The University of Porto (Universidade do Porto) is a the biggest Portuguese public university located in Oporto, Portugal, founded in March 22, 1911, and composed of 14 Faculties and a post-graduate business school (Architecture, Arts, Biomedical Sciences, Dental Medicine, Economics, Engineering, Fine Arts, Food and Nutritional Sciences, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychology and Educational Sciences, Science, and Sports). More than 30 000 students (4 000 postgraduate) attend the courses provided by U.Porto, among 63 graduate degree courses, 160 master courses, and doctoral degree and other specialization courses, supported by 2300 lecturers and a technical and administrative staff of 1600 people. The development of strong links with the community (national and international) is one of the University's main concerns. For this, the U.Porto Innovation – University of Porto Innovation office, located in the rectorate of the University of Porto, is the Technology Transfer Office of University of Porto. It acts as an interface between the members of the University and the community in order to contribute to a social involvement of the University within the society (companies, independent research groups, other universities, etc.), through series of activities such as: promotion of interdisciplinary R&D; protection and valorization of R&D results; involvement of all U.Porto´s stakeholders in the process of technology transfer and in building an entrepreneurship culture; granting and encouraging the innovation already initiated; stimulation of U.Porto’s researchers to apply to national and international funding programmes.

Santander, through its Universities iniciative (Santander Universidades), commits to promote the best practices addressing Portuguese societal challenges. It is currently a national reference regarding the promotion of Higher Education, as a partner of 53 High Education institutions, at the moment. Santander Bank annually invests over 7 million Euros in its Social and Corporate Responsibility area. Santander Bank, the corporation that has the largest investment worldwide in the promotion of education (Varkey/UNESCO-Fortune 500 Report), has over 1.200 collaboration agreements with universities and academic institutions in 21 countries through Santander Universidades (universities initiative) and, through the Universia network, encompasses over 1.300 Ibero-American academic institutions.

Porto Business School is an institution with unique features, resulting from the way the school emerged, stemming from collaboration with large Portuguese companies. We are the result of nearly 30 years’ experience in providing training for executives. Our aim is to empower people to think critically and to come up with their own solutions, to identify future challenges, to create different scenarios and to rethink strategies. That is, to make change happen. It has been that way from the outset, in 1988.

A strategy from Porto that commits the city towards the promotion of the ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship. With a novel and integrated vision of the scaleup process, we are developing the sustainability of the ecosystem, enhancing the economic competitiveness of the region, creating employment and improving citizens’ quality of life.

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