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''Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas'' (CRUP), The Portuguese National Rectors' Conference, formally created by Decree Law nº 107/97, was reorganized by Decree Law nº 283/93 and is composed of the rectors of the Portuguese Public Universities plus the Catholic University of Portugal.

The competences of CRUP are:

* to assure the coordination and representation of the universities that compose the conference, securing their autonomy; 
* to cooperate in the definition of the national policy of education, science and culture; 
* to give advice 
** about legislative projects that concern the public university education; 
** about budgetary questions concerning public university education; 
** about the creation, integration, modification or suspension of public university institutions; 
* to contribute to the development of education, research and culture, and to the promotion of the functions of the universities and their agents; also to improve the relations with foreign institutions of similar character. 


For more details see the page in English at http://www.crue.org/eurec/member/pt.html


== Members ==

# Universidade de Coimbra 
# Universidade de Lisboa 
# [[Universidade do Porto]] 
# Universidade Técnica de Lisboa 
# Universidade Nova de Lisboa 
# Universidade de Aveiro 
# Universidade do Minho 
# Universidade de Évora 
# Universidade dos Açores ([[Azores]])
# Universidade do Algarve 
# Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro 
# Universidade de Beira Interior 
# Universidade de Madeira ([[Madeira]])
# [[Universidade Aberta]] (Portuguese Open University)
# Universidade Católica Portuguesa 
# Universidade de Macau ([[Macao]])