Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

The Polytechnic of Leiria (www.ipleiria.pt/en/)) is a modern HEI that supports its activities in 4 main interconnected activities, namely, education, research, innovative services to society (added value and sharing knowledge) and internationalization. Polytechnic of Leiria has 5 faculties, accommodating more than 13000 students and more than 1600 staff. Polytechnic of Leiria was leading HEI of the creation of the RUN-EU European University (www.run-eu.eu) and is a partner of the RUN- EU 2.0, which has a strong focus on societal development through education, research and innovation in a multicultural campus environment. Polytechnic of Leiria is the only public HEI in Leiria and Western region in Portugal and it is at the core of a Research and Innovation Regional and Global Ecosystem which includes:

a) 17 research centres supported by the national science and technology foundation;

b) A unique start-up ecosystem composed by 4 incubators and 1 start-up accelerator; The Polytechnic is the Vice-President of the regional Entrepreneurial Association (1200 SME’s)

c) A regional ecosystem that promotes societal engagement, including 2 scientific infrastructures located at the “heart” of 2 industrial parks, as well the occurrence of more than 2500 internships/year with SME’s and other regional stakeholders

d) The Portuguese HEI that lead in the last 10 years the co-creation projects with SME supported by the Portuguese National Innovation

e) National and international R&D experience in financed projects, including FP7 and H2020, Horizon Europe.