São João University Hospital Centre (CHUSJ) is the largest Portuguese Hospital and a reference in the northern part of the country. It includes the polo of Porto and the polo of Valongo and has a workforce of more than 5000 workers.

From the moment it was created, it has been tied to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, enabling it to excel on account of the remarkable research and teaching processes developed therein, and to offer increasingly humanized and quality health care services.

For many specialties and areas of medical know-how, CHUSJ is the last instance and reference in the country in terms of diagnosis and treatment.

The CHUSJ has about 1100 beds and more than 50 medical and surgical specialties and also has a variety of complementary means of diagnosis and therapeutic support.

In the last three years, São João Hospital Centre has been considered by the Public Health National School, the best Portuguese Hospital.