PRESENTATION ESCE

Founded in 1994, the he College of Business Administration (ESCE) of Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (IPS) is a prominent school in its field of study and it has earned the respect of the business community and other organizations.
The ESCE graduates enjoy high rates of employability.

The ESCE/IPS is embodied in a set of coherent and coordinated activities in order to pursuit those objectives. The ESCE/IPS seeks to develop the postgraduate education oriented to professionals on labor market.

The Setúbal region is the College’s main geographical area for students attracting. This region has a wide diversity of structures and economic activities (agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing, construction, trade, services, health, education, culture, recreation, leisure, public administration).

This economic diversity joined with Portugal’s adhesion to European Union increases the challenges of competitiveness and the need to foster economic growth and promote the modernization of business, in a constantly changing environment.
That is only possible to achieve with a human resources development aiming at competence development.

This is essential requirement for increasing the competitiveness of organizations. The ESCE/IPS courses allow development of skills in the managerial area, framed within the Higher Education strategy and its allowed the ESCE/IPS to connect with the surrounding community, especially in the region of Setúbal.

The ESCE practices a positive philosophy which focuses on the future needs of its students and needs of the business world. The degree of the ESCE intends to prepare professionals capable to contributing to the sustainable development of organizations.

The ESCE/IPS search growing closeness to society, particularly through the encouragement of partnerships with organizations and bets on employability.
The goal of the ESCE is to prepare flexible and dynamic professionals educated in the general concepts of management allied with specific expertise in related areas. These include accounting, finances, human resources, marketing, distribution, logistics and information systems. To attain this goal, the ESCE promotes a different approach built on the following considerations:

• Employability and satisfaction of our graduates – more than 90% of our students have found employment within one year of graduation.
• Relations with the Business World – all our courses include a mandatory internship or business simulation upon completion; we encourage an open class system, conferences, field visits, case studies, consulting work, and training.
• Practical training – classes at ESCE are dynamic, practical and geared for the business context
• Good professor/ student relation – the professors at ESCE are extremely accessible and the relations with their students excellent, successfully combining teaching skills with research activities.
• Study conditions and assistance – students may avail themselves of our excellent, modern facilities, wireless internet access and equipment, as well as benefit from our various assistance and scholarship programmes.
• Innovative extra-curricular programmes and activities– use of simulations and technological applications, organization of “business weeks”, language labs, personal development seminars, and more.