Instituto Superior Técnico

Goals

Recruit the Best, Develop Talent, Build the Future

IST recruits the best students in the country and provides them with solid national and internationally recognized scientific and technical training. The Development and Training Program (PDF) is in line with the School’s objectives for Teaching and Research:

  • Teaching Fundamentals to STEM students, demanding rigor, digital fluency and high quality in learning
  • Improving active learning, strongly supporting students to become accountable
  • Collaborative learning within a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment in order to stimulate communication and critical thinking
  • Adapting teaching and learning to a VUCA world, where volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity rule
  • Stimulating teachers and students creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Expose academic community to societal thinking and value creation
  • Creating an ecosystem engaging the school, the students and society in order to improve engagement and better learning for all