The University of Lisbon (ULisboa) is the successor of the former Technical University of Lisbon and University of Lisbon resulting from the merger of the two institutions, including 18 Faculties and Institutes, in varying areas of knowledge, science, technology, arts and humanities.
The Faculty of Human Kinetics (FMH) is the oldest sports and physical education faculty in Portugal. Nowadays, the main goal of FMH is human development through movement, presenting a wider range of study areas of interest to different sectors of society – education, sports, health, industry, and the arts. The Research Center for Health Education and Promotion is led by a group of investigators based at Faculty of Human Kinetics and runs several projects in the area of child and adolescent health and behavior, including social and emotional competence and resilience.