History

In 1852 the Industrial School of Porto is founded, later called the Industrial and Commercial Institute of Porto. In 1918 the Industrial Institute and the Commercial Institute formally separate. The designations, as we know them today, only happen 60 years later. In 1975 the Industrial Institute of Porto changes its designation to Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, integrating university education, and in 1976 the same happens with the Commercial Institute: it changes its designation to Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto and integrates university education.

In 1985 the Polytechnic Institute of Porto is founded, initially integrating the recently created Higher School of Education and the Higher School of Music. The latter gained, in 1994, the designation School of Music and Performing Arts with the aim of integrating other art forms besides music.

In 1988, the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of Porto and the Higher Institute of Engineering of Porto were integrated, institutes that became part of the polytechnic subsystem.

Two years later, in 1990, the School of Industrial and Management Studies was created in two poles, Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde. It was only in 2001 that this School was merged into a single and new pole, on the border between the municipalities of Vila do Conde and Póvoa de Varzim.

In 1999 the School of Technology and Management was created and in 2004 the School of Health was integrated.

In 2016, as a consequence of the institution's strategic repositioning, ESEIG is extinguished and Campus 2 becomes home to the School of Media Arts and Design and the School of Hospitality and Tourism

There are eight Schools spread over three campuses, where thousands of people study, research, teach, and innovate every day.

Today we can be proud of the high standards of our teaching; the quality of our learning and training infrastructures, scientific research and physical activity; our partnerships, protocols and cooperation in Portugal and around the world; the effervescence of our cultural agenda.

Today, more than ever, we have our eyes on the future, without forgetting a past that makes the Polytechnic of Porto one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in Portugal. And the best is yet to come.

Today we are P.PORTO