Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra
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The Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra (IPC - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra) is a public polytechnic
institute of higher education
in Coimbra
, Portugal
. It was created by decree of 1979, but its effective start up was only in 1988 through the creation and union of new and former schools. With an enrollment of 10,197 (2008) students, it is the third biggest polytechnic institute of Portugal.
schools. The agriculture school whose origins can be dated back to the 19th century, and the current engineering institute, formerly an industrial school in operation between 1965 and 1974, were technical schools of intermediate education before upgraded to higher education polytechnic institutions. Today, it comprises several autonomous schools in engineering, education, accountancy, and agriculture.
(agriculture school) has a notable rugby union
department.
Polytechnic (Portugal)
A polytechnic is a higher education educational institution in Portugal created in the 1980s. After 1998 they were upgraded to institutions which are allowed to confer licenciatura degrees. Before then, they only awarded short-cycle degrees which were known as bacharelatos and didn't provide...
institute of higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
in Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It was created by decree of 1979, but its effective start up was only in 1988 through the creation and union of new and former schools. With an enrollment of 10,197 (2008) students, it is the third biggest polytechnic institute of Portugal.
History
The Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra has been in operation since 1988, although some of its current schools were providing degrees independently since the 1970s, and even before some were technical or vocationalVocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
schools. The agriculture school whose origins can be dated back to the 19th century, and the current engineering institute, formerly an industrial school in operation between 1965 and 1974, were technical schools of intermediate education before upgraded to higher education polytechnic institutions. Today, it comprises several autonomous schools in engineering, education, accountancy, and agriculture.
Schools and Institutes
- School of Agriculture - Escola Superior Agrária de CoimbraEscola Superior Agrária de CoimbraThe Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra , in English the Agrarian School of Coimbra, is a state-run polytechnic higher education school of agriculture, based in Coimbra, Portugal...
(ESAC) - School of Education
- School of Technology and Management of Oliveira do HospitalSchool of Technology and Management of Oliveira do HospitalThe School of Technology and Management of Oliveira do Hospital is an Higher Education School in Portugal, an organic unit of the Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra. Is located in Oliveira do Hospital, and offers courses in management and engineering....
(ESTGOH, located in Oliveira do HospitalOliveira do HospitalOliveira do Hospital is a municipality in the old district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal.-History:Inhabited by ancient civilizations, Oliveira do Hospital has Roman settlements, Visigothic relics, noble Gothic mansions as well as ancient villages built of slate...
) - School of Health Technologies
- Institute of Accountance and Administration
- Institute of Engineering - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de CoimbraInstituto Superior de Engenharia de CoimbraThe Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra ' is an higher education polytechnic institution of engineering, based in Coimbra, Portugal...
(ISEC)
Students' unions and sports
The Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra has an independent students' union for each school or institute. The Escola Superior Agrária de CoimbraEscola Superior Agrária de Coimbra
The Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra , in English the Agrarian School of Coimbra, is a state-run polytechnic higher education school of agriculture, based in Coimbra, Portugal...
(agriculture school) has a notable rugby union
Rugby union in Portugal
Rugby union is a growing popular sport in Portugal, though still a long distance from the national sport association football. The sport is essentially amateur, with some degree of semi-professionalisation in its top flight league and the national rugby union team...
department.
Noted former students
- José SócratesJosé SócratesJosé Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH , commonly known by José Sócrates , is a Portuguese politician who was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011....
, politician and Prime-Minister of Portugal. He earned a bacharelato degree from ISECInstituto Superior de Engenharia de CoimbraThe Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra ' is an higher education polytechnic institution of engineering, based in Coimbra, Portugal...
before its 1988 integration into the Polytechnical Institute of Coimbra. - Luis de MatosLuis de MatosLuis de Matos is a Portuguese magician and was voted magician of the decade 2000-2009.-Biography:Luis de Matos was born in Portuguese Mozambique in 1970, a Portuguese overseas province until 1975. At the age of five he moved with his parents to Portugal where the family settled near the city of...
, magician. - André SardetAndré SardetAndré Sardet is a Portuguese singer and musician, born in the city of Coimbra in 8 January 1976. "Acústico" , his most successful work to date, sold over 120,000 copies, and was recorded live at AAC's Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente, in Coimbra. "Feitiço" is among his best known hits.-Personal...
, musician and singer. (dropped out)
See also
- List of colleges and universities in Portugal
- Higher education in PortugalHigher education in PortugalHigher education in Portugal is divided into two main subsystems: university and polytechnic education. It is provided in autonomous public universities, private universities, public or private university institutes, polytechnic institutions and higher education institutions of other types...
- Education in CoimbraEducation in CoimbraSince early ages, Coimbra developed into an important cultural centre, firstly due to the school founded in 1131 in the Santa Cruz Monastery, essential on medieval times and a meeting point for the intellectual and power elites, where famous medieval figures studied, like Saint Anthony of Lisbon...