“I loved it, and I think it’s really great that the University of Porto provides this opportunity for young researchers to showcase a bit of their work and research to a highly diverse audience in terms of study areas.”

Inês FreitasDistinguished Poster - 17th Edition of the IJUP, 2024

“It was a great incentive to prefect my english communication soft skills, a very important skill that we don’t always have the opportunity to practise.”

João Pedro LemosDistinguished Oral Communication - 17th Edition of the IJUP, 2024

“Seeing my work recognized is very important, it gives me clues as to what I would like to do in the future. But just the fact that I took part was very important for me to be able to show my rigor and scientific excellence in the field of social sciences, politics and the humanities.”

Inês de SousaDistinguished Oral Communication - 16th Edition of the IJUP, 2023

“Receiving the award is an important milestone, in a way it validates the work we do. This recognition is very good and gives us the motivation to move forward and develop more work in this area.”

Pedro NadaisDistinguished Oral Communication - 16th Edition of the IJUP, 2023

“This award is a great reward for the work I’ve done over the last few months. It could be great for the future, to continue pursuing scientific research, it’s a great reward and it’s always good to have these distinctions on our CVs.”

Filipa LealDistinguished Oral Communication - 15th Edition of IJUP, 2022

“I think this award is always important in the sense that it gives some encouragement. It’s always good when the first piece of research is immediately recognized.”

Gonçalo NevesDistinguished Oral Communication - 15th Edition of IJUP, 2022

“IJUP is a very positive initiative for students who are interested in focusing on scientific research.”

Marta MirandaDistinguished Oral Communication - 14th Edition of IJUP, 2021

“Participating in IJUP was another experience/challenge in my academic career, but undoubtedly one of the most important experiences, as it was the first scientific poster I presented.”

Marta SousaDistinguished poster - 13th Edition of IJUP, 2020

“It was very enriching, as we got to know how research is carried out. I think it’s a very interesting initiative because, in the vast majority of cases, it allows us to have our first contact with the presentation of scientific work and to exchange ideas and experiences with other researchers.”

Ana Margarida LopesDistinguished Oral Communication - 12th Edition of IJUP, 2019

“The experience was incredible. The presentations, in general, were very good, very enriching, the teachers’ mediation was great, the comments were constructive.”

Bruno Vitorino AguiarDistinguished Oral Communication - 12th Edition of IJUP, 2019