ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon

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'''ISCTE – IUL (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)''' is a Portuguese public tertiary education institution. It is located in the city centre of Lisbon, in Cidade Universitária, adjoining the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) and Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) of the University of Lisbon. ISCTE was founded in 1972, starting with three degrees and 296 students. Formerly called ''Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa'' (in English, Higher Institute of Business and Labour Sciences),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/685448/details/maximized|title=Decreto-Lei 522/72, 1972-12-15|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|language=pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> its full name was dropped in 2009 when it became a university institute of foundational nature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.universia.pt/publicacoes/noticia/2009/05/22/201412/iscte-passa-fundao-muda-nome-e-imagem.html|title=ISCTE passa a Fundação muda o nome e a imagem|last=noticias.universia.pt|website=Noticias Universia Portugal|language=pt-PT|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=12 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012070721/https://noticias.universia.pt/publicacoes/noticia/2009/05/22/201412/iscte-passa-fundao-muda-nome-e-imagem.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2019 Iscte adopted a new visual identity for its brand, with a new logo and graphic norms, and a change of name to '''Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa'',''''' or simply '''Iscte''' (written like this, not like an acronym). In 2022, the year that it celebrated 50 years, Iscte inaugurated a new centre in Sintra, which started with eight degrees.

As of today, Iscte is widely considered a fully-fledged public research university despite its traditional designation, as reflected in national news coverage of the performance of Portuguese universities internationally<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/04/05/sociedade/noticia/ranking-de-universidades-jovens-nunca-houve-tantas-portuguesas-entre-as-melhores-1767792|title=Ranking de universidades "jovens": nunca houve tantas portuguesas entre as melhores|last=Silva|first=Samuel|website=PÚBLICO|date=5 April 2017 |language=pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/educacao/detalhe/iscte-e-a-primeira-universidade-com-certificacao-ambiental-e-vai-instalar-paineis-solares|title=ISCTE é a primeira universidade com certificação ambiental e vai instalar painéis solares|website=jornaldenegocios.pt|language=pt-pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2017/04/05/portugal-tem-cinco-entre-as-200-melhores-universidades-jovens-do-mundo/|title=Portugal tem cinco entre as 200 melhores universidades jovens do mundo|last=Antunes|first=Rui Pedro|date=5 April 2017|website=Observador|language=pt-PT|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2019/12/09/quatro-universidades-portugueses-estao-entre-as-100-melhores-no-ranking-do-financial-times/|title=Quatro universidades portuguesas estão entre as 100 melhores no ranking do Financial Times|last=Observador|website=Observador|language=pt-PT|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> and open, external assessments by international organisations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.umultirank.org/study-at/university-institute-of-lisbon-iscteiul-rankings/|title=Ranking & Subjects|website=umultirank.org|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605232300/https://www.umultirank.org/study-at/university-institute-of-lisbon-iscteiul-rankings/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eua.eu/|title=EUA|website=eua.eu|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iscte-iul.pt/conteudos/iscte/qualidade/acreditacoes-rankings/avaliacao-acreditacao-institucional/1182/european-university-association-eua|title=Avaliação e Acreditação Institucional – European University Association (EUA)|website=ISCTE-IUL}}</ref> ISCTE Business School holds institutional accreditations from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and Association of MBAs (AMBA).<ref>[https://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/accredited-schools?F_Country=Portugal List of AACSB-accredited business schools in Portugal (Source: AACSB website; accessed: 12. February 2019)]</ref><ref>List of institutions accredited by AMBA</ref> thumb|Image of ISCTE

==Schools== ISCTE is made up of four schools:

* ISCTE Business School (IBS) * School of Social and Human Sciences (ECSH) * School of Sociology and Public Policy (ESPP) * School of Technology and Architecture (ISTA)

ISCTE also has an institute dedicated to executive education, namely INDEG-ISCTE Executive Education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/pesquisa/-/search/607751/details/maximized|title=Decreto-Lei 95/2009, 2009-04-27|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|language=pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref><ref>[http://dre.pt/pdf2sdip/2010/11/212000000/5433354333.pdf ISCTE – INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA, Deliberação n.º 1971/2010, Diário da República, 2.ª série – N.º 212 – 2 de Novembro de 2010.]</ref>

==Degree programmes== ISCTE confers bachelor's, master's, integrated master's and PhD degrees and habilitation in scientific areas such as anthropology, sociology, African studies, history, social psychology, political science, planning, architecture, economics, finance, business administration and management, human resources, marketing, computer science, telecommunications engineering, or industrial engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pesquisa_cursos_instituicoes?plid=372&instituicao=iscte&cursos=&distrito=&tipo_ensino=&tipo_estabelecimento=&area=&tipo_curso=|title=Cursos e Instituições|website=Direção Geral do Ensino Superior}}</ref>

==History== ISCTE was established in Lisbon in 1972 as ''Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa''<ref>The ISCTE-IUL was created by the [http://www.dre.pt/pdf1sdip/1972/12/29000/19461950.PDF Decreto-Lei nº 522/72, of 15 December 1972 (pdf file)].</ref> using the faculty and facilities of the ''Instituto de Estudos Sociais'' (Institute of Social Studies, founded in 1963) as a first step towards a new and innovative public university in Lisbon. Its present designation dates from 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/pesquisa/-/search/607751/details/maximized|title=Decreto-Lei 95/2009, 2009-04-27|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|language=pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>

In 1972, the first year of operation, 296 students matriculated at ISCTE: 219 in Economics, 66 in Business Administration (in Portuguese: ''Organização e Gestão de Empresas'') and 11 in Work Sciences (''Ciências do Trabalho'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISCTE Business School posted on LinkedIn|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iscte-business-school_fridaytrivia-activity-6710268926758146049-W5c5|access-date=2020-09-24|website=linkedin.com}}</ref>

From its creation, ISCTE was authorised to grant the bachelor's degree and the licenciatura degree,<ref name=":0" /> which was granted after the completion of four to five years of study that often required writing a final dissertation and thus was roughly equivalent to the current master's degree, instituted as part of the Bologna process. From 1983 onwards, ISCTE was also authorised to grant the master's degree,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.tretas.org/dre/135551/decreto-lei-167-83-de-29-de-abril|title=Decreto-lei 167/83, de 29 de Abril|last=Educação|first=Ministério Da|website=Diários da República|date=29 April 1983 |language=pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> which was higher than the current Bologna process master's degree but still lower than a doctorate degree.

What was to be the first college of a never completed larger projected university (due to the Carnation Revolution of 1974) always remained a non-integrated university college/institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/web/guest/pesquisa/-/search/222418/details/normal?p_p_auth=D688OvBC|title=Lei 46/86, 1986-10-14|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|language=pt|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/1990/02/03200/05170525.PDF|title=Despacho Normativo n.º 11/1990|website=DRE}}</ref> This situation was regularised in 1988, and from that date onwards, ISCTE grants all academic degrees,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/1988/09/22200/39143919.PDF|title=Lei n.º 108/88 de 24 de Setembro|website=DRE}}</ref> including bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees, honorary doctorate and habilitation (called ''Agregação'' in Portuguese). In 2000, a university organisational framework design for ISCTE was published.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2000/09/205B00/47054717.PDF|title=Despacho Normativo n.º 37/2000|website=DRE}}</ref>

ISCTE is today part of both the ''Fundação das Universidades Portuguesas'' (Foundation of Portuguese Universities) and the ''Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas'' (Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/1993/08/193a00/44054406.PDF|title=Decreto-lei nº 283/1993|website=DRE}}</ref> It is also one of the few public university education institutions in Portugal with a foundational nature,<ref>Decreto-Lei n.º 95/2009.</ref> other examples being the University of Porto, University of Aveiro and New University of Lisbon.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pinheiro |first1=Ana |title=Universidade Nova de Lisboa passa a Fundação Pública |url=https://www.dinheirovivo.pt/economia/universidade-nova-de-lisboa-passa-a-fundacao-publica/ |website=Dinheiro Vivo |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221070350/https://www.dinheirovivo.pt/economia/universidade-nova-de-lisboa-passa-a-fundacao-publica/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It is known that, in 2002, the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities emitted the opinion that ISCTE should integrate the University of Lisbon (1911–2013), and in 2012, the University of Lisbon (before the merger with the Technical University of Lisbon) invited ISCTE to become a part of the bigger University, but ISCTE turned down both invitations.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/handle/10071/15510|title=45 Anos. Afirmação dum Identidade. ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa|last=ISCTE|website=ISCTE|date=March 2018 |publisher=ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |isbn=978-989-8905-00-0 }}</ref>

==Research units== ISCTE has quality research centers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fct.pt/apoios/unidades/avaliacoes/anteriores/index.phtml.pt|title=FCT – Unidades de I&D – Resultados da Avaliações|website=fct.pt|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214182201/https://www.fct.pt/apoios/unidades/avaliacoes/anteriores/index.phtml.pt|url-status=dead}}</ref> in all its domains.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iscte.pt/centro_investigacao.jsp |title=Research Centres at ISCTE-IUL – official site |access-date=19 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309133441/http://iscte.pt/centro_investigacao.jsp |archive-date=9 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The major research centers are: *[http://bru-unide.iscte-iul.pt/ BRU-IUL – Business Research Unit ] *[http://cei.iscte-iul.pt/ CEI-IUL – Centro de Estudos Internacionais ] *[http://www.cies.iscte-iul.pt/ CIES-IUL – Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia ] *[http://www.cis.iscte-iul.pt/ CIS-IUL – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social ] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120311032005/http://cria.org.pt/site/ CRIA-IUL – Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia ] *[http://dinamiacet.iscte-iul.pt/ DINÂMIA'CET-IUL – Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território ] *[https://www.it.pt/ITSites/Index/8/ IT-IUL – Instituto de Telecomunicações ] *[http://istar.iscte-iul.pt/ ISTAR-IUL – Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Informação, Tecnologias e Arquitetura ]

==Notable alumni and professors== *Gustavo Cardoso – Sociologist and World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader in 2008 (Professor) *João de Pina-Cabral – Anthropologist (former professor) *João Mário Grilo – Film director (former Sociology student) *Manuel Carvalho da Silva – Leader of the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (former graduate student in sociology) *Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues – Former Minister for Education (Professor and former student) *Miguel Vale de Almeida – Anthropologist, LGBT activist and former deputy to the Assembly of the Republic (Professor)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150101011134/http://www.iscte-iul.pt/en ISCTE-IUL official site – English version] *[http://sociologiapp.iscte.pt/ Sociology Journal] *[http://pjss.iscte.pt/index.php/pjss Portuguese Journal of Social Science] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009161223/http://pjss.iscte.pt/index.php/pjss |date=9 October 2011 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080103101000/http://cet.iscte.pt/cct/index.html Urbanism & Territory Journal] *[http://www.ceas.biz/etnografica.asp Anthropology Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060215183118/http://www.ceas.biz/etnografica.asp |date=15 February 2006 }} *[http://lerhistoria.iscte.pt History Journal] *[http://www.indeg.org/conteudos.asp?idcont=188 Management Journal] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070212213214/http://www.urban.iscte.pt/revista/ Portuguese Urbanism Journal] *[http://www.indeg.org/conteudos.asp?idcont=189 Economy Journal] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070819014559/http://www.lincs-iscte.org/indexEng.htm LINCS – Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Social Sciences / ISCTE] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080215102722/http://adetti.iscte.pt/ ADETTI]

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