The employment opportunities pool of the Bragança Polytechnic University (UPB) is a tool to facilitate students’ transition to the job market. This platform provides a centralized space for companies and students to connect, facilitating the search for and offer of job opportunities aligned with the skills and aspirations of graduates. By making job offers available …
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Employment Fair
Every year UPB organizes a employment fair and multiple proximity recruitment events, specific to each company and technical-scientific area. These events play a crucial role in promoting the integration of students into the job market, serving as a platform where companies and organizations can interact directly with students and alumni, providing networking opportunities, internships and …
Employability Observatory
The employability observatory at the Bragança Polytechnic University (UPB) monitors and analyses the integration of graduates into the labour market, as well as identifying market needs and trends in terms of skills and competences. This structure collaborates with companies, public and social entities in order to gather the necessary data for the study plans of …
Start-Ups & Spin-Offs
Here are some of the companies created with the support of UPB’s Entrepreneurship, Employability and Innovative Training Office:
UPB Incubator
Through its business incubator, the Entrepreneurship, Employability and Training Innovation Office of the Bragança Polytechnic University supports the creation/development of technology-based companies, the transfer of knowledge and technology and the dissemination of applied research. Incubated spin-offs and start-ups benefit from continuous support for their ideas with business potential, developed within the academic community, and have …
Poliempreende
Poliempreende stands out as the main network for promoting entrepreneurship in the context of Portuguese polytechnic higher education, with the seal of approval of the Coordinating Council of Polytechnic Higher Education Institutes. The network’s objectives include promoting an entrepreneurial culture, stimulating creativity, innovation, initiative and teamwork. In addition, the network seeks to educate and train …
Entrepreneurship at UPB
At the Bragança Polytechnic University, the strategies for promoting entrepreneurship aim to foster an entrepreneurial culture among students, alumni, researchers and teachers. The Entrepreneurship, Employability and Innovative Training Office regularly holds awareness-raising and training sessions for entrepreneurship, building an environment conducive to the development of innovative ideas and stimulating creativity. There are also workshops on …
Professional Development
Higher education professionals require continuous professional development in the areas of teaching, research, innovation and service to the community. UPB is committed to providing professional development and improvement opportunities for its employees, promoting excellence. These activities include a variety of approaches, including specialized training programs, workshops and peer reflection activities. UPB promotes a culture of …
Image and Student Support
The Image and Student Support Office (ISSO) is one of the permanent and transversal structures providing technical and administrative support to all the activities carried out in and by the UPB. ISSO’s mission is to communicate, inform and promote the consolidation of the image of UPB and its Schools, and to strengthen the institutional spirit …
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Portuguese law defines a volunteer as someone who carries out a set of actions of social and community interest, in a disinterested, non-profit manner, within the scope of projects, programs and other forms of intervention at the service of individuals, families and communities. A volunteer is an individual who freely, selflessly and responsibly undertakes, according …