Dr José de Faria Costa elected to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

A moment of rejoicing for Lusófona University!

Professor José de Faria Costa, Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, has been appointed to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, becoming the first Portuguese citizen to join this distinguished Academy.

As is well known, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, housed in the 15th-century Palazzo Corsini, is the oldest scientific academy in the world. Its objective is to promote, coordinate, integrate and disseminate scientific knowledge in its highest forms, within the framework of the unity and universality of culture. Through its halls and corridors – which hold a collection of over 600,000 volumes of a scientific, historical, literary, astronomical, physical, and botanical nature – have passed most illustrious figures, from Righi and Pacinotti to Fermi, from Pasteur to Röntgen and Einstein, from Mommsen and Wilamowitz to Comparetti, Croce and Gentile, as well as one of its most eminent members, Galileo Galilei.

Professor José de Faria Costa will join the Classe di Scienze Morali, in the category of Scienze Giuridiche. The induction ceremony took place on 14 November 2025, at the headquarters of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in Rome.

This is a moment of particular joy for Lusófona University, given the great significance of this distinction for the international projection of national legal science and culture.

Many congratulations, Professor!