Universidade de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro

The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro is a Public Institution of Higher Education oriented towards the creation, transmission, and dissemination of culture, knowledge, science, and technology, through the articulation of study, teaching, research, and experimental development.

The need for connections with society and the business world, promoting forms of cooperation, has found the best answers at UTAD through the strategic partnerships that has been with numerous regional, national and international entities, whether they be similar institutions or public or private companies and organisations.

The conclusion of partnerships in the form of protocols, agreements or memoranda of cooperation has contributed to the implementation of innovative practices in education, training, high quality learning, institutional modernisation, social innovation, exchange of expertise and internationalisation, as well as joint applications for structural projects with impact on scientific and territorial development.