Source:[3] 1967: Universidade Católica Portuguesa is established by decree of the Holy See (Lusitanorum Nobilissima Gens), at the request of the Portuguese Bishops' conference and under Concordat Law.

[5] 1972: Establishment of the Faculty of Human Sciences in Lisbon, at Palma de Cima campus.

2006: Incorporation into the Institute of Health Sciences of Schools of Nursing based in Porto and Lisbon.

2018: The Portuguese President awards UCP as an Honorary Member of the Order of Public Instruction.

2023: Pope Francis visits UCP for Lisbon World Youth Day 2023 and blesses the first stone of the future Campus Veritati.

There are three buildings in a total area of 43,000 m2 (460,000 sq ft), which include classrooms, auditoriums, computer rooms, the John Paul II University Library, the Rectory, administrative and school services, a congress centre, bars, canteens and restaurant, associative and social spaces, the bookstore, the stationery and copy centre.

[10] CATÓLICA-LISBON also has a Master's in Business Administration program, which is a joint-venture between Catholic University of Portugal and Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

[13] Throughout the years, the Faculty has been acknowledged by Eduniversal, which annually evaluates thousands of programmes in 30 fields of knowledge, prepares the ranking based on the reputation of the courses, the level of employability and the degree of student satisfaction.

[21] It is the only Portuguese academic institute that integrates the association EUROPAEUM, a group of leading universities from Europe.

[22] The Institute provides its students with an undergraduate program in Political Science and International Relations; master's degrees in Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defense, Political Science: Governance and International Relations (Mozambique), Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies; Double Degrees in European Studies and Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies in partnership with Jagiellonian University – Poland, and in International Studies and Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies in partnership with Pázmány Péter Catholic University – Hungary; a doctoral degree in Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defense; a Post-Graduate program and Advanced Training programmes.

[23] IEP has two research units: Centre for European Studies, led by Professor José Manuel Durão Barroso (Former President of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014),[24] and Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies, which is an R&D unit funded by the FCT – Science and Technology Foundation.

[30] Católica Porto Business School was founded in 1987, starting to teach Management as an extension of the Faculty of Human Sciences (FCH) based in Lisbon.

[31] In addition to the formative offer, Católica Porto Business School develops a structured research activity through multiple Centres and Laboratories: CEGE - Research Centre in Management and Economics; two applied research laboratories, LEAD.lab, a leading knowledge centre,[32] and SLab - Service Management Lab - a competence centre of Católica Porto Business School of the Catholic University of Portugal, which aims to produce and transfer knowledge that can contribute to increase the productivity, quality and innovation of industries and service-related tasks.

[35] In parallel with its academic activity, ESB has created and developed a research centre, Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) which, since 2004, has the status of a laboratory associated with the State and develops activities in the area of Biotechnology, specifically in the Food and Environmental areas and its relationship with quality of life and well-being.

Since 2019, it also offers a PhD Program in Applied Psychology - Adaptation and Change in Contemporary Societies, a joint degree with two European Higher Education Institutions (IES) - Universitat Ramon Lluli and Nottingham Trent University.

This programme contributes to the development of relevant research in the field of Psychology and enables future PhD graduates to receive high quality training in an international context.

[45][46] The action of the FEP also includes the provision of services to the community through: the University Clinic of Psychology,[47] which constitutes a support structure for the activity in the area of Psychology; the Support Service for the Improvement of Education (SAME)[48] which aims to promote the improvement of the quality of the processes and educational results of Portuguese schools; the Community Service which allows the students of the degree in Psychology to develop voluntary work.

[55] The Faculty has the International Law Program, available to undergraduate students, and promotes the attendance of academic mobility programmes at universities around the world.

CEID obtained the classification of "Very Good" in the last two evaluations carried out by FCT, which places it among the best ranked law research centres in Portugal.

[57] Founded in 1996, the School of Arts of Catholic University of Portugal is based in the city of Porto.

Currently the School of Arts of the Porto Regional Centre offers degrees dedicated to Conservation and Restoration, Cinema, and Sound and Image; master's degrees in Cinema, Sound and Image, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets, Photography, Management of Creative Industries, Music Education; and doctorates dedicated to Science, Technology and Art, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets, and Heritage Studies.

[66] The campus of Viseu covers an area of approximately 24,000 m2 (260,000 sq ft) and consists of five buildings.

[67] The Viseu Regional Centre of Universidade Católica Portuguesa is composed by the following teaching units:[68] Previously known as the Institute of Health Sciences, in 2019 it became the Faculty of Dental Medicine.

The Nursing Schools of Lisbon and Porto were founded in 2006 as part of the Institute of Health Sciences.

They offer bachelor's and master's degree programmes in Nursing and various postgraduate courses in this area.