The University of Madeira is a Portuguese public university, created in 1988 in Funchal, Madeira. The university offers first, second cycle and Doctorate academic degrees in a wide range of fields, in accordance with the Bologna process. It is now under the CMU/Portugal agreement with Carnegie Mellon University, having master programme in Computer Engineering, Human Computer Interaction and Entertainment Technology. Students admitted will be eligible for scholarships and have internship opportunity during the summer break. In addition, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, founded in January 2010, is devoted to building international partnership with other educational institutes and industry.

Faculties

University of Madeira consists of the following faculties:

• Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Life Sciences
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Technology and Management

Specialized units and research projects

In addition to the above-mentioned faculties, UMa consists of several research and specialization units.

Public funded Research Groups

• Chemistry Centre of Madeira
• Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI)
• Molecular Materials Research Group
• Centre for Research in Education

Integrated in Public funded Research Groups

• Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic
• Research Centre for Mathematics and Applications
• Research Centre in Sports Science, Health and Human Development
• Research Centre for Health Technology and Services
• Low-Temperature Plasma Physics Research Group

Other Research Groups

• ISOPlexis Genebank
• Research Centre for Regional and Local Studies
• Centre for Portuguese and European Literatures and Cultures
• Astronomy Group at the University of Madeira
• Madeira Botanical Group
• Human Genetics Lab

Courses

Undergraduate / 1st Bologna cycle

• Art and Multimedia
• Biology
• Biology (post-labor regime)
• Biochemistry
• Culture Sciences
• Culture Sciences (post-labor regime)
• Educational Sciences Minor Edu Sen
• Educational Sciences Minor Edu Corporation.
• Communication and Culture Organizations
• Design
• Design of Interactive Media
• Economy
• Basic education
• Physical Education and Sport
• Nursing
• Civil Eng Eng + Electr Telec + Computer Engineering + Design of Interactive Media
• Civil Engineering
• Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications
• Computer Engineering
• Languages and Business Relations
• Management
• Mathematics
• Psychology
• Social service

Masters / 2nd Bologna cycle

• Physical Activity and Sport
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Applied Biochemistry
• Educational Sciences – Educational Administration
• Educational Sciences – Senior Education
• Educational Sciences – Educational Innovation
• Educational Sciences – Supervision
• Business Administration
• Economy
• Ecotourism
• Preschool Education and Teaching of the 1st cycle of Basic Education
• Civil Engineering
• Telecommunications Engineering and Energy Networks
• Computer Engineering
• Mathematics Teaching in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and Secondary
• Visual Arts Teaching in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education
• Teaching Biology and Geology in the 3rd Cycle Ens. Basic and Ens. Secondary
• Physical Education Teaching in Primary and Secondary Education
• Language and Cultural Studies
• Regional and Local Studies
• Gerontology
• Cultural Management
• Mathematics
• Nanochemistry and nanomaterials
• Educational psychology

Postgraduate

• Accounting and Taxation
• Performance and Management Control
• Business Management for Graduates in other areas

Doctoral / 3rd Bologna cycle

• Atlantic Islands – History, Heritage and the Legal and Institutional Framework
• Automation and Instrumentation
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Curriculum Development and Educational Innovation
• Informatics Engineering
• Physics