The University of Coimbra (UC) is a Portuguese public higher education institution with 734 years of experience. The first and the only Portuguese-speaking university until the early 20th century, UC has affirmed its position over the years with a unique mix of tradition, contemporaneity and innovation. With over seven centuries, the University of Coimbra has a unique tangible and intangible heritage, keystone in the scientific culture of Europe and the World. UC was classified as World Heritage by the UNESCO in 2013 for its role as the centre of production of Portuguese language, literature and thinking and for the universal value of its campus. Today, UC is a large complex structure with three campuses, more than 21,000 students from about 100 different nationalities, and academic and non-academic staff members highly active and committed to the quality of research and education as well as to the development of knowledge and technology transfer activities, which target the well-being of the society and the economic enhancement of humanistic, artistic and scientific knowledge.