ISEP is a Higher School of Engineering with its roots in the last century. Founded in 1852, as the Industrial School of Porto. It was one of the two schools that integrated the first public structure of industrial schools in Portugal. Since 1989, ISEP has been integrated in the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), a public institution of higher education.

Throughout the years, ISEP became one of the biggest and top engineering schools in Portugal.
The mission of the Institution is to take part in the development, social well being, technical and scientific national excellence, by promoting a solid formation to engineers, enabling them to become engines of progress, innovation and social and cultural agents.
Currently, ISEP is located in a 50 000m2 campus, comprises 7 departments and several student facilities: library, restaurant, canteen, bar, medical and counseling services, health club, travel agency and a congress center. Attended by 5700 students, ISEP offers nine first cycle engineering degrees (180 ECTS): civil engineering, mechanical engineering, geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering, computer science engineering, electrical and computing engineering, power systems engineering, chemical engineering, instrumentation and metrology engineering, computing and medical instrumentation engineering, some posgraduate studies and 9 master degrees in the same field of knowledge.

In what concerns I&D, ISEP has 10 research groups:

• CIDEM: Research and Development Centre of Mechanical Engineering;
• CIETI: Innovation Centre in Engineering and Industrial Technology;
• CISTER: Investigation Centre in Reliable and Real-time Systems;
• GECAD: Investigation Group in Knowledge Engineering and Support to Decision;
• GICEC: Investigation Group and Consulting and Innovation in Civil Engineering;
• GILT: Graphics, Interaction & Learning Technologies;
• GRAQ-CEQUP-REQUIMTE: Chemical Reaction and Analysis Group;
• LSA: Autonomous Systems Laboratory;
• SIPROM-CIGAR: Modulation and Multiphase Processes Simulation Group;
• CMUP/LEMA: Mathematics Engineering Laboratory.

Over the last fifteen years the IPP has been implementing the Internationalisation process and albeit some structural constraints we may conclude that a lot has been achieved, mainly:

The Internationalisation is still a priority in the IPP Strategic Plan 2007/12, in compliance with a policy of equity and non-discrimination on the basis of belief, race or religion. Furthermore, support measures are implemented so that students with economic difficulties get extra funding. The IPP uses its schools resources to facilitate the integration of disabled students and staff and readjusting the contents.

We have opportunities for everyone! Check them here and come to study with us and live an unforgettable experience! ISEP is waiting for you.