100 Most Popular Universities in Portugal 2026 — by Audience Size

How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Portugal. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Portugal, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Portugal. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank	Audience	Audience size	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
1	UUniversity of Dental Medicine, Mandalay	1.1M	3.1%	—	—	University
2	UUniversity of Oxford	318k	0.8%	40.3	58.5%	University
3	TTechnical University of Madrid	299k	1.5%	45.6	36.5%	University
4	UUniversity of Coimbra	194k	30.9%	38.4	62.5%	University
5	UUniversity of Porto	189k	75.4%	40.4	64.0%	University
6	NNational University of San Marcos	138k	0.9%	46.3	37.6%	University
7	UUniversity of Lisbon	135k	60.6%	37.4	64.4%	University
8	UUniversity of Minho	133k	77.4%	41.5	63.4%	University
9	CCharles Darwin University	132k	12.3%	41.4	59.8%	University
10	CComplutense University of Madrid	129k	2.1%	44.2	66.7%	University
11	HHarvard University	112k	0.4%	40.5	56.4%	University
12	UUniversity of Pennsylvania	105k	1.1%	43.5	57.8%	University
13	TThe New School	102k	2.0%	42.4	82.2%	University
14	IInternational Organization for Standardization	98k	0.7%	45.9	41.9%	University
15	UUniversity of São Paulo	90k	2.2%	43.0	60.9%	University
16	UUniversity of Beira Interior	82k	92.9%	42.7	58.2%	University
17	CCatholic University of Portugal	80k	86.1%	40.9	65.3%	University
18	UUniversity of Lagos	78k	0.9%	36.0	42.9%	University
19	UUniversity of Cambridge	76k	0.5%	36.8	58.7%	University
20	UUniversity of Aveiro	75k	76.7%	40.8	62.1%	University
21	UUniversity of Barcelona	72k	2.5%	44.2	30.6%	University
22	IIstec	70k	43.5%	39.2	58.1%	University
23	MMahidol University	64k	0.6%	38.1	63.3%	University
24	HHochschule für Musik Karlsruhe	62k	3.3%	39.4	74.3%	University
25	HHochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln	58k	3.1%	38.4	72.4%	University

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular universities compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Portugal and ranks each university by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest university in Portugal?

University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.1M people in Portugal.

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