"Contribute to improving the quality of life of the U.Porto community through sports.”, this is the mission of the Sports Center of the University of Porto.

The promotion of well-being and the improvement of the quality of life of the entire community is what moves us, thus, throughout the year, the Sports Center develops and organizes different sports and leisure activities, for all ages, highlighting UPFit, U.Porto's fitness program, and Pausa Ativa, U.Porto's occupational physical activity program.

Our vision is to be a university sports service of excellence and, as such, we are pleased that, in the last two decades, we have not only been at the top of the national university competition, but have also been one of the sports services that has grown and developed the most. .

As a result of our commitment, in 2020, the U.Porto received the Platinum certificate, awarded by FISU - International Federation of University Sports, within the scope of the "Healthy Campus" - Healthy Campus program, which aims to recognize institutions that stand out for the implementation best practices in the domains of promoting the well-being, health and quality of life of the respective communities.

We are also responsible for managing a wide range of university sports facilities that, on a daily basis, receive a significant number of people who choose us to stay in shape. We intend, therefore, that with the improvement of sporting conditions, already underway, the Sports Center becomes even more the meeting place for the U.Porto community to improve its physical condition.

CDUP-UP is also pleased to have more than 60 people wearing this jersey daily, including technicians, instructors, employees, trainers, physiotherapists, interns and volunteers, who are largely responsible for the excellent numbers and results of this sports service.