Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina

The Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto, designated by FMDUP is, through the University statutes, an organic unit of education and research with self-government, statutory, scientific, pedagogical, cultural, administrative and financial autonomy. Its mission is university education, aims at training and research in oral health, obeying the internationally recognized teaching models, aiming at professional preparation and social insertion, within humanistic and cultural standards. It is also its mission to transmit and disseminate culture, science and technology, placing it at the service of man, respecting all his rights. Also in this scope, it is endowed with a provision of services to the community, which are regulated by the scientific-pedagogical interest. It began as a School of Dental Medicine, created by Decree-Law no. 368, of August 15, 1976, and began its operation in November of the same year, having constituted in Portugal the first institution of medical education of university level. The Oporto Higher School of Dental Medicine worked in temporary facilities attached to the S. João Hospital, from 1976 to 1997, after the construction of its own building. It was integrated into the University of Porto on January 6, 1989, through Law no. 10, dated January 6, 1989, which creates the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto.