The Lisbon Experience

ISCTE is located in the centre of Lisbon, Europe’s west coast Capital and the closest gateway to Africa and Americas.

It is also known as the white city, for its unique luminosity. The light, the atmosphere and the climate, Atlantic, blended with Mediterranean influences, with warm sunny winters and cool summers offers a unique experience for each visitor. Facing the Atlantic Ocean there are, nearby, some of the best beaches of Europe and some tourist and historical hallmarks such as Estoril and Sintra.

Lisbon was the birth, in the XV century, of one of the most extraordinary journeys of man kind, the challenge of exploring the unknown world by sea, bringing together distant civilizations. Having this unique legacy, Lisbon entered in the XXI century as a dynamic mixture of monumental heritage and a vibrant cosmopolitan atmosphere, full of cultural events, with an exciting night life and a renewed architectural modernity.

Lisbon is one the safest cities in Europe and it has a very competitive cost of living, making each stay an enjoyable and less demanding budget experience.

Lisbon is also a dynamic business centre and with a distinctive international orientation. Here we can contact with hundreds of well known multinational companies, with the largest Portuguese companies with relevant European positions in various industries such as the financial, retailing, real estate and computer software industries and with some key players in the African and South American markets.

Living in Lisbon is a lifetime opportunity of experiencing a unique combination of history and modernity, in an international city, with a population that combines an extraordinary mixture of races, countries of origin and cultural backgrounds, and that makes every visitor feeling immediately at home.