The Ceremony of the Opening of the 2010/2011 Academic Year was presided by His Excellency, the President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
Guests were greeted with the participation of Vicentuna, the Tuna (Academic Band) of the Faculty of Science of UL.
The Academic Cortege took place in the Atrium of the Salão Nobre (Noble Room).
The Solemn Opening ceremony included the speech made by Dr. André Moz Caldas, President of the Directorate General of the Academic Association of the University of Lisbon, representing the students of the university.
This was followed by the speech of the Rector of the University of Lisbon, Professor António Sampaio da Nóvoa.
Next, there was the Solemn Session of Granting the Insignia of the Honorary Doctor Degrees to Their Excellencies General Doctor António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, Doctor Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares  and Doctor Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio.
The awardees will be mentored, respectively, by the Full Professors of the University of Lisbon, Doctor Jorge Manuel Moura Loureiro de Miranda, of the Law School, Doctor Jorge Manuel Barbosa Gaspar, of the Faculty of Humanities, and Doctor António Ribeiro, of the Faculty of Science.
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