ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Information

ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) is a public university established in 1972. Pursuing teaching, research and community service activities, it 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 - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa are: innovation, quality, internationalization and development of an entrepreneurial culture. While preserving its public university nature, ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon is currently one of the three Portuguese universities (along with the University of Porto and the University of Aveiro) which opted the Foundation Regime, the latter prescribing management according to private law. With approximately 9000 students enrolled in undergraduate (46%) and postgraduate (54%) programmes, 350 faculty and 220 non-teaching staff, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is proud to be one of the most dynamic and innovative universities in the country. Facing high demand, the student vacancies at the ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa have always been fully occupied.