Management Council
The Stewardship Council is the body responsible for administrative, asset and financial management, as well as human resources management, and the legislation in force for public bodies with administrative autonomy applies to it.
Permanent Council
The Permanent Council is an advisory body to the President, with the aim of standardising policies and procedures and agreeing strategies of global interest to the Institute.
Student Ombudsperson
The Student Ombudsperson is a person of recognised academic and teaching merit at the UPB, with a proven reputation for integrity and independence, designated by the President of the UPB, after consulting the highest student body. He/she has total independence in the exercise of his/her duties and cannot fulfil any management functions. The Ombudsperson works in conjunction with the student associations and, in particular, the Pedagogical Councils.
The General Council is the Institute’s highest collegiate governing and strategic decision-making body, and its actions are linked to the achievement of the Institute’s mission and the pursuit of the public interest.
It is made up of 25 members representing students, teachers and researchers, non-teaching and non-research staff and external personalities.
Mission
The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) is a public higher education institution whose mission is to create, transmit and disseminate technical-scientific knowledge and knowledge of a professional nature, through the articulation of study, teaching, guided research and experimental development.
IPB develops its mission in coordination with society, including cross-border cooperation, from a perspective of territorial cohesion and national and international affirmation, with a view to the development of the Region, based on innovation and the production and transfer of technical and scientific knowledge.
IPB values the activity of its teaching, research and non-teaching staff, stimulates the intellectual and professional training of students and ensures the conditions for all duly qualified citizens to have access to higher education and lifelong learning.
IPB promotes the mobility of students and graduates, both nationally and internationally, namely in the European higher education area and in the community of Portuguese-speaking countries.
IPB participates, alone or through its organic units, in activities to connect with society, namely the dissemination, transfer and enhancement of knowledge.
Vision
IPB must be an institution actively committed to the sustainable development of its region, leading innovation for the transition towards carbon neutrality and environmental sustainability and asserting itself as a future-oriented Polytechnic.
Values
Autonomy and identity
Institutional cohesion
Commitment to society and the region
Sustainability
Multiculturalism and respect for differences
Free expression and freedom of cultural, scientific, technological and artistic creation
Transparency
At IPB:
We promote quality through the qualification of our teaching staff and the evaluation and accreditation of the institution and study cycles at national and international level.
We assume the challenge of reforming higher education and we believe in democratizing access, in opening up to new audiences and in the project of lifelong learning, contributing to bringing the attendance and qualification rates of the Portuguese population closer to the European Union average.
We guarantee transparency and the academic and professional recognition of qualifications, by adapting to the Bologna Process, applying the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and making the Guide to Training, Diplomas and Certificates available in bilingual format.
We believe in the fundamental role of applied research in strengthening the educational mission at a professional and technological level and as a factor in external relations and economic development.
We work for the full employability of our graduates by redesigning our training courses, offering curricular and professional internships, encouraging an entrepreneurial attitude and providing access to the local, regional, national, European and international job markets.
We promote the internationalization of higher education by encouraging the mobility of our students and graduates, teachers, researchers and staff and by establishing joint educational and research projects across borders, in Europe and internationally.
We participate in promoting the internationalization of polytechnic higher education at European level and in its integration into the network of European universities.
We contribute to the development of higher education in Portuguese-speaking countries and to the development of a Lusophone area of higher education.
We represent a fundamental factor in the economic, social and cultural sustainability of the region in which we operate. We perform an important role in driving the region’s development and assert ourselves on the national, European and international stage.
IPB’s organizational structure IPB is governed by the following bodies:
General Council;
President;
Management Council.
IPB’s statutory bodies also include:
Technical-Scientific Council;
Permanent Council;
Student Ombudsperson;
Advisory Bodies:
Ethics Committee;
Commission for Gender Equality, Inclusion and Diversity;
UPB’s internationalization has been a strategic objective since 2006, and over the years various processes and projects have been established that have led to the institution’s establishment at international level and a leading position in the context of national higher education.
The internationalization project was designed as an opportunity for the sustainability of the institutional dimension, to which was added its equally fundamental importance for regional impact. Thus, UPB’s internationalization strategy was based on the diversification of projects, including student and staff mobility (focusing on the Erasmus program, bilateral agreements with non-EU countries, with special emphasis on Portuguese-speaking countries, but also including global diversity), attracting students to UPB’s courses and study cycles (including Portuguese-speaking students and others, by offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English), as well as other important international cooperation projects involving research and regional development.
The consolidation of the internationalization strategy has allowed the institution to reach its current size, where more than 35% of the student population are non-Portuguese students, and international recognition, for which the double degree projects are an important vehicle for attracting talent.
Since 2006, within the scope of the previous Lifelong Learning Program and the current Erasmus+ Program, as well as bilateral cooperation outside the EU, UPB has achieved results that position it as one of the Portuguese HEIs with the greatest international impact.
The Academic Services are responsible for the technical and administrative management of all the academic acts carried out during each student’s journey.
Student services are provided in person, by telephone or via the online service desk at online.ipb.pt.
This portal, among other possibilities, allows students to access a range of UPB’s digital academic services: payment of tuition fees, requesting academic documents, consulting the transcript of academic services and managing the student card current account.
Access is restricted, subject to credentials.
The Academic Services are responsible for the technical and administrative management of all the academic acts carried out during each student’s journey.
Student services are provided in person, by telephone or via the online service desk at online.ipb.pt.
