The Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMCB) is an organic unit of the Fernando Pessoa University (UFP), located in the Gondomar campus of the UFP. It benefits from a privileged connection to the Fernando Pessoa Trofa Saúde Hospital, which constitutes a structuring axis of its teaching, research and clinical training activities.
The creation of FMCB is based on a solid institutional trajectory. The Fernando Pessoa University, established by the Fernando Pessoa Foundation for Education and Culture, was recognized as of public interest by Decree-Law No. 107/96 of July 31st. On January 17th, 2023, the Agency for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) approved the opening of the Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine (MIM), making UFP the second private university in Portugal to offer medical training and, at that time, the first to be equipped with its own hospital. Following this approval, FMCB was created, officially inaugurated on December 16th, 2024.

The Faculty has a modern building designed to meet the pedagogical and formative requirements of its students. It features fully equipped and air-conditioned classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, medical simulation spaces with advanced technology, and a specialized library, in addition to access to all the UFP’s cross-institutional infrastructure and services.

Clinical practice teaching is highly valued through close collaboration with the Fernando Pessoa Trofa Saúde Hospital, as well as with other hospital units and partner health institutions, within the framework of established collaboration protocols. This model ensures students a progressive clinical immersion and early contact with real-world healthcare practice settings.

The mission of FMCB is to train professionals of excellence, prepared to respond to the challenges of health and biomedical sciences with scientific rigor, critical spirit, innovation, and social commitment. The teaching staff includes doctoral professors and specialists with recognized national and international merit, with solid clinical experience and relevant research activity. These professionals ensure an innovative teaching-learning model based on a spiral curriculum with robust scientific foundations, which emphasizes the analysis of clinical cases, problem solving, and the use of scientific evidence.

FMCB shares the identity and values of the Fernando Pessoa University: independence, quality, social responsibility and innovation, at the service of higher education and scientific development.

Welcome to Fernando Pessoa University and the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences!