments. The evaluation took place during 2008 and 2009, firstly through the elaboration of the self-evaluation report and then with visits by the external evaluators.

The Rector invited the university community to read, divulge and discuss the Final Evaluation Report, re-stating its importance for the University.

Editorial Team
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