The Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV) is an institution of higher education in public law at the service of society, whose objectives are high-level qualification, production and diffusion of knowledge, as well as cultural, artistic, technological and scientific training of its students, within an international frame of reference. It enhances the activity of teachers, researchers and non-teachers, stimulates the intellectual and professional training of its students and ensures that all duly qualified citizens have access to higher education and lifelong learning. It promotes the effective mobility of students and graduates, nationally and internationally.