With roots going back to the 18th century, the University of Porto (U. Porto) was formally constituted on March 22, 1911, shortly after the establishment of the republican regime in Portugal. In an initial phase, the U. Porto was structured into two faculties: Science and Medicine. Other faculties were founded still during the 1st Republic, notably the Technical Faculty (in 1915, later renamed as the Faculty of Engineering), the Faculty of Arts (1919) and the Faculty of Pharmacy (1925). However, the growth of the U. Porto would eventually be hampered during the period of dictatorship that prevailed in Portugal between 1926 and 1974. Currently, the University of Porto is a Public Foundation ruled by private law that enjoys statutory, pedagogical, scientific, cultural, administrative, financial, patrimonial and disciplinary autonomy. With over 110 years of history, the University of Porto is an institution proud of its past. And it is on the past that the institution lives the present and projects its future.