University of the Azores

The University of the Azores 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.

Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Angra do Heroísmo, (English: Nursing School of Angra do Heroísmo), in Angra do Heroísmo
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Ponta Delgada, (English: Nursing School of Ponta Delgada), in Ponta Delgada

Faial

Departamento de Oceanografia e PescasCentral obelisk on the Main Campus in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, (Department of Oceanography and Fisheries) – the only unit located on the island, it was created in 1976, in order to foster “scientific understanding, the conservation of marine life and the sustainable use of the Atlantic Ocean in the region of the Azores”, in conjunction with initiatives by the Azorean Department of Fisheries (DOP). Since 1991, DOP/UAç has been a founding member of IMAR (Institute do Mar) and in 1996 joined the network of European Association of Research Stations, EurOcean, the European Network of Excellence on Marine Biodiversity (MarBEF) and European Seas Observatory Network (ESONET). Further, DOP/UAç are participants in steering committees for three great initiatives by Census of Marine Life program: ChEss (Biogeography of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems), MAR-ECO^[1] (Patterns and Processes of the Ecosystems of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and CenSeam (A Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts). There is also participation on international initiatives as part of the OTN (Ocean Tracking Network).

São Miguel

Departamento de Biologia, (English: Department of Biology) – located in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel
Departamento de Ciências da Educação, (English: Department of Educational Sciences), in Ponta Delgada
Departamento de Ciências Tecnológicas e Desenvolvimento, (English: Department of Technological Sciences and Development), in Ponta Delgada
Departamento de Economia e Gestão, (English: Department of Economics and Management), in Ponta Delgada
Departamento de Geociências, (English: Department of Geosciences), in Ponta Delgada
Departamento de História, Filosofia e Ciências Sociais, (English: Department of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences), in Ponta Delgada
Departamento de Línguas e Literaturas Modernas, (English: Department of Languages and Modern Literature), in Ponta Delgada
Departamento de Matemática,(English: Department of Mathematics), in Ponta Delgada

Terceira

Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, (English: Department of Agricultural Sciences), in Angra do Heroísmo. The areas of education and research are:
- Agriculture: pastures, horticulture, frutaculutre; soils and fertility; protection of plants; hydrology and water resources; rural engineering; regional economies and natural resources;
- Environment: ecology and conversation; agricultural biology; chemical and physical atmosphere; chemical and water microbiology; climatology; spatial planning; basic sanitation; diagnosis and environmental auditing; environmental impact studies; physical oceanography;
- Biotechnology
- Animal Production: nutrition; alimentation; reproduction and maintenance;
- Food technology: hygiene and food safety; human nutrition; oenology.

Research centers

Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores (CBA) (English: The Biotechnology Centre of Azores)
Centro de Estudos de Economia Aplicada do Atlântico CEEAplA (English: Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic)
Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica Dep. de Física da FCT/UNL (English: The Center for Physical and Technological Research )
Centro de História de Além-Mar (English: The Centre for Overseas History )
Centro de Inovação e Sustentabilidade em Engenharia e Construção
Centro de Investigação e Tecnologia Agrária dos Açores (CITA-A)
Centro de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos Geológicos
Centro de Empreendedorismo da Universidade dos Açores|Centro de Empreendedorismo

Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, late historian of the Azores, Department of Management and Economics.