1 — The Scientific Council is responsible for:

a) Electing its President from among the full-time professors and drafting its regulations;
b) Developing the plan for all scientific and cultural activities at FMUL;
c) Making decisions regarding the creation, modification, and discontinuation of study programs and approving their respective curricula;
d) Organizing and deciding on the distribution of teaching duties for approval by the Director;
e) Deciding on course equivalencies and academic degrees, in accordance with the law;
f) Promoting, guiding, and coordinating scientific research activities within FMUL;
g) Proposing or commenting on the awarding of titles or honorary distinctions, particularly regarding the conferral of the Doctor Honoris Causa in Medicine by the University of Lisbon;
h) Proposing or commenting on the establishment of academic awards;
i) Promoting the offering of non-degree courses;
j) Proposing or commenting on the establishment of national or international agreements and partnerships;
k) Proposing the creation of Structural Units, Pedagogical Areas, Research Centers, or other units deemed necessary for the development of teaching or research at FMUL, as well as approving their structure, operation, and integration with other Faculty structures to ensure harmonious development;
l) Proposing the appointment of Directors of Structural Units and Coordinators of Pedagogical Areas;
m) Deciding on the organization and content of curricula, after consulting the Pedagogical Council;
n) Appointing course leaders for a period of three years based on their periodic reports and proposing, for approval by the Director, the distribution of teaching duties;
o) Issuing opinions on granting enhanced job security status to full professors and associate professors, in accordance with the applicable legislation and regulations;
p) Proposing changes to the staffing plan for faculty and researchers, both in terms of the number of positions and scientific areas;
q) Exercising any other responsibilities conferred by law, the Statutes, or the regulations of the University.

2 — Regarding academic examinations and faculty and research staff, the Scientific Council is responsible for:

a) Appointing supervisors for master’s dissertations and doctoral theses;
b) Proposing the composition of master’s examination committees;
c) Proposing the composition of doctoral examination committees and committees for the accreditation title;
d) Performing other acts provided for by law related to the faculty and research career and the recruitment of faculty and research staff, including proposing the composition of examination committees and academic competitions.

(Excerpt from the Statutes)

MANDATE 2022 – 2026

Criteria for Granting Sabbatical Leave at FMUL (Meetings on September 26, 2023 and March 19, 2024) (open)

Granting of Final Classification and Other Regulatory Standards for Doctorate Programs at FMUL (Meetings on December 20, 2022 and January 17, 2023) Resolution No.º429/2023, in Diário da República, 2nd series, of April 20 (open)

Internal Regulatory Standards – Procedure and criteria for the review and evaluation of the final sabbatical leave report (open)

Composition of PhD examination panels – Qualification of GIMM researchers (open)

MANDATE 2018 – 2022

Committee for Monitoring the Elective Curriculum Units of the Integrated Master's in Medicine (meeting on May 21, 2019)
Creation and establishment of the Committee for Monitoring the Elective Curriculum Units of the Integrated Master's in Medicine, composed of the following members: Prof. Maria do Carmo-Fonseca (Coordinator), Prof. Isabel Pavão Martins, Prof. Joaquim Ferreira, Prof. Madalena Patrício, Prof. Helena Fonseca, Prof. João Eurico da Fonseca, Student João Afonso, and Student José Rodrigues.

Committee for Evaluation of Graduate Education  (meeting on March 19, 2019)
Establishment of a Committee for the Evaluation of Graduate Education (Non-degree courses and Master's programs), with the following members indicated: Professors João Eurico Cortez Cabral da Fonseca (Coordinator, in the capacity of Vice-President of the CC), José Manuel Morão Cabral Ferro, António Cândido Vaz Carneiro, Luís Ricardo Simões da Silva Graça, and Catarina Ferreira Murinello de Sousa Guerreiro Fragoso Mendes.

Distribution of Teaching Duties (meeting on February 19, 2019)
The Scientific Council positively evaluated the teaching duty distribution form, which must be duly filled out and attached to future proposals for hiring/reappointment of faculty. This procedure enables the Scientific Council to assess the activities to be undertaken by the proposed individual, as well as the context in which these activities will occur, namely, the teaching and scientific workload and the corresponding faculty already associated with the Structural Unit making the proposal. The form must be accompanied by the activity report from the previous year of the Structural Unit proposing the hiring.
Form .pdf | .xlsx

Scientific Committee of the CAML Doctoral Program (meeting on October 16, 2018)
Change of the Scientific Committee of the CAML Doctoral Program, which now has the following composition: Prof. Rui Victorino (Coordinator), Prof. J. Eurico da Fonseca, Prof. Alexandre Mendonça, Prof. Ana Espada de Sousa, Prof. João Ferreira, and Prof. Mário Ramirez.

MANDATE 2015 – 2018

Recommendations Regarding the Evaluation of Candidates for Aggregation Exams for Scientific Coordination Roles at FMUL (meeting on February 20, 2018) (open)

Criteria for Approval in Absolute Merit for the Recruitment of Faculty and Researchers at FMUL
(meeting on March 21, 2017) (open)

Recommendations Regarding the Evaluation of Candidates for Aggregation Exams at FMUL
(meeting on September 20, 2016)
The academic title of "Aggregated Professor" aims to attest, in a specific field of knowledge or its specialty, the quality of the academic, professional, scientific, and pedagogical curriculum, the research capability, and the aptitude to lead and carry out independent scientific work. (excerpt from Decree-Law 239/2007, of  June 19) (open)

New Coordinator for the Master's in Psychopathology
(Meeting on September 20, 2016)
Appointment of Professor António José Feliciano Barbosa as the coordinator of the Master's in Psychopathology.

New Coordinator for the Master's in Metabolic Diseases and Eating Behavior
(Meeting on September 20, 2016)
Appointment of Professor Manuel Diamantino Pires Bicho as the coordinator of the Master's in Metabolic Diseases and Eating Behavior.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers at FMUL
(Meeting on February 16, 2016)
Document highlighting the importance of inventorying needs, promoting technology transfer, regulating intellectual property at FMUL, and creating an Entrepreneurship Support Office to support and encourage innovation and technology transfer. (open)

Resolution on the Conduct of Academic Exams under Confidentiality
(Meeting on January 19, 2016)
Rules concerning the application of confidentiality in the processes of master's and doctoral programs and their public examinations at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, applicable in situations where confidentiality of produced documents and public examinations is necessary due to their nature or collaboration with business entities. (open)

Regulations for the Elective Curriculum of the Integrated Master's in Medicine at FMUL
(meeting on January 19, 2016)
Developed by a working group within the Scientific Council, this proposal regulates and optimizes the functioning of the educational offerings of the Elective Curriculum of the Integrated Master's in Medicine at FMUL.

New Coordinator for the Master's in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences
(meeting on November 17, 2015)
Appointment of Professor António Gonçalves Ferreira as the coordinator of the Master's in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences..

Composition of the Scientific Committee of the CAML Doctoral Program
(meeting on September 22, 2015)
Appointment of the six members of the Scientific Committee of the CAML Doctoral Program, namely: Professors Rui Victorino (Coordinator), João Ferreira, José Luís Ducla Soares, Alexandre Mendonça, Ana Espada de Sousa, and Mário Ramirez.

Composition of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee for the Master's Programs at FMUL
(meeting on September 22, 2015)
Creation of a Monitoring and Evaluation Committee for the Master's Programs at FMUL with the following composition: Professors António Vaz Carneiro (Coordinator), Paulo Costa, and Luís Silva Graça.

Composition of the Equivalence Committee for the Integrated Master's in Medicine at FMUL
(rmeeting September 22, 2015)
Proposal for the appointment of Professors Paulo Costa (Chair), Manuel Barbosa (member), and Fernando do Vale (member), leading to subsequent appointment by the Director of FMUL, according to Dispatch 49-2015.

President: Professor Helena Maria Ramos Marques Coelho Cortez Pinto

Full-time Faculty and Researchers:

Prof. Helena Maria Ramos Marques Coelho Cortez Pinto 

Prof. José Augusto Gamito Melo Cristino

Prof. Mamede Alves de Carvalho

Prof. Ana Isabel Gouveia Costa da Fonseca Lopes

Prof. Luís Ricardo Simões da Silva Graça

Prof. João Mascarenhas Forjaz de Lacerda

Prof. Ana Maria Ferreira de Sousa Sebastião

Prof. Bruno Miguel de Carvalho e Silva Santos

Prof. Maria Isabel Segurado Pavão Martins Catarino Petiz

Prof. Carlos Alberto Matinho Marques Neves

Prof. Teresa Raquel Duarte Pacheco

Prof. Diogo de Matos Graça Ayres de Campos

Prof. Ana Cristina Gomes Espada de Sousa

Prof. Luís Alberto da Cunha Mendes Pedro

Prof. Catarina Ferreira Murinello de Sousa Guerreiro Fragoso Mendes

Prof. Miguel Augusto Rico Botas Castanho

Prof. Mário Nuno Ramos d’ Almeida Ramirez

Prof. Maria José de Oliveira Diógenes Nogueira

Prof. António Diogo de Albuquerque Almeida Leite Telles Correia

The representatives designated by the research units are:

Prof. Ana Maria Ferreira das Neves de Abreu

Prof. Maria Manuel Dias da Mota

Prof. Luísa Maria Vaqueiro Lopes