Welcome to the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra ECTS Web Site

Coimbra Polytechnic is currently comprised of 6 separate colleges with 10,000 full-time students and 700 professors. The Institute offers an incredibly diverse field of study, from education and the arts, business administration, communication and information science, tourism, agricultural sciences, to health technology and engineering.
As a Polytechnic school, it has adopted a more up to date and practical approach to education, which has helped foster a reputation for quality education. The Institute has long benefited from its close links to local and national enterprises, which in many cases has given its students a career advantage. Coimbra Polytechnic has 2 full-time research centers and has strongly invested its energies in investigation at the national and international level. Coimbra Polytechnic is also proud of the many fine institutions it is in partnership with; about 100, some of which have been research, student and teacher exchange partners since 1990. These links to schools and other organizations in other countries are just one manifestation of Coimbra Polytechnic's search for excellence and dynamism.
Analyzing the remarkable success of Portugal in the great age of sea exploration, the noted historian Daniel J.Boorstin wrote the following (with kindness):

"Separated only by a tiny strait from Africa, the Portuguese were remarkably free of racial prejudice or provincialism. Their ancestors were [Iberians, Celts, Romans, Germanics, Moors and others]. They intermarried with Africans and Asians. Portugal became a small proto-America, a place for the mixing of peoples - Christians, Jews and Muslims…The divers physical, mental, temperamental, traditional, aesthetic, and literary resources enriched one another, providing the varied energies and the motely knowledge required to reach out to the open ocean and come back home again."
The Discoverers, 1986

That same spirit of openness and cooperation, combining different peoples and viewpoints to achieve unique results still abides today at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. As an Erasmus charter member, Coimbra Polytechnic has been extremely active in student and teacher exchange. We believe that our institution excels at receiving and integrating exchange students and teachers. We have much to offer academically, culturally and socially and are proud of the uniformly good experiences visiting students and teachers have had with us.
Our web pages are constantly under construction with frequent new additions so please refer back to our site often. Feel free to contact us concerning any questions or information you require, and remember that we take great pleasure in welcoming visitors.

The President of Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

What can be found in this guide

This website contains basic information for Erasmus students that intend to study at Coimbra, providing information about the IPC, its colleges, courses, admission procedures, and also facts about the city and the country as well as several practical information and general advice.

Credits

Coordination

IPC International Office

Av. Dr. Marnoco e Sousa, nº30
3000 271 Coimbra - Portugal
Telephone +351 239791250
Fax +351 239791262
Email gri@mail.ipc.pt

Translation

Prof. Markus Carpenter

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Alexandra Guerra

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