The Faculty of Sciences has its roots in the Escola Politècnica of Lisbon, created in 1837, and became a unit of the University of Lisbon in 1911, in the modern refoundation of this institution originated in 1290 with the foundation of the Portuguese University. Currently that unit has 5060 students in licenciatura programmes (undergraduate), 636 in mestrado programmes (postgraduate) and 716 preparing the PhD, and its Mathematical Department is a national reference in teaching and research with its more than fifty professors. In additional to undergraduate and master courses in Mathematics it has a doctoral programme associated to its five mathematical research centers that have a significant degree of internationalization.