Mechanical Engineering Center Centre for Functional Ecology Center for Informatics and Systems Institute of Science and Engineering Materials and Surfaces Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering Institute for Systems and Computers Engineering at Coimbra Institute of Systems and Robotics X-Ray Diffraction Center for Materials Research (CEMDRX) Centre for Computational Physics Center of Theoretical Physics Electronics and Instrumentation Center Instrumentation Center Laboratory for Instrumentation and Particle Physics – Coimbra Centre for Mathematics Molecular Chemistry-Physics Institute of Marine Research – Coimbra Interdisciplinary Center Institute of Environment and Life Geosciences Centre Centre for Social Studies Research Centre for Anthropology and Health Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology Institute of Urban and Regional Studies Linguagem, Interpretação e Filosofia Centre for the History of Society and Culture Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos Instituto de Estudos Jornalísticos In popular culture In chapter 6 of Voltaire's novella Candide, first published in 1759, the narrator remarks that the University of Coimbra had decided that "the burning of a few people alive by a slow fire, and with great ceremony, is an infallible secret to hinder the earth from quaking." In the comics series Tintin, Senhor Pedro João Dos Santos is a Portuguese Physicist of the University of Coimbra. He was a member of Decimus Phostle's expedition team to recover samples from a fallen meteorite in the Arctic Ocean, the Aurora Expedition. He is seen only in The Shooting Star, the tenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin. The story was serialised daily in Le Soir, Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from October 1941 to May 1942. See also Collegium Conimbricenses Rádio Universidade de Coimbra (RUC) List of medieval universities List of universities in Portugal Education in Coimbra References External links Coimbra University Universidade de Coimbra Interactive 3D picture: Old section of the University 13th-century establishments in Portugal Buildings and structures in Coimbra Educational institutions established in the 13th century Tourist attractions in Coimbra World Heritage Sites in Portugal Organisations based in Coimbra