The Paços de Brandão Senior Institute (), (abbreviated as ''ISPAB'') is an
institution
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in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Paços de Brandão
Paços de Brandão () is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, and Aveiro District. The population in 2011 was 4,867, in an area of 3.56 km2. It is 22 km from Porto, and is part of the Porto Metropolitan Area.
...
, the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Santa Maria da Feira
Santa Maria da Feira () is a city and a concelho, municipality in Aveiro District in Portugal, 23 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 139,309,Portuguese
district of Aveiro
Aveiro District (, ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality.
Aveiro District is bordered by the Porto District to the north, ...
.
History
The Institute was opened in September 1990 to offer classes and training in technology, but founded in 2008. But, it was only officially inaugurated on 11 January 1991, in the presence of the Minister for Engineering Valente de Oliveira, and official representation by then-Prime Minister
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the 19th president of Portugal, from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 6 November 1985 to 25 October ...
.
It was classified as
Polytechnical Institute
An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...
on 29 October 1991 by the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
.
ISPAB is owned by the ''Fundação de Ensino e Desenvolvimento de Paços de Brandão'' (''Fundação de Ensino e Desenvolvimento de Paços de Brandão''), with representation from municipal council, academia and business leaders. The school's council expanded theses offerings after a meeting on 3 November 2006, establishing the framework for individualized courses, reinforced by article 46A (Decree Law 115/2013) of the ''Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e do Ensino Superior'' (''Ministry of Science Technology and Higher Education'') on 7 August 2013.
Structure
The institute operates from a central building that provides administrative services, finance services, library, teaching halls, snack-bar, students' association office and other installations, within a on a block of land in the civil parish. Along with administrative services the space includes 18 classrooms, 4 computer laboratories, an audiovisual lab, a business simulation area, photography lab and chemical lab, as well as auditorium, in addition to studio, meeting rooms and students' areas.
The institute offers polytechnic courses, in addition to licentiate, post-graduate and masters courses:
;Polytechnic
* Accounting and management
* Marketing, commerce and sales
;Licentiate
* Accounting and management
* Marketing, publicity and public relations
;Post-graduate
* Gerontology and geriatrics
* Business management
* Marketing management
; Masters
* Finance
* Education administration and management