INESC Ecosystem
INESC in Europe
One Ecosystem. One Europe. Five Institutes. One Voice towards the European Institutions.
Together, the five INESC institutes combine complementary expertise across research, technology, infrastructure and innovation. They engage with Europe through research partnerships, collaborative programmes, institutional relationships and participation in European research and innovation initiatives.
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Research, technology, infrastructure and innovation, combined across five institutes.
The INESC Brussels HUB
The INESC Brussels HUB provides a shared point of presence in Brussels, supporting engagement with the European institutions and helping connect the expertise of the INESC network with European priorities, stakeholders and opportunities.
INESC was founded in 1980 and has established itself as a reference model for university–industry collaboration in Portugal. It was the first institutions in the country to demonstrate, through concrete support to sectoral and territorial economic development, the importance of research and innovation to technological and economic progress. The value of this activity led to INESC’s recognition as a public utility institution in 1987.
Today, the INESC ecosystem comprises five research institutes:
Each with its own identity, areas of specialisation and institutional relationships, while forming part of the wider INESC network.
Five institutes in Portugal. One ecosystem.
Alongside its international relationships, INESC's five institutes are rooted in Portugal, with research teams distributed across six universities and six polytechnic institutes nationwide.
INESC Around the World
Beyond Portugal, INESC has a strong international presence, with research collaborations, academic partnerships and institutional relationships across Europe and around the world. These connections are developed both across the wider INESC network and directly by the individual institutes.
Europe
INESC's European engagement is led through the INESC Brussels HUB, the network's shared point of presence supporting relationships with the European institutions.
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Brazil
INESC's presence in Brazil is led by INESC P&D Brasil, an independent institution within the wider INESC network.
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THE INESC ECOSYSTEM
One ecosystem. Five research institutes. Complementary capabilities.
INESC around the world
INESC has a strong international and nationwide presence, with collaborations and research partnerships across countries including Japan, India, China, South Korea, the United States and Brazil, as well as a representation hub in Brussels. In Portugal, its research teams are distributed across six universities and six polytechnic institutes, creating strong links between academia, research and industry and helping align scientific and technological education with economic and societal needs.
INESC in numbers
A current snapshot of the INESC ecosystem across research, people, projects, scientific output and European participation.
Five institutes. One ecosystem.
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