Following an outstanding scientific and cultural tradition inherited from its prior institutions, Universidade de Lisboa was created in July 2013, as a result of the merger of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa and Universidade de Lisboa and has 18 schools and over 100 research units, around 50.000 students, 4.000 lecturers, 2.500 non-academic staff and 400 degree courses. Teaching, research, science, technology and innovation are the core business of Universidade de Lisboa.

IST-Instituto Superior Técnico is the school of Engineering, Science and Technology and Architecture of Universidade de Lisboa. In these domains, IST represents the largest and most reputed school in Portugal and one of the bests in Europe. We provide top quality higher education, strongly exposed to Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) activities, immersing our students in an environment globally geared to solving the challenges of the XXIst Century.

There are 10 Departments and about 10.000 full-year equivalent under and postgraduate students, about 1.600 full time equivalent teaching and non-teaching staff. Internationalization has been defined as a key strategic goal over the past few years with increasing number of international students and staff, as well as an increasing and dynamic participation in international academic networks and partnerships of excellency (e.g. CLUSTER, TIME, CESAER, MAGALHÃES, TEMPUS, KIC-INNOENERGY, S3EP). Through a large number of agreements with other institutions worldwide (more than 500), IST participates in more than 50 Double Degree programmes, and joint PhD programmes with MIT, CMU, UT-Austin and EPFL, thus promoting a highly modern and culturally diverse society. On another note, IST is an important player in the international scenario and is particularly concerned with issues of gender, equal opportunities and employability in engineering programmes. It has contributed, with its quality staff teams with managerial and leadership skills, along with its accomplished academic and research staff, to transform many international HEIs by contributing to provide the tools to improve and change mind-sets through strategic joint initiatives that aim to educate, shape and have a significant global impact for future generations.