- The city of Porto is located by the sea in the North of Portugal.
To know more about Portugal visit the Portugal Official Tourism Website
How you get here
To come to Porto the best way is by air.
Notice that, when looking for a flight in an airline site or in the airport monitors you may find the name 'Oporto' instead of 'Porto'! Don't worry, it is the same place but written in English. The Airport Code is indeed OPO.
The Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport is located about 11 km north of the city centre.
A list of destinations and airline companies flying to Porto may be obtained from the site of the Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport.
In the same site you may find a lot of useful information about the services available at the airport.
| From there you can take the Violet(E) Line of the subway, or Metro, as we call it here.
The Metro network serves the airport each 30 minutes between 06h00 and 01h00.
It will take you about 28 minutes to reach the city centre (Trindade metro station) where you must change to Yellow (D) Line, direction Hospital São João, to reach ISEP.
In 6 minutes you will reach IPO metro station, where you should leave.
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ISEP is located about 200 metres from the metro station.
In the picture bellow, ISEP is on the right side, after the traffic lights and just behind the trees!
In the map above the sign 
shows the location of the IPO metro station. The Metro passes in front of ISEP, so you will see it appear on the left, just before the IPO metro station.
Tickets must be bought from the automatic machines at the Aeroporto metro station. A Single Travel Ticket to take you from the airport to ISEP costs 1,45 € + plus the 0,50 € for the card, the famous 'Andante'. 
You must retrive a Z4 ticket. Don't forget to keep the Andante as it is rechargeable. You will not need to buy a new one in your next trip. Just recharge it in the same automatic machines where you retrieved it and that are available in all stations. With 'Andante' you may also take a bus or even a suburban train.
All the information you need to know about the Metro is available at Metro do Porto.
If you are unable to find a direct flight to Porto, you may also fly to Lisbon and then take an internal flight or the train to Porto.
Direct trains to Porto leave from Lisboa - Oriente almost every hour between 6h00 and 21h00.
The timetable is available at the site of CP, the Portuguese Railway Company.
Unfortunately, the Lisboa subway system does not goes to the airport and therefore the best way to reach Lisboa - Oriente railway station is by taxi.
It will take you between two and a half and three hours, depending on the train, to reach Campanhã, Porto main railway station.
In the meanwhile, enjoy the landscape!
From Campanhã you can take the Metro and in less than 6 minutes you will reach Trindade metro station where you must change to the Yellow (D) Line, direction Hospital São João, to reach ISEP.
A Single Travel Ticket to take you from Campanhã railway station to ISEP costs 0,95 € + plus the 0,50 € for the card.
In alternative, you may use the bus network. It covers the entire city and also the suburbs, including the airport.
The buses are very confortable, but prone to delays due to the normal heavy traffic.
More information about the bus network is available at STCP.
Upon your arrival at ISEP you should visit the "External Relations Office". The office is open
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10h00 to 13h00 and 14h00 to 17h30
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10h00 to 13h00 and 16h00 to 19h00
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The office is locate in the E building of ISEP, the first you see when coming from the IPO Metro station.
ISEP campus comprises several buildings distributed by a relatively wide area. Just click over the map bellow to get a bigger one! There you will find directions to reach the External Relations Office located in the E Building. The Main Entrance of this building is the one you may see in the photo above.
The Electrical Engineering Department, the biggest of ISEP, is divided by two buildings, the F and I buildings.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Course occupies mainly the F building while the Power Systems Engineering Course occupies mainly the I building.
Bellow is a photo of the F building.
Several research labs occupy a quiet green area in a corner of the campus.
ISEP also provides some other facilities like study rooms and an Auditorium where cultural programs take place regularly.
We are waiting to welcome you here. Just contact your External Relations or International Cooperation Office of your school and tell them you want to come to study at ISEP.
We have opportunities for everyone!
Check them here and come to study with us and live an unforgettable experience! ISEP is waiting for you.
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