Universidade Lusófona

Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Motto	Humani nihil alienum
Type	Private University
Established	1987
Rector	José Bragança de Miranda
Students	9.195 - 2017/18
Location	Lisbon, Portugal
Campus	Urban
Website	www.ulusofona.pt

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies) is the largest Portuguese private university, and the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Promotion of the Portuguese language is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Universidade Lusofona started in 1987 in Lisbon and is the property of Grupo Lusófona a Portuguese private investor group geared at developing higher education institutions in Lusophone countries. Since then, Universidade Lusófona has opened semi-autonomous offshoots in Porto, Luanda, Mindelo (2007). The Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), is a private higher education establishment that belongs to the Lusófona Group, located in Portimão, Portugal, and founded as such in 2004 from older private higher education institutions previously operating in the city.^[1]

Courses offered

First Cycle of the Bologna process ("licenciatura" or undergraduate degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Architecture
Geography and Development
Urban Planning and Territorial Management

Department of Social and Human Sciences

Political Science and International Relations
Education Sciences
Religious Sciences
European Studies and International Relations
Lusophone Studies
Philosophy
History
Social Service
Sociology
Translation and Interpretation
Tourism

Department of Communication Sciences, Architecture, Arts, and Information Technology

Cinema, Video, and Multimedia Communication
Communication and Culture Sciences
Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations
Digital Animation
Design
Graphic Production and Design
Photography
Computer Engineering
Communication and Arts
Communication and Journalism
Business Management Computing

Department of Health Sciences

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Health Unit Management

Department of Law

Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

Physical Education and Sports

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Biology
Ocean Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnological Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Industrial Management and Engineering
Food Engineering
Mathematics
Biochemistry
Biotechnology

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

Department of Psychology

Psychology

Department of Economy and Management

Accounting
Economy
Business Management
Human Resources Management

Second Cycle of the Bologna process (master's degrees)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Advanced Studies in Architecture
Geography and Development
Museology
Urban Planning

Department of Social and Human Sciences

Education Scienceslll
Political Science
Science of Religions
Special Education
Literary Translation Studies
Philosophy
Social Service and Social Policy
Sociology
Lusophony and International Relations
Political, Economic and Social Lusophone History
Tourism

Department of Communication Sciences, Arts, and Information Technology

Communication Sciences, Marketing, and Advertising
Institutional Communication
Alternative Communication and Support Systems
Communication and Culture Sciences
Film Studies
Journalism, Politics, and Contemporary History
Creation and Production in Technological Arts
Multimedia Communication Systems
Software Engineering and Information Systems
Kino Eyes - The European Movie Masters - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master
Docnomads - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master

Department of Health Sciences

Dermatological and Cosmetic Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Care

Department of Law

Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

Young Sportspeople Training
Pedagogical Supervision in Physical Education and Sports

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Developmental Biology
Engineering and Ocean Studies
Environmental Engineering

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

Department of Psychology

Education Psychology
Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy
Sexual Psychology
Criminal Psychology and Social Exclusion
Psychology in International and Inter-cultural environments

Department of Economy and Management

Business Management
Economy

Third Cycle of the Bologna process (doctor's degree)

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

Museology

Department of Social and Human Sciences

Education
Political Science
Philosophy - Contemporary Thought

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mathematics (Physics-Mathematics]

Department of Psychology

Clinical Neuropsychology

Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes

The Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), is a private higher education establishment that belongs to the Lusófona Group, located in Portimão, Algarve region, Portugal, resulting from the merger between ISMAG and ISHT of Portimão in 2004. The main mission of the institute is to widen the offer of higher education in the western Algarve region. ISMAT's strategic objectives are to provide university courses and to develop research in the most different areas of specialization, with particular emphasis on scientific and technical fields that can contribute to the development of the Algarve region, that can respond to regional needs in terms of human resources training, and that can meet the most pressing regional development needs. The teaching institution was established in 2004 and is named after Manuel Teixeira Gomes, a Portuguese politician, diplomat and writer from Portimão who served as President of Portugal between 1923 and 1925. As of 2021, ISMAT awards degrees in fields such as architecture,^[2] data science,^[2] computer engineering,^[2] law,^[2] psychology^[2] and sports science.^[3] Besides research and teaching endeavors, the institution dynamizes the city's society through workshops and expositions it organizes.^[4] Among its teaching staff, ISMAT has counted with some notable individualities of the Algarve such as Cândida Ventura and Carlos Lopez Cano Vieira.^[5]