Social work education: ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon/Portugal

Abstract

ISCTE-IUL 1that is a public university established in 1972 pursuing teaching, research and community service activities. With more than 9000 students enrolled in undergraduate (46%) and postgraduate (54%) programs, 450 teachers and 240 non-teaching staff, the University is proud to be one of the most dynamic and innovative universities in the country producing, transmitting and transferring knowledge to society according with the highest international standards. It is a research oriented university with a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approach, that includes eight research units, six laboratories, as well as the Departments and Schools that are the main organizational structures of the Institute (see www.iscte-iul.pt). The research units have high quality and national merit and with significant contributions of international relevance in their research areas. CIES-IUL's is one of these research units and has as main scientific domain sociology, developing also relevant activity in the fields of public policy, political science, communication, education, modern and contemporary history and social work.