Student review [#15029] for Translation
at Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto

The name recognition of this faculty would have you believe that it is one of, if not the best, faculty of arts and humanities in all the country, however the lack of care from most of the administrative staff and professors, as well as the poor conditions of the building and outdated technology make the whole experience lackluster. A lot of the degrees focus on an extremely classical repertoire, that although sometimes expertly taught, leaves a lot to be desired, this is mostly due to the lack of funding in certain departments making it hard to separate academic work from pedagogical on, leaving the students with teachers that have no interest or skill in teaching but are forced to do so, much to their students, and their own, frustration, this was mostly experienced during my bachelor’s degree, as I have observed that professors who teach future masters tend to be more caring and have an updated curriculum. This does not mean that all professors are bad, many of them are extremely competent and caring, but the truth is that it depends on how lucky you are, and what you are studying. The almost adversarial relationship between the direction and the previous Student’s association was a disgrace, and shame, and showed the competence of the director and his associates, that is, mostly nonexistent, but fortunately, things seem to have calmed down. On a positive note, most of the staff is extremely amicable, and the cultural groups are a great plus.