Latest news and stories about higher education in technology in Portugal for expats and residents.
The integration of AI chatbots in classrooms presents significant uncertainties and a lack of national data, yet the trend appears unstoppable, prompting a critical look at the future of education.
Rogério Casanova argues that not all functional academic writing—such as recommendation letters or election manifestos—needs to be crafted by highly skilled humans. He advocates for more explicit manifestos and institutional policies governing the use of AI in universities, allowing routine and low-value writing to be delegated to tools while preserving human oversight where it matters. The column frames such manifestos as pragmatic, ethical guides to protect quality, fairness and accountability in higher education’s adoption of AI.
Ivo Vieira, CEO of Lusospace — Portugal’s first homegrown space company — explains on the podcast 'O Futuro do Futuro' how the country’s Aerospace Engineering courses continue to post record-breaking averages and how that strong educational pipeline is producing talent the national space sector can recruit across roles, not only engineers. He stresses that the quality of graduates makes recruitment easier for emerging Portuguese space firms, signalling a maturing ecosystem linking higher education and industry needs.
NOVA IMS (NOVA School of Information Management) is the information management and data science faculty of NOVA University Lisbon. It specialises in data science, information management and business analytics through taught programmes, applied research and industry partnerships. The school emphasises quantitative methods, practical analytics skills and interdisciplinary approaches to prepare graduates for roles in data-driven organisations and to support research and consulting activity across public and private sectors.
The Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N) of the NOVA School of Science and Technology and the Department of Portuguese at Beijing Foreign Studies University have won the Jorge Álvares Foundation – General Vasco Rocha Vieira – Portugal-China Friendship Award. The prize recognises initiatives that deepen relations between Portugal and China, via Macau, and strengthen ties between the Portuguese, Chinese, and Macanese communities. The award alternates between the 'Institutions' category in even years and 'Research Papers' in odd years. The organisation highlighted i3N's pivotal role in scientific cooperation, noting 78 joint scientific publications since 2024, and the Department of Portuguese's role as a platform for cultural and human exchange since its creation in 1960. The award ceremony will take place on 10 December in Mafra.
The University of Aveiro hosts a debate on the scientific and technological partnership between Portugal and the USA.
The project, named Nova Aerospace, resulted from a 50 million euro investment between the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon and the Cascais city council.
National companies linked to drones are interested in setting up at the Tires Aerodrome, where the NOVA University of Lisbon wants to create a hub for teaching, research, and technological development for the aerospace sector: NOVA Aerospace. The higher education institution is preparing a drone arena, which will function as a faculty laboratory, and...
Zita Martins explains her decision to decline job offers from NASA in order to establish a scientific laboratory within Portugal.
The University of Aveiro holds a discussion regarding the ongoing and future partnership in science and technology between Portugal and the US.
The Bridge program offered 13 scientists the stability that a scientific career sometimes denies, while they seek a doctoral scholarship. The call for new applications has now opened.
The annual meeting of CESAER, an association that includes more than 50 universities across 25 countries, focuses on technologies that can prepare Europe to face future challenges.
The prestigious “World’s Top 2% Scientists” 2026 list was compiled by Stanford University (USA) in collaboration with Elsevier.
An analysis of ten key points regarding the current scientific landscape in Portugal.
The University of Coimbra (UC) is leading a new initiative focused on the ethical and responsible implementation of artificial intelligence within Portuguese higher education institutions.
The European Space Agency is backing a university-level rocket competition held in Constância, Portugal.
The European agency was already participating in the competition through its evaluation team, but is now reinforcing this support under a bilateral agreement.
The European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC) is a competition that has students developing rockets in Constância. The agency's support strengthens the link between higher education and the European space sector.
The Executives Special Dossier, available with tomorrow's edition of PÚBLICO, covers 1364 courses. Micro-credentials continue to have a strong presence in the offerings of higher education institutions.
The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) and the University of Coimbra (UC) have created a laboratory that aims to use digital technology applied to humanities and linguistics to “build bridges of communication” between Portugal and China.
The Rector stated that the hub will provide the University with the conditions to create a course of excellence in these areas and also support the aeronautical cluster.
The first partnerships between Portuguese and American universities mark two decades of existence between this year and next. Pedro Oliveira, Dean of Nova SBE, which organises The Lisbon MBA with Católica, and José Manuel Mendonça, who coordinates the mission structure overseeing Portugal's strategic partnerships with MIT...
Technological transformation, the fragility of foundational learning, the changing economic value of certain qualifications, and demographic pressure threaten the role of universities.
It is necessary to ask: for what purpose and whom does Generative Artificial Intelligence serve in the current framework and context of its development? The answer to this question impacts the University. Opinion piece by Mariana Pinto dos Santos
Portuguese and Ukrainian higher education institutions have established a partnership to develop shared academic programmes and a new research facility.
Nova University Lisbon (UNL) and the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) intend to launch joint programmes in nanotechnology, scientist Elvira Fortunato told Lusa.
