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27-01-2017
Study & Research in Portugal, "A land of knowledge, a place to experience"
The launch of the initiative Study & Research in Portugal - Portugal, A land of knowledge, a place to experience, illustrates Portugal’s commitment to knowledge, creativity and innovation. The platform is dedicated to both students and researchers, companies and institutions of science and technology worldwide.
Higher education, science and technology internationalisation in Portugal has been going through an unprecedented growth process in recent decades, particularly by increasing students and researcher’ mobility, but also in what concerns opening up its scientific activity and knowledge production to worldwide recognised networks, such as the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN). Study and Research in Portugal is a key tool to promote the country internationalisation in terms of scientific diplomacy, tourism, mobility, economy, heritage, language and culture.
The Study and Research in Portugal programme has a promotional video and digital platform with additional information, which is being progressively updated. The programme was launched by the Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education, together with the General Direction of Higher Education, the Foundation for Science and Technology, the Secretary of State for Tourism, and the Tourism of Portugal.
WHY PORTUGAL
10 reasons
Portuguese Higher Education Institutions host hundreds of clubs and associations that foster sports, arts and cultural activities which allow you to meet people who are excited about sharing their interests.
The country is ideal for outdoor activities. Its beaches are ideal for surfing, sailing, and swimming, while the interior holds stunning landscapes for hiking or cycling.
If it is arts and culture you are interested in, music, literature or drama, you’re sure to find a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Many music and cinema festivals, book fairs, museums, theatres and other cultural venues across Portugal, offer a diversity of activities and events throughout the whole year.
SPORTS AND CULTURE
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Portugal’s oldest university dates from 1290 and is the ninth oldest university in the world.
In recent years, Portuguese Higher Education Institutions feature in world top rankings, offering quality education and innovative learning experiences.
Driven by accuracy, curiosity, and a learn-by-doing approach for knowledge, partnering with a wide range of international Higher Education Institutions and Research Centres, such as the MIT, CMU, Austin Texas, our institutions and researchers are recognised and respected worldwide. Study options
QUALITY LEARNING
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Build your research career with top level researchers.
Portugal is running cutting edge international research centres and infrastructures, exploring forefront knowledge fields, from social sciences, to engineering or life sciences.
Together with Higher Education Institutions, these promote research and knowledge exchange for a better understanding of the world. Research options
RESEARCH FOR THE FUTURE
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Feel connected to the world.
In the last five years, the number of foreign students in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions increased by 95%. Thousands of foreign students and researchers of over 200 nationalities contribute to a diverse ecosystem. Many academic courses and programmes are conducted in English.
When living in Portugal you can have a real European adventure or hop on a direct flight to many locations in the world, and still feel at home.
CONNECTING THE WORLD
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Portugal is an old European country with a rich history of travellers, which has shaped the world as we know it today. Understanding the future is a challenge. Portuguese Higher Education Institutions and Research Centres understand crossing knowledge as a way of breaking down barriers for opening up to new paths to progress and modernity.
TRAVELLING FOR KNOWLEDGE
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Open Science practices bring together science and society. Together with digital resources, there are now opportunities for co-creation of knowledge and real sharing.
Scientific knowledge is a public asset, which should be inclusive, accessible and available to the benefit of all.
We believe that studying and researching in Portugal is a way of being involved with society, by doing science.
KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL
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Portugal´s Higher Education Institutions are greatly connected and the country encourages innovation in general. Not only its infrastructures but also its partnerships with entrepreneurial organisations promote creativity and future thinking.
Several products and start-ups, which are recognised across the world, were incubated in a stimulating Higher Education Institution environment, in Portugal.
Here is the place to create and experiment.
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION AT ALL SCALES
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Did you know that Portuguese is the 4th most spoken language in the world? And the most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere. Portuguese is also the 5th language with the highest number of users in the Internet and official or working language in 32 international organisations.
Living in Portugal is a fun, effective way to learn and explore the language, culture, economy, and history of 261 million people spread across the globe.
LEARN PORTUGUESE
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Portugal has an open culture which connects people.
The country’s human scale is reflected in its welcoming, friendly and respectful population, who are famous for an unusual openness and tolerance to diversity and multiculturalism (and keen on speaking in English, too). We are the world’s second country with better integration capacity of immigrants (Migrant Integration Policy Index).
Also, it’s safe to go around. We are the sixth most peaceful country in the world (global peace index 2016).
PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR YOU
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Approximately 3000 hours of sun per year, 850km of sanded beaches, an incredible diversity of natural resources and living landscapes, the heritage of a rich past; All these combined with a worldwide recognised food and wine culture, define Portugal’s excellent work-life balance.
Portugal is also one of the European countries with most affordable quality accommodation and living costs.
AUTHENTIC LIFE
CONTACT
Be curious.
Learn.
Think science. Choose Portugal.
Learn science in society on your day-to-day life.
The sea, the mountains and the beaches; the castles and the streets, all of these will be your living labs for science, culture, creativity and knowledge.
The worldwide recognised network of Higher Education Institutions and Research Centers, fosters international connectivity, openness and innovation.
The ability to think ahead is our commitment. We aim for innovative ideas and creative thinking, based on solid values, co-creation and collaboration.
Bring your own!
Knowledge can help us to read and understand the world.
And the world sometimes starts in Portugal.
FACTS & FIGURES
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Increase by 95% the number
of foreign students in the
last 7 years[1]
12%
2000
900
74% Growth of the doctorates between 2000 and 2010
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS
NEW DOCTORATES
PRIVATE
93
PUBLIC
39
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
STUDY
RESEARCH
PORTUGUESE
FOREIGN
DOCTORATES IN 2000
DOCTORATES IN 2010
FUNDED RESEARCH
& DEVELOPMENT
(R&D) Centres
RESEARCHERS
(FTE)
307
39 580
ANNUAL RATE OF PUBLICATIONS
country with the highest average annual growth rate of publications (2001-2014)
START-UPS
PATENTS
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
2nd EU
35x
45x
Start-Ups founded between 2007 and 2015
31 000 new start-ups / year
130% increase of the technology-based firms between 2007 and 2010
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