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Welcome to the National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys (NEIGB). Founded in 1862 by American missionaries, NEIGB is an Evangelical School affiliated with the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon. The School is accredited by the Lebanese government and is also the U.S. accredited, university preparatory school, committed to providing educational excellence through standards-based Lebanese curriculum leading to the Baccalaureate Certificate, and a standard-based, internationally enriched American curriculum leading to a High School Diploma, altogether serving a student body of around 1700. The National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys has long been recognized as one of the leading, non-profit schools in Lebanon. We are proud of this School’s glorious history and of the legacy it has built-in Lebanon for the past 156 years. If admission to this School is your aim, we look forward to welcoming you soon to our community of learners. The National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys is a student-centered school where the focus is on learning it is a school where the feeling of community is real, and where children learn and develop in a friendly, nurturing, creative and safe environment, supported by highly qualified and dedicated faculty and staff. National Evangelical Institute for Girls & Boys prepares students to become positive and active global citizens by fostering educational excellence, promoting a sense of understanding and compassion for others, and stressing the moral, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development of each student. NEIGB is a school community where learning is: Student-centered. Technology-driven. Data and evidence-based. Engaging and team-oriented. Extended beyond school walls. Creative, challenging, and empowering. Sustained by value-driven practices. Core Values (RICH) Responsibility. Integrity. Compassion. Honesty. Global competitiveness is what National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys (NEIGB) is all about. Not only does the school seek to attain excellence in education, but it also seeks to enrich its students’ cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills and to thoroughly pursue their development and growth. The school offers top-quality educational programs to students of different backgrounds. It also addresses various learning styles by developing students’ academic aptitudes, social skills, and character building. Besides, the multi-cultural school community contributes to the cultivation of this awareness. NEIGB offers two educational systems: The Lebanese system leading to the official Secondary III Baccalaureate and BT3 certificates, and The American system, leading to the completion of the 12th-grade program of study and issuance of the high school diploma. The American High School curriculum is based on the “American Core Curriculum”, which leads to admission to both private Lebanese universities and/or colleges and universities abroad. MAP is used in Cycles I and II to measure students’ academic progress, while TOEFL and SAT are taught and utilized at the secondary level to prepare students for college and university admission. The School also supports students who find it hard to manage the core requirements by offering students with special needs a sub-curriculum that allows them to cope with the main curriculum fundamentals. The School’s teaching philosophy revolves around the principle of active learning. This empowers our students who are enrolled in the American System to experience countless skills and to invest their knowledge in life issues. Our teachers utilize teaching material and subjects vertically and horizontally, using different means to engage learners verbally, individually, via research projects, community service, and group work. In 2012, National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys celebrated the School’s 150th anniversary of its foundation in 1862 as one of the oldest educational institutions in the region. This great success story can be traced to the vision of the early American founders of Sidon Evangelical School for Girls and Gerard Institute for Boys. The Sidon Evangelical School for Girls (SESG) played a pioneering role in the education of women in the Middle East. The School started in a single house in old Sidon in 1862 before relocating in 1924 to its current and beautiful campus in the Greater Sidon City suburban town of Al Hara. The campus’s new construction included independent buildings and cottages. The buildings housed classrooms, an assembly area, a modern kitchen, a library, a sewing room, and laboratories. At that time, the school adopted Home Economics and Children Care curricula to prepare girls to become mothers and housewives. The cottages provided a caring family environment where girls lived under the guidance of caring and loving cottage mothers. Parallel to the founding of the Sidon School for Girls, a school for boys was also founded by the early missionaries in a leased house in 1881. Despite numerous challenges and governmental regulations, American missionaries Rev. William Eddy and Dr. George Ford successfully led the march to establish the school which has become one of the educational pillars in the city of Sidon. In 1884, the School moved to its new location in the Greater Sidon suburban town of Miyeh w Miyeh and was named Gerard Institute. By 1904, Gerard Institute had become a pioneering school that offered both academic and technical training. The academic division offered regular courses under the direction of Dr. Ford, while the technical division offered training in carpentry, blacksmithing, sewing, shoemaking, and construction, and was directed by Rev. William Eddy. Hence, the Arabic name of the school “Madrasat Al Fonoon”, which means “the School of Arts”, became the institution’s new name in Arabic. Sidon Evangelical School for Girls and Gerard Institute for Boys were merged into one school in 1985 under the new name of National Evangelical Institute for Girls and Boys (NEIGB). Yet more than 150 years later, the School’s founding ideal remains the same. It lives in every classroom and is endorsed by teachers, staff, and administrators whose only drive is to prepare students for a world in need of intelligent, responsible, enthusiastic, honest, and compassionate leaders. View full school

CTI is dedicated to the service of the education of youth, through the academic, spiritual, and cultural wellbeing of its students. CTI offers students a challenging curriculum to meet the demands of society. CTI students are prepared to excel, develop leadership skills, and eventually become active, responsible citizens. CTI emphasizes academic excellence, character building, cultural awareness, and critical thinking. The CTI vision is for students to leave school with profound spiritual values, a solid academic foundation, wide cultural knowledge, and noteworthy leadership skills. CTI fosters a high level of education, creativity, critical thinking, self-esteem, and Godliness. CTI aims to produce men and women with high goals, and a sense of civic and moral responsibility. The Christian Teaching Institute (CTI) is a private educational organization that was founded by Mr. Emile Moacdieh in 1960. Mr. Moacdieh had a vision of a school that offers a solid education in mathematics, the sciences, the languages, and the humanities, but that is also strongly grounded in the Christian faith. His vision was to provide students excellence in moral upbringing, culture, and the liberal arts. Our Kindergarten program is a hands-on program with a focus on discovery, awareness, language instruction, mathematical concepts, and social skills. The students study three languages, English French and Arabic. The curriculum is eclectic, based on American, French, and local Lebanese. Science is offered in English, with American - curricula. Currently, we are using ebooks in most of our elementary programs. Science is supplemented by lab sessions. Mathematics is also offered in English and it tends to be advanced American and/or Lebanese programs. French is in coordination with the French Cultural Center, and we prepare our students for the DELF in the intermediate classes. The Arabic language follows what we believe to be the best offered locally, with special Arabic provisions for non-Lebanese students. Our curriculum also includes Bible, drama, art, music, and more. These classes prepare students for college and the official terminal exams. The program is accelerated Lebanese, with emphasis on mathematics, the sciences, and the three languages. There are also lots of co-curricular subjects, involving cultural studies, drama, lab, Bible, philosophy, and more. There are special HS programs for non– Lebanese students. Our students sit for the official governmental exams (Lebanese students only), the SAT exams, and special DELF French exams in coordination with the French Cultural Center. Most activities at the CTI are included in the mainstream curriculum. Thus students get to act in drama productions, or work in the lab, or get involved in sports tournaments, or use the computers, or peruse books in the library, or join competitions, or give free rein to creative output. There are also clubs and teams that students can join. Extracurricular activities are many, involving sports, scouts, artistic activities, special projects, and more. We even organize yearly school trips for our students to Europe. At the beginning of the school year, parents will be informed of the offerings currently available for the year. Students have the choice of many activities after school hours. By the 1970s the school had outgrown its premises. In 1970 a new school was built in Horsh Tabet, Sin el Fil, in what was then a completely woodland area. At that time, the school consisted of two inter-connecting blocks. The third block was built in the 1980s. The second half of the 1970’s decade witnessed the beginning of a difficult time for the Lebanese, due to a painful civil war. By God’s grace, the school went on with its mission. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, we are happy that our students practically all pass the official exams, they get excellent grades in SATs and the DELF, and they are accepted to their universities of choice. The school is “a busy school”, as one visiting professor commented, and there are always educational activities, events, and projects accompanying learning. Do not let disappointment lead to failure. Our great Gibran Khalil Gibran once prepared for four years for a major painting exhibition. He rented a special gallery for that purpose and displayed his four years of work there. Before the opening, there was a fire in the gallery. It burned down and Gibran’s paintings were all gone. Instead of dejection and loss of hope, Gibran declared that he would paint other paintings that were even better. A few years later his exhibition was held. Faith. Patience. Persistence. Keep these in mind and victory will be yours. “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen practice these things and the God of peace shall be with you. View full school

The Higher Institute of Paços de Brandão (ISPAB) is a private higher educational institution legally recognized by the Ministry of Education through the Ordinance No. 1119/91 of 29 October, nº1236 / 93 of December 2, and No. 457-A / 98 of 29 July. Established by the Association for Education and Development of Brandão Hall (FEDESPAB) nonprofit, the ISPAB develops its educational activities and scientific knowledge in the fields of management sciences and management, communication and engineering, and technology. Founded in 1990, the ISPAB is a value-recognized institution, an important agent of progress in the region where it is located, the local authority, and the community it belongs to. Assuming as a dynamic and versatile educational establishment that focuses on rigor and teaching quality in specific and key areas for the development of the region in which it operates, offering a variety of training prospects through various initial training courses and of taught postgraduate courses, the ISPAB favors a versatile and multifaceted training resulting from the consecration of multidisciplinary curricula and the adoption of theoretical and practical teaching model, able to equip graduates for multiple skills, enabling them to respond to an extensive range of career opportunities. All courses taught in ISPAB are especially geared to the labor market and lead to the formation of multi-purpose and specialized technicians. The ISPAB granting primacy to "learn to know," the "know-how" and "how to be" a perspective of respect, promotion, and development of the human person. Providing a space for learning, the ISPAB is much more than just a school. It is a community dynamic organism that is integrated and the region to which it belongs. It is a privileged partner of companies and other organizations with which it cooperates in several projects. It is also a place able to provide new and enriching experiences, offering a convivial atmosphere and joy. It is finally an institution promoting the spirit of citizenship and the development of the personality. Constitute statutory objectives of ISPAB: Promote and develop education, research, and culture Deliver higher education and granting academic titles and degrees on terms that are or will be authorized by the Ministry of Education Provide training courses, specialization and improvement, although not confer an academic degree Organize conferences, seminars, and other scientific and pedagogical activities Organize and develop community service providing activities within the given scientific fields and a mutual appreciation perspective Promoting training Organize or cooperate in educational outreach activities, cultural and technical Promote and foster contacts to educational, technical, scientific, and cultural cooperation with national and international institutions Promote actions to develop scientific research within their areas of training and other deemed of interest Collaborate with public or private entities, particularly in the context of regional development. The ISPAB has a rational and flexible organizational structure to enable the adjustments counted advisable to normal and more effective functioning of the institution. The ISPAB respects the principle of independence of the organs of scientific or educational nature and the bodies of an administrative or financial nature and ensures the participation of teachers, students, technical staff, research, administrative and assist in its management. The founding body of ISPAB is the Education Association and Development Paços de Brandão - FEDESPAB, legal person governed by a private non-profit organization that takes responsibility for the administrative, economic and financial management of ISPAB and ensures support for the feasibility of projects, programs, and activities that improve the functioning of ISPAB and effective realization of the objectives for its creation. View full university

ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) is a public university established in 1972. Pursuing teaching, research, and community service activities plays a major role in educating qualified specialists and personnel, whose cultural, scientific, and technical skills enable them to contribute to sustainable development both at the national and the global level. The strategic objectives of ISCTE-IUL are innovation, quality, internationalization, and the development of an entrepreneurial culture. While preserving its public university nature, ISCTE-IUL is currently one of the three Portuguese universities (along with the University of Porto and the University of Aveiro) which adopted the Foundation Regime, the latter prescribing management according to private law. With approximately 9000 students enrolled in undergraduate (46%) and postgraduate (54%) programs, 450 teachers, and 220 non-teaching staff, ISCTE-IUL is proud to be one of the most dynamic and innovative universities in the country. Facing high demand, the student vacancies at the ISCTE-IUL have always been fully occupied. ISCTE-IUL encourages students to fully exploit their potential, develop their capability for initiative and flexibility, and complement their academic education with international experience, enabling them with the necessary skills to adapt to the needs of the global labor market. ISCTE-IUL demonstrates a high rate of graduates’ employability and achieves the 100% rate in most of the courses. Its former students currently occupy positions of high responsibility in private companies, public institutions, and governmental entities, which confirms not only the prestige of our institution but also its teaching quality. ISCTE-IUL is a research university, with eight units performing high-quality research, recognized in periodical assessments by the Foundation for Science and Technology. At the community service level, the scholars and graduates of the ISCTE-IUL have contributed to establishing multiple connections with private companies and public and civil society organizations. One of the most outstanding examples is the Institute for Management Development (INDEG), which employs activities of strong public recognition in the domains of education, postgraduate studies, and research, and community service in the areas of its jurisdiction. The mission of ISCTE-IUL is to create and convey scientific knowledge according to the best international standards, training highly skilled professionals, mainly at the postgraduate level, in the areas of management, information technology and architecture, social sciences, and public policy, for the advancement of society. This mission is achieved by improving the research-teaching nexus with a strong applied focus, fostering multidisciplinary learning, and maximizing the interplay between entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation to prepare competent professionals able to deal effectively with the forthcoming challenges of society, within the profit and non-profit organizations. The three main vectors of this mission - research, teaching and learning, and service provided to community - embody the vision of ISCTE-IUL as a research university focused on continuous improvement dynamics of the institution in the various fields of its management and activity, such as: A board of highly skilled faculty and researchers representing the best international standards The internationalization of research, teaching and knowledge transfer, and the academic mobility of faculty members and students, which fulfills the integration of ISCTE-IUL in international research and education networks The transfer and exchange of the produced scientific and technological knowledge, particularly through the development of products, provision of services to society, lifelong education, and promotion of entrepreneurship and employability The implementation and promotion of activities that grant access and fruition of cultural and scientific goods to individual users and groups inside and outside ISCTE-IUL The continuous interaction with society, contributing to the analysis and resolution of problems at national and local levels, as well as the establishment of partnerships with organizations committed to the cultural, social, and economic development of the country The professionalization of infrastructure management and qualification using creating a culture of excellence that provides effective support to research, teaching, and knowledge transfer activities to ensure institutional sustainability. We have an ambition for excellence in teaching and research thus our strategic goals soon are focused on increasing research, internationalization, control of our education's quality, and creating favorable conditions for the development of an organizational culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, and knowledge transmission to the society. View full university

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you ISAG. ISAG should be seen as a private School of Higher Education, dedicated to teaching, promoting, and developing Management Sciences, Tourism, and Hospitality, in the northern region of Portugal, and recognized as one of the most prestigious, qualified, and enterprising in the country, and at a European level, with a strong and lasting relationship of trust with the scholastic and business communities and official entities, resulting from the high standards of satisfaction provided and by the social responsibility demonstrated. In particular, ISAG should be seen as a reference point in terms of private schools in the North of Portugal, offering a service of high value to the student. In this regard, it will offer its students integrated training services that will be of the highest value to them, to earn and keep their respect and loyalty. ISAG Instituto Superior de Administracao e Gestao (Higher Education Institute of Administration and Management) is a private polytechnic institute of higher education, founded in October 1979 by ESE - Ensino Superior Empresarial, Lda., and recognized by the Ministry of Education (11th of December). To reinforce its positioning within the framework of Portuguese's higher education institutions, it began a merger process in November 2000 (the 1st stage of which included the merger of the founding entities ESE/ENFOC, in June 2005), that was completed in 2006 through the merger of ISAG - Instituto Superior de Administracao e Gestao and ISAI - Instituto Superior de Assistentes e Interpretes into a single institute of higher education, under the name of ISAG - Instituto Superior de Administracao e Gestao - (2nd Series), 13th March, of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. Our main objective is to provide technical and cultural education and training in Management Sciences, Tourism, Hospitality, and Applied Languages in the northern region of Portugal, through a teaching philosophy and practice that prepares students to perform highly qualified professional activities. Bearing this in mind, we pay continuous attention to the needs of Portuguese society and economy, especially in regards to European integration and market globalization. For coordination and dynamics of the educational activity, the curricular units taught in ISAGs courses are grouped by scientific areas defined by the Technical and Scientific Council. The educational activities of each course will be coordinated and supervised by a Course Director, who will have a term of two years, with effective functions at the end of the academic year in question (August 31). Accounting, Law, Economics, Translation Studies, Finance, Management, History, Hospitality Informatics, Modern Languages, Marketing, Mathematics, Portuguese Language, Psychology, Tourism. The Erasmus program is a subprogram of the Program of Lifelong Learning, which began on January 1, 2007, and ends on December 31, 2013. It aims to support the creation of a European Higher Education and strengthen the contribution of higher education and advanced vocational education in the innovation process at the European level. View full university

IPMAIA is pleased to welcome you to its Institute and hopes you will enjoy your stay and studies in Maia. IPMAIA is always available and awaits your arrival with enthusiasm. The Polytechnic Institute of Maia - IPMAIA is located in the city of Maia, 12 km from Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal. The university campus occupies an area of 70,000 m2 and offers students excellent infrastructures, transport facilities, and state-of-the-art technological equipment. For academic members' convenience, IPMAIA is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Starting 2016/17, a new state-of-the-art, on-campus Sports Complex will be available for all IPMAIA students. IPMAIA is a prestigious higher education institution that offers 4 Bachelor's degree programs and 19 short-cycle programs, all of which have been accredited by the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) and/or the Directorate-General of Higher Education (DGES). All course programs are taught by highly professional and qualified academic staff members, holders of a Ph.D. to an extent that largely exceeds the national legal requirements. With some exceptions, the programs at IPMAIA are conducted in Portuguese. For international and/or Portuguese students interested in attending English-taught courses, some programs might be available in English in 2016/17 (provided there is a minimum number of students required for the course to run). International students typically have special permission to sit exams and/or carry out project work in languages other than Portuguese (usually English, French or Spanish). Language support is provided through Portuguese language courses offered by the International Relations Office. The timetables of the classes are normally flexible, to suit students' needs. Higher Technical Professional Courses are Accompanying Children and Young People, Accounting and Management, Administrative Human Resource Management, Comercial Management, and Sales, Construction Works Management and Building Renovation, Design and Industrial Innovation, Digital Marketing, Environmental Quality, Family and Community Service, Industrial Management, Industrial Maintenance, Legal Services, Leisure Sports, Multimedia Production and Digital Games, Network and IT Systems, Sports and Nature Tourism, Technologies and Information Systems Programming, Youth Sports Coaching. Our Bachelor Degrees are Accounting, Information Technology, Web and Multimedia, Legal Studies, Maintenance, and Safety Management, Sports Coaching Our Master Degrees are Legal Studies. IPMAIA is divided into two Higher Schools: Higher School of Social Sciences, Education and Sports, and Higher School of Technology and Management. Academic and research activities rely on the support of both research and functional units. IPMAIA is in the process of creating its institutional Research Unit, and many of its teachers are already integrated into other national Research Units. Regarding Functional Units, IPMAIA provides the academic community with a(n): Multiplatform Studio (Centre for Communication Sciences), Advanced Laboratory of Telecommunications, Multimedia Centre and Laboratory, Photography Laboratory, Physical Condition Centre and Human Kinetics Laboratory, Laboratory of Forensic and Criminal Sciences, Occupational Safety Support Centre, Physics Laboratory, Chemistry Laboratory, Entrepreneurship Centre, Centre for Psychological Support Services. View full university

ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology in Vila Nova de Gaia has just celebrated its silver anniversary. With 25 years of existence, it started its activity in 1989 and has been able to draw on the accumulated experience, an image of quality in the area of Higher Education in Portugal. The public image of ISLA is without doubt the one of credibility and trust. We have social and financial sustainability. We have ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology in Vila Nova de Gaia has just celebrated its silver anniversary. With 25 years of existence, it started its activity in 1989 and has been able to draw on the accumulated experience, an image of quality in the area of Higher Education in Portugal. The public image of ISLA is, without doubt, one of credibility and trust. We have social and financial sustainability. We have each time more consistent training supply and quality, truly suited to the market needs, providing an expanding range of opportunities at all levels, based on a strong bond of cooperation with national and international businesses and higher education institutions. What we are now is based on a past full of contributions and creativity of those who have worked here and made ISLA Gaia grow. We are sure that we are on the right track for the full affirmation of ISLA, which is a time-consuming process that has to be undergone safely in a constant adaptation to the changes that are being imposed by the government and by the guidelines of the European Union. The adaptation to the Bologna Process is a clear example of this. Waiting anxiously for the cited date of 2025, the one that symbolized and is the institution's expectations milestone, ISLA-Gaia faces the complex reality of having to prepare itself for a more challenging external environment in the coming years. We can only be proud of the extraordinary progress that we have achieved in the relatively turbulent environment that Portuguese higher education has been experiencing over the last few years. Guiding us through this ambitious vision is the best way to ensure that our institution will be amongst the best, enhancing in all of us proud to belong to ISLA. In this sense, with the contribution of all and with great prospects for success, ISLA will continue its vision for 2025. In response to these challenges, ISLA Gaia adopted the ISLA-Gaia Plan 2025 - a Strategic Plan for its reconstruction and repositioning as a higher education institution of national prestige. Based on the experience and the example of similar institutions of reference, this ambitious plan seeks to maximize the main competitive advantages of ISLA-Gaia, as well as taking advantage of partnerships in which it will integrate. The Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology's objectives (ISLA Gaia) are Stimulating cultural creation and scientific and entrepreneurial spirit development, as well as reflective thinking. Training graduates in different fields of knowledge qualified to integrate into the various professional sectors. Participating in the development of society and contributing to their continuing education. Encouraging research and scientific research aimed at the development of science and technology, humanities and arts, and the creation and dissemination of culture, and developing the understanding of the integration of man with the environment. Promoting the spread of cultural, scientific, and technical knowledge, which constitutes the heritage of humanity and communicating knowledge through teaching, publications, or other forms of communication. Encouraging the desire for constant cultural and professional development, integrating the skills that are being acquired in an intellectual framework and systematizing knowledge of each generation, in education throughout life and generational and inter-generational investment, aiming to perform the formation process Diario da Republica, 2nd Series on October 2009. Encouraging knowledge of the world's problems, from a global perspective, in particular regional, national and European, providing specialized services to the community and establishing a reciprocal relationship. Establishing cooperation with national and international companies and organizations, making employability and participation in research and development projects of its students and graduates easier. Promoting association or cooperation agreements with public or private, domestic or foreign educational and research institutions, through network integration, encouraging students', graduates' and teachers' mobility, and establishing common partnerships and projects, including joint degrees or facility or equipment program sharing. Continuing cultural and vocational training of citizens for the promotion of appropriate cultural extension forms. Encouraging artistic, cultural, and scientific activities, promoting practical spaces, and supporting the development of extracurricular skills, both on collective and social participation. Supporting student associations, providing the necessary conditions for the affirmation of autonomous associations set up by the legislation in use. Promoting and valuing the Portuguese language and culture by encouraging relations with Portuguese-speaking countries. Promoting critical thinking and freedom of expression and research. Consequently oriented to the offer of solid scientific training, through the articulation of studying, teaching, research, and experimental development, the education aims at the creation, transmission, and dissemination of culture, knowledge, science, and technology.ach time more consistent training supply and quality, truly suited to the market needs, providing an expanding range of opportunities at all levels, based on strong bond of cooperation with national and international businesses and higher education institutions. What we are now is based on a past full of contributions and creativity of those who have worked here and made ISLA Gaia grow. We are sure that we are on the right track for the full affirmation of ISLA, which is a time consuming process that has to be undergone safely in a constant adaptation to the changes that are being imposed by the government and by the guidelines of the European Union. The adaptation to the Bologna Process is a clear example of this. Waiting anxiously for the cited date of 2025, the one that symbolized and is the institution's expectations milestone, ISLA-Gaia faces the complex reality of having to prepare itself for a more challenging external environment in the coming years. We can only be proud of the extraordinary progress that we have achieved in the relatively turbulent environment that the Portuguese higher education has been experiencing over the last years. Guiding us through this ambitious vision, this is the best way to ensure that our institution will be amongst the best, enhancing in all of us proud to belong to ISLA. In this sense, with the contribution of all and with great propects for success, ISLA will continue its vision for 2025. In response to these challenges, ISLA Gaia adopted the ISLA-Gaia Plan 2025 - a Strategic Plan for its reconstruction and repositioning as a as a higher education institution of national prestige. Based on the experience and on the example of similar institutions of reference, this ambitious plan seeks to maximize the main competitive advantages of ISLA-Gaia, as well as taking advantage of partnerships in whch it will integrate. The Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology's objectives (ISLA Gaia) are Stimulating cultural creation and scientific and entrepreneurial spririt development, as well as reflective thinking. Training graduates in different fields of knowledge, qualified to integrate in the various professionals sectors. Participating in the development of society and contributing to their continuing education. Encouraging research and scientific research aimed at the development of science and technology, humanities and arts, and the creation and dissemination of culture and developing the understanding of integration of man with the environment. Promoting the spread of cultural, scientific and technical knowledge, which constitutes the heritage of humanity and communicating knowledge through teaching, publications or other forms of communication. Encouraging the desire for constant cultural and professional development, integrating the skills that are being acquired in an intellectual framework and systematizing knowledge of each generation, in education throughout life and generational and inter-generational investment, aiming to perform the formation process Diario da Republica, 2nd Series on October 2009. Encouraging knowledge of the world's problems, from a global perspective, in particular regional, national and European, providing specialized services to the community and establishing a reciprocal relationship. Establishing cooperation with national and international companies and organizations, making employability and participation in research and development projects of its students and graduates easier. Promoting association or cooperation agreements with public or private, domestic or foreign educational and research institutions, through network integration, encouraging students', graduates' and teachers' mobility and establishing common partnerships and projects, including joint degrees or facility or equipment program sharing. Continuing cultural and vocational training of citizens for the promotion of appropriate cultural extension forms. Encouraging artistic, cultural and scientific activities, promoting practical spaces and supporting the development of extracurricular skills, both on a collective and social participation. Supporting student associations, providing the necessary conditions for the affirmation of autonomous associations setting up in accordance with the legislation in use. Promoting and valuing Portguese language and culture by encouraging relations with portuguese-speaking countries. Promoting critical thinking and freedom of expression and research. Consequently oriented to the offer of solid scientific training, through the articulation of studying, teaching, research and experimental development, the education aims at the creation, transmission and dissemination of culture, knowledge, science and technology. View full university

Welcome to ISAL. We are thrilled to have you on our premises, a place where strong will, motivation, and knowledge are shared. SAL, as an institution of Higher Studies, initiated its activity in Madeira Autonomous Region – the Pearl of the Atlantic- in 1984. This year it commemorates its 30 years of existence. In the beginning, ISAL developed several Higher Studies which granted a Cacharel degree in Management and Tourism Areas. To accomplish further goals, ISAL acquired new facilities which allowed the adequate development of new actions within the area of Higher Studies. These new facilities were inaugurated in 2004 and they represent the first phase of the investment. 2005 was a marking year not only for ISAL but also for Madeira Autonomous Region itself once ISAL obtained permission to offer its first degree. For the very first time, a degree in Tourism was created in Madeira Autonomous Region. In 2006 ISAL began a new adventure: Postgraduate Studies. In that year a Postgraduate Study in Hotel Management was created and, thanks to its success, ISAL annually launches several new Post graduations in decisive areas always bearing in mind what is needed in the Region. In the next school year, we will promote the following Post graduation: Local Accommodation Management (New), Human Resources Management (5th Edition), Management and Logistics ( New), Management of Health Services and Social Institutions (6th Edition). With the setting up of the Bologne Agreement, ISAL created the following Degrees in 2007/08: Management, Hotel Management, Tourism. From 2008 to 2014 ISAL has developed several TSC´s(Technological Specialisation Courses): Human Resources Administrative Management (7 editions), Environmental Tourism ( 4 editions), Commercial Management (1 edition). Nowadays ISAL has acquired new facilities which will allow the development of consistent studies not only in the areas of Post graduations but also in new studies known as PHTS – “ Higher Technician Studies” along with the existing degrees. We acknowledge there is still a long way to go and to accomplish our goals we are also counting on the active participation of all the intervenients, besides new strategic measures which include a strong bet on post-graduation studies and, in the future, the offering of second-cycle studies (masters). ISAL is a nonintegrated Private Polytechnic establishment of Higher Studies. Its genesis dates back to 1971, a period when other institutions of Teaching and Professional Studies were created in Lisbon and which developed synergies that were determinant for the organization and functioning of ISAL in Madeira. In 1984, the Regional Secretary of Education of the Autonomous Region of Madeira granted the needed permission for this Institute to function. This way, the very first private institution of pos-secondary studies was born in the Region. The ISAL also develops, together with the higher studies of tourism and management, several complementary or connected activities to that level of studies, namely in the areas that allow the perfecting and counseling in management and tourism. The expansion of ISAL permitted the use of a wide variety of equipment which allowed not only the improvement of the scientific and pedagogical levels but also an increase in the offer of courses. In the school year of 2007/2008, the implementation of the adequacy of the courses offered at ISAL to the juridical regime, dated 24. March, thus making possible the aims of the Bologna Declaration, was relevant to explicit the adhesion of this Institute to a paradigm – a teaching system based on the acquisition and development of competencies- that is somehow already present in the working methodology adopted at ISAL. View full university

The Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril – ESHTE), created in 1991 (Law-Decree no. 374/91, dated 8th October), is a public polytechnic higher education institution under the tutelage of the Ministry of Education and Science. ESHTE’s statutes, published on 1st September 2008, reinforce its nature as an institute with management autonomy and emphasize ESHTE’s role in the development, transmission, and dissemination of highly qualified knowledge and training in the areas of tourism, hospitality, and catering. As a center for the development of tourism and hospitality activities, both in education and applied research, ESHTE has always been actively engaged with the business sector to adapt its teaching/learning practices to the requirements of the labor market and thus facilitate the employability of its graduate students. ESHTE’s cultural and vocational training aims at preparing future professionals that can successfully respond to the challenges and opportunities of the tourism sector, in a context of strong competitiveness and underlying uncertainty ESHTE’s location in the tourism area of Lisbon, Cascais, and Estoril, as well as the exceptional training facilities in which it undertakes its activities, contribute to reinforce its training and research offer in the areas of tourism, hospitality, and catering. ESHTE’s curricula include compulsory internships at public and private sector companies and institutions, which ensure that students have the opportunity to consolidate their experience and know-how through on-job training. This contributes to the establishment of a closer link with the business sector and allows for the constant adaptation of curricula and methodologies to the requirements of the labor market. These links with business are also strengthened by regular research visits undertaken throughout the academic year and the organization of thematic conferences, talks, congresses, and workshops with speakers from different tourism segments. In addition, ESHTE has established various agreements with public and private institutions such as hotels, travel agencies, catering and entertainment companies, city councils, as well as other local, regional, and national public entities, which have generated the development of joint projects, events, and strategies that contribute to students’ employability and enable students to transfer knowledge acquired at ESHTE to the work environment and vice-versa. Moreover, the fact that ESHTE has an Advisory Board composed of members of tourism’s institutional, business, and vocational areas ensures a more formal and permanent relationship between the school’s activities and those conducted in the market. This concern has also led to the creation of a careers and employment service (ESHTEmprego) that disseminates job and training offers to alumni and students. This rationale of opening ESHTE to the external community is further emphasized in the development of applied research (e.g. European funded projects or agreements with the public entities in the tourism sector). ESHTE has established bilateral agreements with over 20 European institutions that promote student and staff mobility exchange within the scope of the Socrates/Erasmus programs, as well as other agreements with universities in Brazil, Macao, and Camerino. ESHTE is also a member of different associations, both as a regular institutional member and as a member of their executive committees. These include AMFORHT (World Association for Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training) ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education) EURHODIP (International Association supporting Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training) and EUHOFA (International Association of Hotel Schools). Additionally, and at a national level, ESHTE is a member of AULP (Association of Portuguese Language Universities) and ReCLes.pt (the Portuguese Association of Language Centres in Higher Education). View full university

P.PORTO is excellence in higher education but is also a space of ideas and results in which we make a difference. We are a dynamo of cultural change, in our city, in our region, in our country. We try to meet current demands, building bridges between academia, the world of work, and civil society. We rank fourth among first-choice higher education institutions, and fifth among several students. Informal education, our aim is full employment of our graduates and post-graduates. To guarantee it, we align our educational portfolio with the needs of the business and social world. We build strategic cooperation with the local economic agents and contribute concrete solutions to real problems. We cooperate with and are a critical mass. We are an international community that stems from cooperation within a 300-entity network spread over four continents. We encourage a culture of innovative, applied research, carried out in an educational atmosphere both irreverent and transversal and focused on practice. It is not enough to be one of the best. It is not enough to rank well among first-choice institutions. To expand what distinguishes us, the P.PORTO balanced profile of knowledge and academic and applied skills is what matters. Establishing partnerships and innovating. National and internationally. The mission of P.PORTO Welfare Services is to carry out school social action policies to ensure equity in access to higher education, especially to students with financial difficulties, as well as to provide students with quality services that contribute to their academic success. To carry out its mission, P.PORTO favors close monitoring of students' needs in its various areas of action: scholarships, emergency assistance, food, accommodation, healthcare services, psychology, and social counseling, cultural knowledge, sports, among other services that characterize an active social policy. P.PORTO Welfare Services aims at being innovative, focused on students' interests, and on developing social policies within the P.PORTO community. P.PORTO's commitment to quality and quality assurance, enshrined in the rules of the institution, is the basis for the development of its mission. For this reason, the entire P.PORTO universe is covered by its internal quality assurance system (SIGaQP.PORTO), which, in turn, articulates with the various Teaching Units, systematically covering the range of activities developed by P.PORTO in the scope of its institutional mission. The objective of the system is to strengthen the institution's culture of quality, following national and international standards for quality assurance, defining processes, procedures, and mechanisms necessary to implement the Quality Policy and support the Strategic Plan. The mission of P.PORTO is to create and further knowledge, science, technology, and culture, and to provide students with technical, scientific, artistic, and transverse skills that articulate knowledge and action, to become the agent of transformation at home and abroad, and through intervention contribute to the wise development of society. P.PORTO presently follows a model of decentralized governance, in line with the autonomy of the Schools. P.PORTO governance structure comprises the General Council, the President, the Management Council, and the Academic Council and is presently integrated by the Presidency Secretariat and Education Welfare Services, as well as the Teaching and Research Units. Our vocation is to teach: not only knowing how to know but also knowing how to do and knowing how to be. We do not just claim it, we do it. We are at the forefront of higher education in Portugal: eight schools, 68 undergraduate courses, 60 master's programs, and 18 500 students make up an open, challenging, and multicultural community Our profile is balanced with about 1500 teachers with academic as well as technological or business competencies and skills, and with teaching practice supported by research that is nationally and internationally recognized. Our identity is reflected in the transversal educational offers in the number of students that we attract as first and second preferences in the highly qualified teaching staff in our international dimension and our involvement with contemporary innovation challenges. P.PORTO features a range of undergraduate, master's, and other specialization courses in areas covering a wide spectrum of knowledge: Education, Health, Engineering, Hospitality and Tourism, Arts, Management and Technology, Business Sciences, Media Arts, and Design. It is an exemplary vocational training offer, concerned with the acquisition of the basic skills for professional practice and linked to the requirements of innovation and competitiveness. View full university

The creation of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, on 26th December 1979, through the Governmental Act-of-Law nº513-T/7, is framed by the broader philosophy which supported the successful implementation of polytechnic higher education in our country. The widening of higher education to the whole territory, in a logic of combating the concentration in the main coastal cities, and the innovation made possible by a closer contact between the training institutions and the surrounding community, seem to have been two of the factors that have driven forward the creation of polytechnic higher education in Portugal and, particularly, in the region of Viseu. From all general objectives of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, we should stress the cooperation with the surrounding community, on a reciprocal basis, aimed at promoting awareness of regional problems and the implementation of proper solutions. Furthermore, there are other objectives to be considered: technical, humanistic, and personal training of its students, to make them capable of contributing to the development of the Portuguese society development of research activities, having in mind the needs of the surrounding context and cultural exchange and cooperation with another state/private institutions, at the national and international levels. In the last two decades, the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu has grown continuously and it now includes 6 units: 5 higher schools - The School of Education, The School of Technology, The Agrarian School, The School of Technology and Management (in the city of Lamego), The Health School and The Welfare Services. Presently this institution has over 7000 students and 400 teachers. It currently offers higher training in many fields, such as teacher training, media studies, cultural studies, social service, sports, multimedia, engineering (in many areas), management, marketing, tourism, agrarian sciences, and nursing. The Polytechnic Institute of Viseu is a state higher education institution aimed at producing and disseminating knowledge, carrying out research activities, and training professionals, to promote sustainable development and quality of life in the region. This institution is guided by fundamental values such as multidimensional training, respect for rights, active participation of all, ethical commitment towards society, excellence, and autonomy. Constant efforts are being made to build an institution with national and international visibility, based on excellence at the levels of teaching, scientific and cultural production, and its contribution to effective regional and national development and also to equal opportunities. The international cooperation of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (PIV) is preserved in its statutes and promotes, directly or through its schools, the integration into networks, partnerships, and cooperation relations with foreign higher education institutions, international scientific organizations, and other institutions, in particular within the European Union, bilateral or multilateral agreements signed by the Portuguese Government. The PIV also promotes cooperation within the Portuguese-speaking countries for joint coordination activities. Actions and international cooperation programs must be compatible with the nature and purposes of the Institute and its schools and take into account its strategic development and broad lines of national policy, especially in what concerns education, science, culture, and international relations. For choosing partners it will be considered the academic offer, learning and training conditions, teaching and learning language, facilities, and viability for joint projects development, both in terms of teaching/training and research that may bring skills development benefits to students, teachers, and staff. View full university

Established in 1979, the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra is a Public Higher Education Institution located in the West center of Portugal, in the city known for centuries as the “city of students”. Covering a huge diversity of training areas, from agriculture and environment, education, communication, tourism, arts, management, accounting, and marketing, to health and engineering. The Polytechnic of Coimbra offers Higher Professional Degree Programmes and Vocational Education, Bachelor's Degrees, Post-graduations, and Master’s Degrees, representing a vital part of the city and playing a critical role in local development and national progress. Quality education – where the practical component is strongly supported by solid theory training, with a constant concern to adapt training to market demands, a close connection with companies, the incentive to entrepreneurship and internationalization are central pillars of its education, assuring successful careers to its graduates, as well as high employability rates. Social Service is another core organizational unit responding to the students’ needs using general support, scholarships, board and accommodation, medical services, and sports practice. The Polytechnic of Coimbra represents Modernity, Innovation, Knowledge, Quality, Employability, Citizenship, Solidarity, Multiculturalism. The Polytechnic of Coimbra Social Service (SASIPC) aims at enabling the access to higher education and successful attendance of all the Institute students, with positive discrimination towards economically deprived students as well as displaced ones, offering the best study conditions, using service provisions and supports, such as Scholarships and emergency supports, Accommodation, Canteens and bars, Health services, Support to sport and cultural activities. CERNAS – Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade (Natural Resources, Environment and Society Study Centre) is a research unit at the heart of our College of Agriculture and also at the College of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco and is part of the National Scientific and Technological System. Assessed by an International Expert Committee, which substantiated its plurennial funding by the Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia (Science and Technology Foundation), CERNAS aims at becoming an excellency research unit in the field of Agricultural Sciences, Science and Food Engineering, Environment and Society and related activities, promoting sustainable development at a regional level as part of global intervention, cultivating and disseminating science and technology for the common good of society. CERNAS research is at the core of the challenges that humanity will have to face shortly: exhaustion of energy resources and raw material, in conjunction with the global trends of climate change, the demographic increase, and resulting environmental degradation. View full university

The Military University Institute conducted between 6th and 31st May 2019, the second edition of the Advanced Land Operations Planning Course, to expand the knowledge necessary to plan and employ land forces. This training sought to develop critical and creative thinking in the planning of land forces, as well as the ability to analyze, synthesize and argue through the application of methodologies focused on discussion and debate. The course was preceded by an individual preparation made using e-learning methodology to update fundamental doctrinal knowledge. During the course, the students developed knowledge about land operations doctrine, applied the Military Decision Process to deal with a tactical situation, and participated in conferences related to the strategic planning conducted in the Portuguese Army. Included in the program of the course an International Seminar about Mission Command in the 21st century was held to identify and discuss main implications to land forces. We are a public higher education institution for military studies. We provide training and education to the officers of the Armed Forces and the Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard) throughout their careers, enabling them to perform command and staff duties within their branches, combined joint forces, and within national or international institutions/organizations. The Center for Research and Development of the IUM (CIDIUM) is responsible for: Promote or participate, in collaboration with other institutions of the national or international scientific community, in carrying out ID & I projects and in disseminating scientific knowledge, especially in areas of interest to national security and defense To support research, development and innovation activities in postgraduate studies To ensure the coordination and articulation between the ID & I centers of the autonomous organizational units, with a view to developing lines of research in the areas of fundamental interest for security and national defense, enhancing their specific characteristics in the pursuit of IUM interest areas, Armed Forces and the GNR To promote, in articulation with the R & D centers of the autonomous organic units, R & D activities aimed at scientific production, methodological training of students, qualification of teaching staff, search for new pedagogical solutions, improvement of teaching in general and Development in areas of special interest for security and defense. The Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares (IESM) - Institute of Military Higher Studies, created by the Decree-Law No. 161/2005 of September 22, which replaces the Instituto Superior Naval de Guerra (Naval School of War), the Instituto de Altos Estudos Militares (Institute for Advanced Military Studies) and the Instituto de Altos Estudos da Força Aérea (Institute for Advanced Studies of the Air Force), is a Public Higher Military Education Institution, and is directly under the Chief of General Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces and is regulated by specific legislation. To ensure the normal operation of all logistical, administrative, and financial activities of IESM, ensuring the efficiency of the service and the readiness of available resources. The Planning and Programming Office (GPP) operates under the orders of the Director of Education, to ensure the planning and programming of the Institutes’ courses and internship programs and perform academic administrative duties. Furthermore, the office ensures the carrying out of studies, the drafting of proposals, the following of the relations with external organizations, and the keeping of education-related files and records. View full university

In 1996, the then Minister of Education and Science, Eduardo Marçal Grilo, did publish the creation of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT), with the School of Management (ESGT) and the School of Technology (ESTT), both in Tomar, now in its new campus, with effect from January 1, 1997. Was named President's Professor Dr. Pacheco de Amorim, and indicated to his aides Professor José Faria Paixão, Professor José Ribeiro Mendes, cumulating with the Directorate of School of Management, and Professor Rui Santa Ovaia cumulating with the Directorate of School of Technology. The Institute is a polytechnic institution of higher education in the European area of higher education, provided of skills in the areas of science, technology, arts, and humanities, from the outset, compete complementarily for the higher education of their students, producing useful knowledge, skills, competencies, and skills, preparing them for the labor market and the exercise of active citizenship in a democratic society. The Polytechnic Institute of Tomar still takes as its mission: expanding access to knowledge for the benefit of individuals and society through research, education, and cooperation in a project for a global training of the individual active participation in building a European area of research and education, and a model of regional development based in the creation, innovation, and enhancement of scientific and technological knowledge. As part of fulfilling its mission IPT: Do value the work of its researchers, faculty, and staff, stimulates intellectual and professional training of its students and, ensures the conditions for all duly qualified citizens that should have access to higher education and lifelong learning Promote the effective mobility of students and graduates, both national and international level, particularly in the European higher education area and in the Portuguese speaking community Participate in networking activities to society, in particular for dissemination and transfer of knowledge, as well as economic exploitation of scientific knowledge Contribute to the public understanding of the humanities, arts, science, and technology, promoting and organizing actions to support the dissemination of humanistic, artistic, scientific, and technological culture, and providing the necessary resources for these purposes. The Institute was awarded by the European Commission with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) Label, ie the recognition of excellent use of the European Credit Transfer System. We are one of the institutions of European education with the European best mobilities with the respective credit recognition skills acquisition. One credit corresponds to 25-30 hours of work in a given jurisdiction establishing educational knowledge, understanding, and ability that the student should learn successfully. Credits earned in training in IPT are recognized for excellence in Europe and we have agreements with higher education institutions in Belgium, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and Turkey. The Institute was awarded by the European Commission with the DS (Diploma Supplement) Label, ie the recognition of the issuance of an excellent Diploma Supplement, which is producing the extracurricular training student information. The Diploma Supplement International improves transparency and facilitates academic and professional recognition of qualifications. Allows describing the nature, context, level, contents, and status that the student completed the Diploma qualifications that carries. View full university

The Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute (IPVC) was founded in 1980. Is a regional institution, whose aims are qualified human, cultural, scientific, technical, and professional training, to carry out necessary research to accomplish its mission and to cooperate with the regional community of Alto-Minho, particularly with its productive and entrepreneurial sectors. The IPVC is made up of six Schools offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, these last very often in collaboration with national and international polytechnics and universities. Also promotes Master's courses and specialization courses. The IPVC is a community of students and qualified professionals, located in the northwest of Portugal, aware that the progress of society ensures the harmonious development of persons and their performance. Joined together in the same mission: to create, manage and disseminate knowledge and culture, through processes of education/learning, research, transfer of technology, and knowledge. The IPVC has implemented its existence on the regional, national, and international levels. The evolution of this process is based, on two fronts: firstly through the continuous search for quality of training and, secondly, on its involvement in projects in several areas as a tool for building links with the natural partners and other national and international institutions. The International Office (GMCI) and the Office of Technology, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (OTIC) are the most visible face of the enormous effort that is the IPVC is developing for the embodiment of business and regional community into an international level. Since its foundation, IPVC has participated in the development of research projects and provide services to the community as a way to continue its mission. Thus, several national projects and international cooperation, in which the IPVC is/was involved: Erasmus+ KA1KA2, Horizon 2020, Erasmus Mundus ALFA III, POCTEP, Equal, Interreg, COMENIUS, PO North, Rainbow, Prodep, Focus, European Science Foundation, Leonardo da Vinci. Creating synergies by the concerted action of both internal (students, staff, and teachers) and external communities, will be the attitude-brand of the institution. The IPVC has, since its creation, bet in the development of research projects and offers services to the community as the way to continue its mission. Due to its extensive experience in the management of EU funds, IPVC has a technical support team fully aware of regulations and guidelines on national and European structural funds and, especially, about issues of eligibility of expenditure, government procurement, environment, information, and advertising, and equal opportunity between men and women. IPVC Quality Management System is certified by A3ES (Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior" (Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education - A3ES) since 2013 and also internationally certified by ISO 9001:2008, at the following processes: Higher education in the scientific areas taught in the Higher Schools such as the Higher School of Education, Agrarian, Technology and Management, Health, Business Sciences, Sports and Leisure and Social Services (Accommodation, Meals, Scholarships, Culture, Sports, Health, Academic BUS, Employment). Other responsibilities include the preparation and development of studies and projects. The system is organized and directed towards improving the quality of teaching and learning processes, IDI, management, and support activities. In the Alto Minho region, the IPVC is at the forefront of collaborative research with the public and private sectors. The Centro Europeu de Dieta Atlântica (European Centre of the Atlantic Diet) was created and soon other projects will follow, namely in the fields of technological innovation and maritime resources. The IPVC has protocols with Brazil, China, Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP), and 120 educational international institutions as part of the various European student and staff exchange programs (Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus). View full university

We are pleased to introduce the University Institute of Maia – ISMAI and we hope you will choose our University Institute. At ISMAI, you will not only find outstanding education but also a large and modern university campus with excellent transport facilities, which include the Metro station ISMAI, rIght next to our university institute. The atmosphere on campus is defined by cutting-edge technology and a close, almost family-like relationship with students. The quality of ISMAI's degree programs is nationally and internationally recognized. All courses are accredited by the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education and are taught by highly qualified academic staff. The number of teachers who hold a Ph.D. degree is highly above the number required by law. The University Institute of Maia - ISMAI is located in the city of Maia, 12 km from Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal. The university campus occupies an area of 70,000 m2 and offers students excellent infrastructures, transport facilities, and state-of-the-art technological equipment. For academic members' convenience, ISMAI is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. ISMAI is a prestigious higher education institution that offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. degree programs, all of which have been accredited by the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education - A3ES. All course programs are taught by highly professional and qualified academic staff members, holders of a Ph.D. to an extent that largely exceeds the national legal requirements. With some exceptions, the programs at ISMAI are conducted in Portuguese. For international and/or Portuguese students interested in attending English-taught courses, the programs in Psychology and Physical Education and Sport will be made available in English in 2015/16 (provided there is a minimum number of students required for the course to be run). International students can obtain special permission to sit exams and carry out project work in languages other than Portuguese, usually English, French or Spanish. Language support is provided through Portuguese language courses offered by the International Relations Office. The timetables of the classes are normally flexible, to suit students' needs. View full university

The Polytechnic Institute of Beja is a Higher Education institution created in 1979, located in the city of Beja, 147 km from Faro, 177 km from Lisbon, and 217 km from Seville. IPBeja is made up of four Schools – the School of Agriculture, the School of Education, the School of Technology and Management and the School of Health, with a range of more than 30 courses on offer, including Cursos Técnicos Superiores Profissionais (TeSP - “Short-Cycle”), Bachelor’s Degrees, Master’s Degrees, Post-Graduate Studies, and others. In service of society, it trains professionals in a range of areas, and plays an active role in the production and spread of knowledge, creation, transmission, and publication of culture and knowledge of a professional nature, of targeted research and experimental development. The Polytechnic Institute of Beja is a higher education institution in service of society, for the production and dissemination of knowledge creation, transmission, and dissemination of culture and knowledge of a professional nature targeted research and experimental development, concentrated especially in formations vocational and advanced technical training, professionally-oriented and encouraging lifelong. At the beginning of the century, and never losing sight of its primary mission - the development and regional promotion - the Polytechnic Institute of Beja is preparing once again for the challenges arising from the emergence of a new global era, determined to win the new battle for the future of young students from the region and Europe. A future perhaps more promising but surely much more complex. Currently, the priorities of the agenda of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja are the issues related to internationalization, research and development and quality assurance, structural conditions for real regional development in the context of globalization, and fundamental to the implementation of the Bologna Process and the consequent construction of the European Higher Education Area - AEES, with which the Institute is heavily involved. View full university

IPS (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal) is a public institution of higher education, which employs approximately 650 personnel and has an app. 6 500 students. IPS has situated in the Greater Lisbon Metropolitan Area, region of Setúbal. The region is home to strong enterprises in such fields as, for example, paper and motor car industries, and holds a highly important geostrategic position since it is a gateway to Europe. Furthermore, the Setúbal region, with its varied landscape composed of sea and mountains, including a large protected area with an application in progress to UNESCO Human Heritage, is a tourist destination for both Portuguese and foreigners. IPS was created in 1979 and started the activity in 1981. At present, the IPS comprises five Higher Education Schools. It also integrates a Students’ Welfare Unit and several functional units and central services. The IPS has two camps: the Setúbal campus, where four Schools are located - the Setúbal School of Technology, School of Education, School of Business and Administration, School of Health - and the Barreiro campus, where the Barreiro School of Technology is located. All the premises and equipment are high quality and up−to−date. There are several well-equipped laboratories, documentation centers, audio-visual equipment, and computer facilities available to students and teachers. In addition to financial support for students in need, the Students’ Welfare Services include a Residence, at a walking distance from the Setúbal campus, sports facilities, as well as medical and psychological assistance. View full university

Located in the metropolitan area of Lisbon and composed of eight schools of higher education, IPL- Politécnico de Lisboa is a public institution with a long history in the field of higher education. IPL is composed of the following schools: School of Communication and Media Studies School of Dance Lisbon School of Education Lisbon School of Music Lisbon Theatre and Film School Lisbon School of Health Technology Lisbon Accounting and Business School Lisbon Engineering School. PL provides Undergraduate, Masters, Postgraduate, and Doc-toral programs (in partnership with universities) it offers a diversified range of courses in Arts, Business Sciences, Health Sciences, Communication, Education, and Engineering. IPL’s primary objective has always been to provide academic instruction for employability and continued professional development, founded on a secure knowledge of science, arts, and culture. Our Institution contributes to national development by educating professionals whose abilities and value as employees have been nationally and internationally recognized. IPL provides an education that develops the whole person by promoting citizenship and encouraging the active participation of our students in their institutions and their communities. We are committed to strengthening international relationships, especially with our partners in the European Union and Portuguese - speaking countries. IPL- Politécnico de Lisboa promotes the following institutional values: Academic excellence Excellence in research and development Openness and engagement with society Social commitment A merit-based culture Strengthening international ties through cooperation and scientific exchange with European and Portuguese-speaking countries Studying at IPL-Politécnico de Lisboa will be a lifetime experience, IPL - Politécnico de Lisboa will welcome all the international students with arms wide open! They will have the opportunity to get knowledge and practices and to create friendships for the rest of their lives Lisbon is an unforgettable destination for all students who want a unique experience in terms of academic lifestyle, hospitality, gastronomy, culture, and leisure. Geographical location, weather conditions, safety, and the entire culture will be a plus. Offer walk hand in hand which will undoubtedly enrich each academic achievement and also each personal aspect. Any student with no Portuguese nationality may apply to Undergraduate Programmes at Lisbon Polytechnic Institute through specific International Student Programmes. We can considerer students: with no nationality of a Member State of the European Union (European native students can apply via National Admission Procedures or apply for an Erasmus+ mobility period) With no legal residence in Portugal for more than two years, continuously, on August 31st of the year in which they intend to start a higher education course, as well as the children who legally have been living with them With no Portuguese higher education attendance within the framework of an international mobility program. View full university

Over the 40 years of its existence, the Piaget Institute has consolidated its higher education, research, and intervention activities in the communities where it has established its Campuses. The main consolidation agents have naturally been its Schools and Institutes, always working in a broad and plural perspective that has placed creativity, innovation, and responsibility at its center, and always guiding their activities by respect for fundamental human values and their inclusion into personal and intellectual education and training of every graduate. Moreover, the Piaget Institute’s project has not remained limited to Portugal and has extended across the national borders. The Institute has a growing international dimension, developed through the expansion of the institution itself and the results of several partnerships. It is also economically sustainable, has an entrepreneurial spirit, and is open to new opportunities, all of which are consistent with its constitutive principles. Thus, the Institute has been present in the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) since 1999 and is currently established in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. Always attentive to the problems arising in the communities that surround the Institute’s activity hubs, it defines suitable intervention measures and then proposes them either on its own or in association with other civil society institutions, and thus provides incentives for the establishment of new entities that streamline the conjoint actions and establish bridges between the Institute and the community through associated projects, such as the APDES – Piaget Agency for Development (Agência Piaget para o Desenvolvimento), Piaget Health (Piaget Saúde), Piaget Education, Training and Consulting (Piaget Formação e Consultoria), Jean Piaget NucliSol, Piaget Food and Nutrition (Piaget Alimentar), Litoalentejo, and Piaget Publishing (Edições Piaget). To contribute to human and social development through the establishment and consolidation of Organic Units that implement education, research, and community intervention projects based on scientific, pedagogical, and creative freedom, proximity, fundamental human values, and networking. Solid benchmarking in all the educational projects the Institute undertakes, consolidation of the existing education/training offer, extension of the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education/training, and intensification of the commitment to continuing and professional training, which also includes submission of new courses to the National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation of Higher Education (A3ES – Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensno Superior) and the Directorate-General of Higher Education (DGES – Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior). Thus, the Piaget Institute aims to generate strategic partnerships and collaboration protocols, to increase teacher exchange both within the Group’s network of establishments and with other institutions, and to increase foreign students’ incoming mobility, namely from the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP – Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) and Europe. To reinforce the educational project of every higher education establishment and Campus by consolidating the education/training offer designing and implementing graduate and undergraduate education/training designing and implementing postgraduate education/training designing and implementing continuing and professional education/training. Consolidation of the responsibility for social, human, and ecological development of societies as part of the Piaget Institute’s affirmation strategy. A set of initiatives and good practices will be promoted and implemented with the spirit of commitment, responsibility, and participation, and in collaboration with the future Social Responsibility Office. View full university

The Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre has a history of over 35 years, always built in partnership with many individuals and entities. Schools that have been created or joining the support and research services are translated into four schools (ESECS, ESTG, ESAE, ESS), Social Services (SAS) technology-based incubator (BioBIP), 5 cross units in addition to administrative services. We constantly look for a better way to be, to do, and to be closer to her. What distinguishes us is the monitoring we do to our people. We are a Polytechnic Institute marking the dynamism, youth, and closeness. The Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPPortalegre) is a public institution of higher education. Has four schools the School of Education (ESECS), the School of Technology and Management (ESTG), and the School of Health (ESS), in Portalegre, and the Agrarian School of Elvas (ESAE). The IPP was legally created in 1980 but started functioning, with the appointment of the first installation commission president, only in 1989. The current ESECS (former School of Education) began its activities in 1985, in 1989, and ESTG ESAE in 1995. The current ESS (former School of Nursing) integrated IPP in 2001. In its four schools, IPP offers several undergraduate and master's degrees as well as postgraduate and technological specialization courses. The training offer IPP encompasses diverse areas of knowledge, according to the formative matrix of each of its schools. Education/training, social welfare, tourism, journalism/communication, management, engineering, information technology, design, marketing, agriculture, equinicultura, nursing, and health technology are the key areas of knowledge that support training, research, and the intervention of the IPP and its schools. The Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre has as one of its major concerns regional development, and a strong relationship with the surrounding community. On the other hand, is concerned with monitoring the employability of their students, creating conditions for their settlement in the region. Despite this strong regional commitment, the PPI does not neglect the exchange and national and international external relations. In this sense, projects such as the Interdisciplinary Coordination for Research and Innovation (C3I), the Center for Languages and Cultures (CLIC), the Entrepreneurship Office, External Relations and Cooperation, and the Office Europe Direct are strong bets and consolidated units intervention of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre. The social concern has been the motto and bets IPPortalegre since its foundation. The creation and deepening of Social Services (SAS), the development of educational quality and excellence, to support the school community, support for graduates in entering the workplace, and interaction with the environment are dominant concerns. But also social inclusion, creation of conditions for sports, concern for the health and safety of students, faculty, and staff are social practices that will IPPortalegre stating institutionally. Consistent with their concerns and principles, the IPPortalegre will create more sustainable conditions of community support, favoring the practice of students and employees volunteer as well as creating conditions to meet the internal situations of social emergency, in particular by developing the Office of Psychopedagogical, which has a wide range of work and intervention programs. The training offer of IPPortalegre covers diverse areas of knowledge, according to the formative matrix of each of its schools. Education/training, social welfare, tourism, journalism/communication, management, engineering, information technology, design, marketing, agriculture, equinicultura, nursing, and health technology are the key areas of knowledge that support training, research, and the intervention of the IPP and its schools. International cooperation has been a strategic goal of IPPortalegre, participating in programs Learning Lifelong / Erasmus since 1994/95. Until now, many students and alumni of IPPortalegre already benefited from the experience of studying or conducting an internship abroad under that program, and many more from other countries have been welcomed in its four schools. Similarly, every year the IPPortalegre welcomes teachers of our international partners to develop teaching activities in the schools IPPortalegre and sends some of them abroad. In addition, the IPPortalegre has participated in several other European projects as a partner and/or as a coordinator. The IPPortalegre is an associate member of the European Association of Erasmus Coordinators, occupying one of the vice presidencies, The participation of IPP in internationalization activities allows students, teachers, and staff to benefit from periods of mobility in one of our partners, but also the development of broader cooperation projects, whether in the academic field, whether research. In summary, the following are the opportunities available to the academic community of the IPP: Mobility of students for studies or internships or postgraduate under the Erasmus + program (see below) Integration Consortium Erasmuscentro (internships abroad and organization of foreign students internships in national/local companies) Roaming agreements with Macau Polytechnic Institute (MPI) under the protocol between the IPM and CCISP Frequency possibility of a period of study in another national institution of higher education under the program Vasco da Gama Cooperation agreements aimed at broadening exchanges and the development of joint projects with several European higher education institutions and extraeuropeias Protocols and agreements with national and international institutions aimed at the development of cooperation activities View full university

The Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria) is a public institution of Higher Education that offers programs on an Undergraduate Degree, Masters, Post-Graduate, Technology Specialization and Preparation Courses for access to higher education level. It began its activity in 1980 and is present in the Leiria and West region through its five schools, located in the cities of Leiria (School of Education and Social Sciences, School of Technology and Management, and School of Health Sciences), Caldas da Rainha (School of Fine Art and Design) and Peniche (School of Tourism and Maritime Technology). IPLeiria has programs in the areas of Art and Design, Entrepreneurial and Juridical Sciences, Education and Communication, Engineering and Technology, Tourism, and Health. We’re glad you’re interested in joining our growing community of international students from more than 60 countries! Polytechnic of Leiria is proud of our friendly environment among students, teachers, and technicians which helps students settle into a new life away from home. The International Cooperation and Mobility Office (Gabinete de Mobilidade e Cooperação Internacional – GMCI) is a coordinating, supervision, and support structure to all of IPLeiria’s initiatives of internationalization. The roles of GMCI are: To coordinate and support IPLeiria’s endeavors in the internationalization of education, cooperation, and academic mobility. To establish contacts with several international institutions within GMCI’s scope, aiming at the establishment/reinforcement of partnerships, as well as the establishment of new cooperation agreements To promote. support, implement and supervise the mobility of IPLeiria and international students, teachers, and administrative staff To promote and manage de processes of application to international mobility, including scholarships To develop promotional activities, while acting as an up-to-date information center in academic cooperation and academic mobility To act as the link for both networking and information with partner universities, companies, and international networks. Nowadays, strategic planning is considered an essential management tool, providing orientation and cohesion to the activity carried out by the institutions, globally characterizing its context, and providing clear instructions about the work it needs to develop to reach its goals. This is materialized in the strategic plan, a guiding tool in the activity of an institution, in which the procedures to reach the strategic aims and objectives are defined. As the driving force of the institutional activity, it directs the collaborators’ effort towards a common goal. The Polytechnic of Leiria has progressively asserted its connection to the outside world through its participation in initiatives and projects with an impact on social and cultural and economic development of the West region and Leiria by the performance of its faculty teachers, researchers, and staff members, and the quality and diversity of its activities and projects. This link is, without a doubt, a factor of incremental nature in the development, improvement, and endogenization of practices and knowledge. As such, it influences the internal structure of the higher education institutions and their functional adequacy to the challenges of society and the requirements of competitiveness. View full university

ISMT is a private higher university education institution existing for more than 75 years now (we began our activities in 1937), integrated into the Portuguese higher education system by ordinance No. 15/90 of the 9th January. The Institute is also a training organization accredited by the Scientific / Pedagogical Council for Continuous Training (CCPFC), as well as a collective member of the Research Centre for the Study of Population, Economics, and Society (CEPESE), an institution dedicated to scientific research, vocation inter-university. The ISMT still is an associate member of the Portuguese Association of Private Higher Education (APESP), which is an association of non-state higher education institutions. Our mission is to create and disseminate culture and science, as well as to establish conditions for conducting research, always in the perspective of the development of the community and the individual. We have been investing in the qualification of our faculty, as well as in the training of our administrative staff, thus allowing the creation of a body of Professors and employees who are creative, critical, and innovative. Because we want to contribute to the creation of a consistent critical mass, and because we want to constitute an innovative teaching project that can respond to the labor market requirements. And because the new millennium is based on the quality that is our big commitment. We are assured that the ISMT is where the future has already begun. ESAE, through their team and close collaboration with the Coordinations of the various courses, follows the formation of students: Supporting their integration. Contributing to the success of the formative activities. It is part of ESAE the Commission Scientific-Pedagogical of the 2nd cycle, formed by the President of the Scientific Council and the Coordinators of the 2nd cycle courses. Their meetings analyze the scientific policy of the institution and promote conferences and/or other events of a scientific nature for the training of students and to make known abroad its scientific production. View full university

The Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) is a Public Higher Education Institution established on December 19th, 1994, and located in Barcelos, a city in the north of Portugal. Aware of its purpose and responsibilities, IPCA’s mission is to contribute towards the development of society, stimulate cultural creation, research, and applied research, and promote reflective and humanistic thought. It also aims to provide areas of knowledge to attractive professional activities at the national and international levels, promoting mobility, employability, and reciprocal relationships with the community. IPCA offers a wide range of courses, such as Bachelor's degrees, Professional Masters's, Professional Higher Education Courses, and non-degree courses. Oriented towards lifelong learning, its training offer includes daytime, after-work, and distance, learning classes. Over 50% of IPCA’s students attend after-work courses, which highlights IPCA’s strategy to suit the needs of those already in the labor market. IPCA aims to ensure more training for more students, reaching new audiences, and training in different areas, this way contributing to the increase of the population’s level of qualification. IPCA has a teaching and non-teaching qualified staff that is decisive to its success. The qualification of the teaching staff, oriented towards advanced scientific research and the development of pedagogical skills, is an ongoing concern ensuring thereby the required ratios in terms of the number of Ph.D. holders required in higher education institutions. Scientific activity is also developed through research centers in distinct training areas, namely the Research Centre on Accounting and Taxation, recognized by FCT. To provide the appropriate social, physical, and environmental conditions to favor the teaching, learning, and well-being of its academic community, IPCA has done a huge investment in modern facilities that provide a range of support services to the proper functioning of the Institution. IPCA has a campus where the Management School, Technology School, and Design School are located, as well as other support services such as the Library, the Administrative and Financial Division, the Academic Services, the Information Systems Division, the Human Resources Division, the Procurement and Infrastructure Office, the Internal Control Office, the Legal Counsel Office, the Communication and Image Office, the International Relations Office, the Evaluation and Quality Office, the Entrepreneurship and Business Office, the Social Services and the canteen. The Praxis XXI building, where the academic community can find the Language Center, the Companies Spin-off, the Business Simulation Centre, and the Europe Direct Information Centre (CIED), is also located on the IPCA campus. View full university

The Polytechnic Institute of Braganca (IPB) is a Portuguese University of Applied Sciences with 7000 students and 500 teachers and researchers. It has an internationalization program with widely recognized success, including the annual mobility of more than 900 incoming and outgoing students and 300 teaching staff members. Nowadays the IPB is a multicultural institution where 26% of its students are international students from all over the World. IPB is also recognized for its performance in applied research and regional engagement. The Polytechnic Institute of Braganca (IPB) is a Portuguese Higher Education Public Institution with 7000 undergraduate and master students, embracing a wide area of knowledge and technology, including agriculture sciences, arts and sports, education and teachers’ training, informatics and engineering, administration and management, health, communication, and tourism. The IPB belongs to the European Network for Universities of Applied Sciences (UASnet), which main objectives include the transferability of professional skills and the integration of applied research in their professional and technological education mission. In 2011, the European Commission has awarded the ECTS Label to the IPB, acknowledging the quality of the information provided in terms of the degree programs offered and the management of student mobility within the European Higher Education Area. In 2013, IPB has been awarded also the DS Label. The purpose of the Diploma Supplement (DS) is to provide sufficient independent data to improve international transparency and fair academic and professional recognition of qualifications. Besides the academic programs taught in the Portuguese language, the IPB also offers bachelor and master programs fully lectured in English, as well as Portuguese language and culture courses for foreign students. The IPB was awarded the Diploma Supplement Label by the European Commission for the period 2013-2016. This label recognizes the quality of the diploma supplement, the transparency of procedures, and its importance in the facilitation of mobility and employability of the recent graduates, as well as the academic and professional recognition of the qualifications. The IPB has already been awarded the ECTS Label for the period 2011-2014. The ECTS Label acknowledges the quality of the information provided in terms of the degree programs offered and the management of student mobility within the European Higher Education Area. The IPB is proud to be one of the few national and international institutions that have been distinguished by the European Commission with two quality labels. Research and Innovation (R&I) activities carried out at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB): Research Topics and Units, Technology Offers, Publications and Scientific Repository, and available Research Scholarships. The R&I activities at IPB are in line with the priorities defined at the European, national and regional levels. Namely, with the reference documents relating to Smart Specialisation Strategies, the European R&I Programme Horizon 2020, the national Operational Programmes under Portugal 2020 (and in particular Norte 2020), and the Letter of Commitments for the Development of the Tras-os-Montes Region. View full university