The Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB) is a public higher education institution that began its activity in 1980 and is a benchmark of confidence in the high-level qualification of citizens, in the production and dissemination of knowledge, as well as the cultural, artistic, technological and scientific training of its students in an international reference framework.
It has a wide range of training options in its six higher education institutions: Escola Superior Agrária, Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Escola Superior de Educação, Escola Superior Dr. Lopes Dias, Escola Superior de Gestão and Escola Superior de Tecnologia.
IPCB's human heritage, which includes teaching staff, non-teaching staff, students and representatives of society, is the institution's most important asset. It is an institution that prioritizes merit and is strongly committed to quality teaching. At the same time, it seeks regional, national and international prominence in terms of science, research and innovation.
It is an active institution, with people capable of promoting and strengthening internal and external, local and regional, national and international synergies, and committed to cooperating with local political power, social and cultural institutions, business organizations and educational institutions, promoting the scientific, technical, artistic, cultural and civic growth of the young people and adults who come to the institution.
IPCB is determined to evolve into an institution that is better prepared to compete and win in an ever-changing world, becoming a stronger and more active institution and making a decisive contribution to the social, cultural and economic development of the region and the country.
