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The creation of the University of Lisbon in 1911
Decree-Law of 22nd of March 1911 marks the creation of the Universities of Lisbon and Oporto
University Constitution of April 22nd 1911 formalises the Lisbon Faculty of Medicine
Once the Republic was proclaimed, higher education became one of the areas to which the new regime dedicated a great deal of attention. It was necessary to end the monopoly of the University of Coimbra (the only one where the Law Faculty functioned until then). The Government Diary, Nº 66, of the 22nd of March 1911 published a Decree-Law creating a university in Lisbon and another in Oporto.
In April 1911, a new Law, the University Constitution, organised the universities (see 1st page Diário Notícias newspaper 22nd April 1911). The education reform created, along with the Faculties of Letters, the Normal Higher School, aimed at preparing secondary school teachers through the introduction of subjects in the field of pedagogy.
The Diário de Notícias newspaper, in its Saturday 22nd of April issue, published the news about the alterations relative to higher education in Portugal, emphasising the University Constitution by granting it two whole columns (in a total of eight pages that issue). The Universities of Lisbon and Oporto are created, bringing together the already existing higher schools; that is the technical and scientific courses created beyond the traditions ones in the Academy of Coimbra, which were Medicine, Law, Mathematics and Philosophy. The Faculty of Theology of Coimbra, which had been closed, is replaced by a Faculty of Letters. Through this measure Coimbra stops being the only university in Portugal, and above all the scientific and technical component is reinforced in the universities now created.
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Text and Diário de Notícias (DN) Research
Carlos André
Editorial Team
news@fm.ul.pt
University Constitution of April 22nd 1911 formalises the Lisbon Faculty of Medicine
Once the Republic was proclaimed, higher education became one of the areas to which the new regime dedicated a great deal of attention. It was necessary to end the monopoly of the University of Coimbra (the only one where the Law Faculty functioned until then). The Government Diary, Nº 66, of the 22nd of March 1911 published a Decree-Law creating a university in Lisbon and another in Oporto.
In April 1911, a new Law, the University Constitution, organised the universities (see 1st page Diário Notícias newspaper 22nd April 1911). The education reform created, along with the Faculties of Letters, the Normal Higher School, aimed at preparing secondary school teachers through the introduction of subjects in the field of pedagogy.
The Diário de Notícias newspaper, in its Saturday 22nd of April issue, published the news about the alterations relative to higher education in Portugal, emphasising the University Constitution by granting it two whole columns (in a total of eight pages that issue). The Universities of Lisbon and Oporto are created, bringing together the already existing higher schools; that is the technical and scientific courses created beyond the traditions ones in the Academy of Coimbra, which were Medicine, Law, Mathematics and Philosophy. The Faculty of Theology of Coimbra, which had been closed, is replaced by a Faculty of Letters. Through this measure Coimbra stops being the only university in Portugal, and above all the scientific and technical component is reinforced in the universities now created.
![](http://news.medicina.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DN.jpg)
Text and Diário de Notícias (DN) Research
Carlos André
Editorial Team
news@fm.ul.pt
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