University of the Azores

University of the Azores
Universidade dos Açores
Former names
Instituto Universitário dos Açores
TypePublic
EstablishedJanuary 9, 1976
RectorJoão Luís Roque Baptista Gaspar
Vice-Rectors
  • Ana Teresa da Conceição Silva Alves
  • Maria da Graça Câmara Batista
  • Maria Gabriela Pereira da Silva Queiroz
  • Susana da Conceição Miranda Silva Mira Leal
Academic staff
302
Administrative staff
321
Students2,613
Undergraduates2,094
Postgraduates444
52
Location, ,
37°44′45″N 25°39′49″W / 37.74583°N 25.66361°W / 37.74583; -25.66361
CampusMultiple campuses:
Angra do Heroísmo
Horta
Ponta Delgada
ColorsBlue & silver   
MascotAçor (goshawk)
Websiteuac.pt

The University of the Azores (Portuguese: Universidade dos Açores), or commonly abbreviated as UAc, is the only public university in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It was founded on January 9, 1976, two years after the Carnation Revolution that ended several decades of dictatorship in Portugal, but before the Portuguese Third Republic was institutionalized, along with the region's autonomy. The university is a public institution dependent on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education and was established in order to advance sustainable development and higher education in the Azores.