Student at Católica Porto Business School receives award from Banco de Portugal

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 10:02

The Bank of Portugal awarded the Professor Jacinto Nunes Prize to the best students with a Degree in Economics in the 2022/2023 academic year. The award ceremony took place on January 9th at the Bank of Portugal Branch in Porto and was presided over by the Governor, Mário Centeno.

Bruno Filipe Gonçalves Abreu, a student at Católica Porto Business School, was one of the winners. “It was an honour to see all the study and effort of the last three years recognized through the attribution of this prize. I hope that this initiative continues for many years and succeeds in its objective of valuing and encouraging the study of Economics”, says the current Master’s student in Finance and alumni with the best average in the Degree in Economics last academic year.

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João Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School, was also present at the ceremony. “This award is not only the recognition of three years of effort and dedication, but it is also an incentive for our students to continue seeking excellence in the study of economic sciences.”

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The Professor Jacinto Nunes Prize is awarded annually. It distinguishes, for each of the selected educational establishments, the student who obtained the best final average for the Degree in Economics in the previous academic year. With this award, the Bank of Portugal intends to contribute to recognising merit in an area of study central to its mission.

Created in 1987 under the name “Prémio Banco de Portugal”, the prize for the best students of the Degree in Economics was renamed in 2016 in honour of professor Manuel Jacinto Nunes, one of the most illustrious economists of the second half of the 20th century in Portugal. In addition to being Vice-Governor (1960-1974) and Governor (1974-75 and 1980-85) of the Bank of Portugal, Manuel Jacinto Nunes was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the IV Constitutional Government (1978-79).