 Apart from sharing the name, they were not related to the polytechnic subsystem which has existed in Portugal since the 1970s, or to any current institution belonging to it.The label and legal statute of "University" had been reserved for exclusive use by the University of Coimbra, but with the Republican revolution in 1911, two new universities were founded.The "Escola Politécnica" and "Academia Politécnica" were the core from which the sciences and engineering faculties, respectively, of the new universities of Lisbon and Porto emerged.