Latest news and stories about job creation in education in Portugal for expats and residents.
The Ministry of Education has finalized the placement of over 5,400 teachers in areas facing the greatest staff shortages, with 3,938 of these positions located in the Lisbon and Setúbal regions. Minister Fernando Alexandre noted that these early placements are intended to facilitate better planning for the upcoming school year.
Bluepharma will open a new production unit in Coimbra for complex injectable medicines related to gene therapy, with operations expected to start in April; the project is the result of a consortium of ten entities and marks further investment in pharmaceutical innovation. The unit is intended to support manufacturing capacity for advanced therapies and may create specialised local jobs. Healthcare and biotech workers, and regional suppliers, should watch hiring and procurement notices as the unit becomes operational.
Mayor Bruno Pereira discusses his historic electoral victory in Santiago do Cacém and outlines his strategic vision for housing and regional development in the context of the Sines project.
State financial support, funded by the PRR, allows for the reimbursement of digital training expenses of up to €750 per worker. The measure has been extended until the end of the first half of 2026, and applications are open until June 30.
An analytical examination of how Empowered Startups is quietly driving Portugal's economic growth by attracting global talent, fostering innovation, and creating new job opportunities.
A study by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation highlights that higher education in Portugal significantly increases employability and wages, with master's degree holders earning 40% more than those with secondary education, though disparities exist across different fields of study.
Education Minister Fernando Alexandre plans to overhaul teacher recruitment processes using AI to address systemic inefficiencies that cause thousands of qualified candidates to abandon the profession due to placement delays.
The government has postponed the second edition of the scientist recruitment competition, pushing the next wave of hiring to 2028, three years after the initial schedule.
Schools are now authorized to open tenders for 1,406 new technical staff positions, including psychologists and IT specialists, aiming to improve student support ratios and address staffing gaps in 249 school clusters.
The Portuguese government, UGT, and four business confederations are meeting to negotiate a decisive agreement on new labour law reforms.
Researchers at the University of Coimbra are advocating for the initiation of competitions mandated by law to address the issue of scientific precariousness. They highlight the ongoing problem of scientists who have been on fixed-term contracts since 2017, calling for urgent solutions to secure stable positions in the research field.
Inês Lynce, chair of INESC‑ID and co‑director of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Programme, argues Portugal must act to retain professionals skilled in generative artificial intelligence and adapt education and policy to do so. She urges a wider societal pause to define what we want from AI, calling for clearer public information, informed debate and targeted retention and training measures to align technological development with public interest.
The government will introduce compulsory Physical Education for 1st‑cycle pupils in public schools from the next school year, affecting around 330,000 children. The Budget Law commits to hiring the teachers needed to deliver the measure but does not specify how much will be invested or the number of weekly hours to be allocated. The lack of detail raises implementation questions — recruitment timelines, teacher training, regional distribution, and fiscal impact — and creates uncertainty about curriculum time and equity of provision across schools.
The University of Minho (UMinho) and Bosch Car Multimedia are launching a training programme in Braga which, the higher education institution assures, will “strengthen the commitment of both to the qualification and valorisation of applied knowledge”. The strategic partnership between the two entities is long-standing, as seen, for example, with the programme...
An analysis of the brain drain phenomenon in Portugal, where the country invests in educating high-skilled professionals only to see them emigrate, potentially hindering national development.
Technology. The deep tech company universe is growing in Portugal, but challenges remain. Bringing projects created in universities to market is the biggest one. Making the ecosystem more cohesive is also important.
The initiative stems from the Gulbenkian Empregas project and brings together five associations, with the goal of supporting young people up to the age of 34 who have finished their studies and remain unemployed.
Launched this Tuesday by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Empregar Network aims to use 'very different approaches' to train and employ 3,438 young Portuguese people.
Five organisations have joined forces to create a network that aims to help nearly 3,500 young people who are not in employment, education or training to enter the labour market, the founding institution announced. With the creation of the Empregar Network, it will be possible to collectively support the employment or qualification of 3,438 young people who are not working or studying.
With the creation of the Empregar Network, it will be possible to support the employment or qualification of 3,438 young people who are not in employment, education, or training, states the Gulbenkian Foundation.
For Chega in the Azores, vocational education has the skills and should have the conditions to decide, propose, and execute training with a real impact on youth employability.
Bringing young people closer to the job market and academic world, and introducing them to training and employment opportunities. This is the main objective of the 'Braga Business and Qualify Yourself Showcase', which kicked off this Thursday in the Minho city as part of the Economy Weeks programme. More than 80 entities are participating in this fair, including companies, centres of...
The percentage of young people aged 15 to 29 who were not working, studying, or attending any training, known as the 'NEET' generation, fell to 11% in 2025.
The percentage of young people neither in employment, education, nor training in Portugal remains below the EU average.
Among young people aged 15 to 29 living in Portugal, 8% are neither working nor studying. These figures are below the European average and have fallen over the last 10 years, mirroring a trend seen abroad. According to 2025 Eurostat data, Portugal is the fifth country with the lowest proportion of 'NEET' youth (those not in education, employment, or training). This 8.0% rate is a decrease from the 13.1% recorded in 2015. The incidence of this population is lower in Portugal than in only three European countries: the Netherlands (5.3%), Sweden (5.9%), and Slovenia (7.6%), while Czechia is tied at 8.0%. Conversely, the highest figures were reached in Romania (19.2%), Bulgaria (13.8%), and Greece (13.6%). Youth unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years.
The SNESup expresses concern regarding systemic precariousness in higher education and science, the union stated. It also considers that the labour package accentuates the instability of contractual ties.
Luís Montenegro spoke in Viseu at the inauguration of the Star Institute, located on the Viseu Polytechnic Institute (IPV) campus, which is the result of a 3.5 million euro investment.
Data from Eurostat indicates a decrease in the number of young people in Portugal who are not in education, employment, or training.
A new fragility is taking hold, rooted in a lack of autonomy and foundational character. The author argues that overprotective parenting—where parents intervene in university applications, job interviews, and professional tasks—has hindered the development of independence. By moving away from traditional 'heroes' who served as moral benchmarks, society has replaced resilience with anxiety, dependency, and a constant need for validation. The piece contends that organisations have also failed by prioritising metrics over the 'internal heroes' who foster culture and support teams. Ultimately, the author calls for a return to cultivating moral structure and responsibility, warning that without these foundations, we are producing assisted adults rather than free ones.
The technology company Cegid, which develops business management software for finance, human resources, and accounting, trained more than 12,600 people in Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola, and Mozambique in 2025. Through its academy, the company, which specializes in payroll processing, treasury technology, taxation, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), launched more...
