The University of Madeira (UMa) is extending its medical course to the third year. To this end, it relies on an investment of the Regional Government of Madeira, as well as on the institutional and scientific support of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL).

With the objective of consolidating teaching and strengthening the pedagogical and scientific relations established in the past, the FMUL will follow up on the increase of teaching staff, as well as the acquisition of new technologies for the University of Madeira, so it can extend its course to the third year.

The protocol signed on November 20 allows for a period of 5 years for the completion of the entire process, which involves a total investment of 900 thousand euros.

Fausto J. Pinto, Director of the FMUL, travelled to Madeira and reacted with great satisfaction to this strengthening of relationships between institutions. “It could be a moment to strengthen what I believe to be a key element for the academic area, and that is the institutional collaboration. I am an institutionalist by nature and I think it is crucial, particularly in a country like ours, that we can work together because it is the only way we can have some critical mass to develop work that is presentable and that can bear fruit for the future, for the new generations and for the community we serve.”

The institutional relations between the UMa and the FMUL have been governed by means of protocols for 14 years. Cooperating in scientific events, publicizing works in the area of health, promoting joint research projects, and facilitating access to materials and documents that allow developing these projects are some of the activities that are carried out jointly by these institutions.