Opening session Solemn Opening Ceremony of the 2026/2027 Academic Year | Lisbon

Lusófona University opens the new academic year with a Solemn Ceremony, bringing together the academic community for a moment of celebration, reflection and fellowship.

The ceremony features addresses by the University's Administrator and the President of the Students' Association, followed by a lecture delivered by the Vice-Rector and the Oration of Wisdom, a traditional moment of reflection and symbolic opening of the academic year. The Rector delivers the closing address. The session is framed by two musical performances, which open and close the ceremony.

Programme

4 November | Wednesday
Agostinho da Silva Auditorium | 4:00 pm
Lusófona University - Lisbon University Centre

• Musical Performance
  Samarituna
• Address by the Administrator of Lusófona University
  Professor Manuel de Almeida Damásio
• Address by the President of the Students' Association
  Rafael Sauceda
• Lecture: Where Knowledge Does Not Yet Exist: The Mission of Doctoral Education
  Vice-Rector, Professor Diana Dias
• Oration of Wisdom: The Challenges of Health
  Professor Adalberto Campos Fernandes
• Address by the Rector
  Professor José Bragança de Miranda
• Musical Performance
  Tusófona