The University of Lisbon (UL) (Portuguese: Universidade de Lisboa, ; Latin Universitas Olisiponensis) is a public university in Lisbon, Portugal. It is composed by eight faculties. It was founded in 1911 after the fall of the Portuguese monarchy regime, but the history of a university in Lisbon goes back to the 13th century.
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