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Universidade Portucalense launches the second edition of the “Exceed yourself” (“Supera-te”) programme with free online sessions aimed at helping people overcome the challenges associated with entering the job market.

Budapest Business University visited Universidade Portucalense between 2 and 4 October with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation and promoting strategic actions within the ENVISAGE consortium.

On 11 and 13 September, Universidade Portucalense welcomed the new students with a programme that included presentations from the Departments, a ‘peddy-paper’ that took the first-year students to discover the campus, and an Institutional Welcome Session for the new students and their families.

Within the framework of its internationalization strategy, Universidade Portucalense has signed a memorandum of understanding with five European universities.

Ana Matilde Castro and Joana Patrocínio, students from the Master’s Degree in Tourism and Hospitality, have been awarded two Luís Telles de Abreu scholarships by Associação Círculo de Estudos do Centralismo (Centralism Studies Circle Association).

Miguel Lemos, 41, entered Universidade Portucalense to study Economics in 2000, because he had “the dream of managing companies”. Throughout his academic life, he was President of the Students’ Association and a member of the Porto Academic Federation. Today he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Águas de Gaia.

Universidade Portucalense was present at the launch of the Erasmus+ ECOViP project “Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Ecotourism to support sustainable development in Vietnam and the Philippines,” which took place at Nha Trang University in Vietnam from 10 to 14 July.

Anxo Sequeiros, Javier Piñeiro and Raúl López, final-year students on the Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism, won second place in the “Designing in Wood 2023” competition organised by the Portuguese Wood and Derivatives Construction Association.

Professor Jorge Marques edited, together with Rui Pedro Marques, the book “Digital Transformation of the Hotel Industry: Theories, Practices, and Global Challenges”, which presents a theoretical review, scientific articles, and case studies on Digital Transformation in the hotel industry, by 32 authors from various countries – Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, India, Indonesia, and Mexico.

Universidade Portucalense is one of the partners in the Erasmus+ KA2 project “DigiComplex: The hybrid future of education. The digital skills we need to deal with the complexity”.