Porto Polytechnic Institute

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The Porto Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico do Porto), also referred to as Porto Polytechnic (Politécnico do Porto) for naming and branding purposes, is a higher learning Portuguese institution composed of diverse polytechnic schools based in Porto. The Porto Polytechnic developed as a metropolitan institution with schools in Porto, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, Felgueiras and Vila Nova de Gaia.

Porto Polytechnic was created in Porto in 1985 and its objective was to relaunch the polytechnic studies in Portugal. The Polytechnic started with two schools: the School of Education and the School of Music. In 1988, the ISCAP (Institute of Accountancy and Administration) and one year later the ISEP (Institute of Engineering), two schools founded in the 19th century were integrated. Today, it is the largest polytechnic institute of Portugal^[1], with seven schools and 15,000 students and competes with the top classic universities of the country.

The Porto Polytechnic is organized as a confederation of polytechnic schools. In the school year of 2003/2004 the Polytechnic had 15,000 students, a third of them in its major college, the ISEP. It also had about 1000 teachers. 7000 students competed to enter in that year and 2000 entered.

The polytechnic is officially known as Instituto Politécnico do Porto (IPP) or "Polytechnic Institute of Porto", but it decided to drop the "institute" name from the brand in order "to reinforce the institutional reference and to be easily known" said Vitor Santos, the president of the Polytechnic and former director of ISEP.

1 Schools
2 Other institutions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Schools

Schools of Porto Polytechnic Institute	founding	Notes
Institute of Engineering (ISEP)	1852	During the 19th century, ISEP was known as Porto School of Industry and for most of the 20th century as Porto Institute of Industry. Current naming is from 1975. Admission to IPP in 1989.
Institute of Accountancy and Administration (ISCAP)	1886	Started as a branch of Porto Institute of Industry. In 1918, it became an independent school. Current naming is from 1975. Admission to IPP in 1988.
School of Allied Health Sciences (ESTCP)	1980	Admission to IPP in 2004.
School of Education (ESEP)	1985	Founded as part of the IPP.
School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE)	1985	Founded as part of the IPP. Formerly known as School of Music.
School of Industry and Management (ESEIG)	1990	Founded as part of the IPP and functions as a community college. Until 2001, ESEIG was divided in two campus: Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde.
School of Technology and Management (ESTGF)	1999	Founded as part of the IPP and functions as a community college of Felgueiras.

[edit] Other institutions

Porto Polytechnic venues	founding	Notes
Technological Development Institute (IDT)	1991	Research and Development institute in ISEP campus.
Café-Concerto	1999	Part of ESMAE
Helena Sá e Costa Theatre	2000
Central Library of the Polytechnic	2000	Central library in IPP/ESEP campus. Functions in grid with schools' libraries and has important archives namely the historical archive of ISEP and the 19th century Escola Normal do Porto (inherited by ESEP).
Parada Leitão Museum	2001	The Polytechnic museum features technical and scientific developments made during the 150 years of ISEP existence, mostly from the 19th century. It also includes an historical library.
Polytechnic Sports Complex	2002
Polytechnic Multimedia Resource Centre	2003	In IPP/ESEP campus