Portuguese Language and Culture Course – Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto campus)

This Portuguese Language and Culture course combines language learning with a broad introduction to history, society, and cultural expressions. Designed for international and external students, it offers structured classes that link vocabulary and grammar to themes such as everyday life, traditions, and how the country is perceived abroad. The program emphasizes intercultural understanding alongside language development.

The Portuguese Language and Culture course at Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s Porto campus is an academic program that integrates language learning with insights into culture, history, geography, and contemporary life. Students explore topics like material and immaterial heritage, social practices, and national identity, while progressively building skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Classes are taught in a seminar style, encouraging discussion and reflection on cultural topics as learners acquire new language structures. The course is suitable for those at early levels of Portuguese who want a structured university environment and explicit focus on culture, making it well suited for people interested in both linguistic progress and deeper understanding of local customs and perspectives.