Portugal from Re.ViCa

Partners situated in Portugal:

• Prof. Vitor Rocio, from the - Open University of Portugal is a member of Re.ViCa's International Advisory Committee.

Portugal in a nutshell

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also part of Portugal.

Higher education reform

Structural development

Table I: HEIs' key figures in 2006 and vision 2020

	Polytechnics (2006)	Polytechnics (2020)	Universities (2006)	Universities (2020)
Number of institutions	29	max. 18	20	max. 15
Students (FTE)	105,000	95,000	120,000	105,000
Students (FTE) / teachers (%)	17.8	16.0	14.3	12.5
Basic degree / teachers (%)	3.5	3.7	1.6	1.9
Passing percentage (%)	70.3	76.0	55.4	70.0
Graduate employment and continuation to postgraduate studies (%)	88.7	90.8	88.8	91.0
Doctorate degrees / professor (%)	-	-	0.6	0.8
Scientific publications / teaching and research staff (%)	-	-	1.7	2.2

Structural development in universities

Table II: Consequences of the structural development in Finnish universities

Nr	The new university / consortium	Consists of	Starts on
1.	Aalto University	(1) Helsinki School of Economics, (2) Helsinki University of Technology and (3) University of Art and Design Helsinki	August 1st, 2009
2.	University of Eastern Finland	(1) University of Joensuu and (2) Univeristy of Kuopio	January 1st, 2010
3.	University Consortium in Turku (new kind of university to be established in 2011)	(1) University of Turku and (2) Turku School of Economics	August 1st, 2008

Structural development in polytechnics

Table III: Consequences of the structural development in Finnish polytechnics

Nr	The new polytechnic	Consists of	Starts / started on
1.	HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences	(1) HAAGA University of Applied Sciences and (2) Helsinki Business Polytechnic	January 1st, 2007
2.	Metropolia University of Applied Sciences	(1) Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia and (2) EVTEK University of Applied Sciences	August 1st, 2008
3.	Novia University of Applied Sciences	(1) Swedish Polytechnic Finland and (2) Sydväst Polytechnic	August 1st, 2008

Portugees HEIs in the information society

Information society strategy period

For more information see: Major e-learning initiatives in Portugal.

References

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