Universidade Lusófona

• Name — Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies • Native Name — Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias • Motto — Humani nihil alienum • Established — 1987 • Type — Private University • Rector — José Bragança de Miranda • Students — 9,195 (2017/18) • City — Lisbon • Country — Portugal • Campus — Urban • Website — www.ulusofona.pt

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. In 2024, UL had more than 16,900 students and 1,671 teaching staff; UL offered 65 Bachelor programmes, 84 Masters courses and 13 PhD programmes. In 2024, courses are accredited by A3ES. In 2024, its highest ranking faculties were Veterinary, Arts & Humanities and Psychology.

• Architecture • Geography and Development • Urban Planning and Territorial Management

• 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

• 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

• Pharmaceutical Sciences • Health Unit Management

• Law

• Physical Education and Sports

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

• Veterinary Medicine

• Psychology

• Accounting • Economy • Business Management • Human Resources Management

• Advanced Studies in Architecture • Geography and Development • Museology • Urban Planning

• 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

• 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

• Dermatological and Cosmetic Sciences • Pharmaceutical Sciences • Pharmaceutical Care

• Law

• Young Sportspeople Training • Pedagogical Supervision in Physical Education and Sports

• Developmental Biology • Engineering and Ocean Studies • Environmental Engineering

• Veterinary Medicine

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

• Business Management • Economy

• Museology

• Education • Political Science • Philosophy - Contemporary Thought

• Mathematics (Physics-Mathematics]

• Clinical Neuropsychology

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, data science, computer engineering, law, psychology and sports science. Besides research and teaching endeavors, the institution dynamizes the city's society through workshops and expositions it organizes. Among its teaching staff, ISMAT has counted with some notable individualities of the Algarve such as Cândida Ventura and Carlos Lopez Cano Vieira.