IPO is a station on Line D (yellow line) of the Porto Metro

Porto Metro

The Porto Metro , part of the public transport system of Porto, Portugal, is a light-rail network that runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs...

, Portugal.

The station is at the northern end of the University of Porto

University of Porto

The University of Porto is a Portuguese public university located in Porto, and founded 22 March 1911. It is the largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal...

campus and is named after the nearby Instituto Português de Oncologia (Portuguese Oncology Institute).

Although Line D opened in 2005, the IPO and Hospital de São João stations did not open until April 2006 due to safety concerns. Before this time the line terminated at the preceding Pólo Universitário station. The line operates as a ground-level tram at this station.