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World University Rankings 2026: Portugal

17 universities ranked in Portugal, out of 2,280 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Portugal yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Portugal’s universities on the global measures.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Universidade de Lisboa: Ivendrell · CC BY-SA 4.0; University of Coimbra: Alvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 3.0; University of Porto: xiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0; Universidade Nova de Lisboa: Jorge Franganillo · CC BY 2.0; University of Aveiro: Goyah · CC BY-SA 3.0.

National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	Universidade de Lisboa	=234	41.8	77	89	est.	106–685
2	University of Coimbra	=273	40.2	76	87	est.	122–697
3	University of Porto	376	36.9	80	72	est.	194–889
4	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	=457	34.3	77	70	est.	236–974
5	University of Aveiro	=691	28.1	73	21	est.	361–1427
6	University of Minho	=707	27.6	73	21	est.	383–1428
7	University of Beira Interior	=759	26.2	70	21	est.	394–1560
8	Catholic University of Portugal	=809	25.1	52	87	est.	379–1553
9	ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon	=1172	17.8	46	75	est.	682–1987
10	University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro	=1324	15.9	53	21	est.	787–2078
11	University of Algarve	=1410	15.1	51	21	est.	831–2111
12	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra	=1665	13.0	30	67	est.	922–2173
13	Universidade Lusófona	=1723	12.7	40	48	est.	971–2188
14	Politécnico de Lisboa	=1759	12.5	26	68	est.	963–2197
15	Polytechnic of Porto	=1861	11.8	36	21	est.	1017–2204
16	Polytechnical Institute of Leiria	=1996	11.0	31	21	est.	1064–2227
17	University of Évora	=2178	9.3	16	21	est.	1152–2251

17 universities

Business schools in Portugal

Business Schools 2026

1. =62The Lisbon MBA Católica | NovaUniversidade Católica Portuguesa & Universidade Nova de Lisboa (joint)
2. 94Porto Business School / FEP, University of PortoUniversity of Porto

2 schools; rank among 107 full-time MBA programmes worldwide.

Research Index for Portugal · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.