University of the Azores

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The University of the Azores (Portuguese: Universidade dos Açores) is the only university in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores and the western university in the country.

The University of the Azores was founded in 1976 as a result of the Carnation Revolution in Ponta Delgada and consists of the two sites in Angra do Heroismo (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - departamento de Ciências Agrarias ) and Ilha do Faial ( Department of Oceanography and Ichthyology ( ichthyology ) - departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas ). Rector of the University is Avelino de Freitas de Meneses.