also harbours a very dynamic associative life. Other similar students' unions in the country, such as (Associação Académica da Universidade de Lisboa) (University of Lisbon), Associação Académica da Universidade de Aveiro (University of Aveiro), Associação Académica da Universidade da Beira Interior (University of Beira Interior), Associação Académica da Universidade do Minho (Minho University), or Associação Académica da Universidade do Algarve (University of the Algarve), are smaller students' unions by number of associates because its universities have a smaller number of students or because the universities' student's aren't automatically members of the union, with a membership fee being required. In other places in Portugal, there are many independent faculty, college, institute and school organizations of students from many mother-institutions (universities or polytechnical institutes) that are not representative of the whole mother-institution, being this fragmentation the reason for their smaller size, importance, and strength. There are also federations of students' unions comprising public and private, university and polytechnic independent and not related institutions from a city, like FAP - Federação Académica do Porto (from Porto) which is the largest students organization in the country, that do not represent a single university or polytechnic, but many independent federated students' unions from institutions of the most diverse kind. See also University of Coimbra Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F., football Associação Académica de Coimbra - basketball Associação Académica de Coimbra - volleyball Associação Académica de Coimbra (rugby union) Rádio Universidade de Coimbra (RUC) And: Queima das Fitas, student festival in Portuguese universities Praxe, student initiation rituals in Portuguese universities Academic Crisis 1962, government clampdown on Portuguese universities Coimbra the town Coimbra Fado, the local version of the song genre References External links Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) (in Portuguese) Rádio Universidade de Coimbra (RUC) (in Portuguese) Teatro dos Estudantes da Universidade de Coimbra (students theatre) TV-AAC (television) A Cabra (university students newspaper) Universidade de Coimbra (Rink Hockey) Student organizations established in 1887 University of Coimbra Sport in Coimbra University and college sports clubs in Portugal Culture in Coimbra Multi-sport clubs in Portugal Students' unions in Portugal