{"id":57463,"date":"2021-06-13T22:39:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T22:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qaportal.ipv.pt\/apresentacao\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:00:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qaportal.ipv.pt\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;61cde739-1ea0-438d-b653-f3abdb47464f&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(43,46,52,0.43) 0%|rgba(43,46,52,0.43) 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(43,46,52,0.43)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(43,46,52,0.43)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/qaportal.ipv.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apresentacao-2.jpg&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; 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Jo\u00e3o Vinhas PhD has been teaching at this school since 1988.<br \/>\nHe holds a PhD in Education Sciences from the University of \u00c9vora, a Master\u2019s degree in Applied Physics from the University of Aveiro and a degree in Physics from the University of Coimbra.<br \/>\nHe has been President of the ESTGV, from 2019 to till date, having also held the position of Vice-President there, between 2011-2019. 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Helena Vale holds a PhD in Veterinary Sciences from the University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro and graduated in Veterinary Medicine, from the same university, where she also performed Educational Aptitude and Scientific Aptitude Tests, in 1996, and obtained the aggregation in 2019, in Veterinary Sciences, Animal Health Branch.<br \/>\nAt the Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico\u2019s Escola Superior Agr\u00e1ria, she has held several management positions: she served as Department Director, from 2000 to 2009; she was Vice-President of the Board of Directors, from 2003 to 2006; President of the Scientific Council, from 2009 to 2013 and President of the Representatives Assembly, from 2012 to 2018.[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image title_text=&#8221;ftimg_2026_a&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;5e11418b-8346-4f17-9949-5537568fdfc4&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/qaportal.ipv.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ftimg_2026_a-2.jpg&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 350px;||width: 350px;||border-radius: 350px;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;1cfb1f72-9a23-460a-a3ab-56685bac1552&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jo\u00e3o Paulo Balula<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;VICE-PRESIDENT&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;4fd5cf64-b0de-4ed9-b5d0-523395795ceb&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Coordinating Professor at ESEV (Escola Superior de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o de Viseu) where he has been teaching since 1991.<br \/>\nHe holds a PhD in Didactics from the University of Aveiro, a Master\u2019s degree in Classical Literatures, from the University of Coimbra and a degree in Humanities and Educational Training, from Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa.<br \/>\nHe was Vice-President of ESEV, from 2009 to 2016, and has been its President since 2016.[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_id=&#8221;hms&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;309cafdb-1c0c-4405-8da1-0606cfdfd505&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#2b2e34&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;350cbdb8-1b80-4e50-881e-72f754a88789&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;1cfb1f72-9a23-460a-a3ab-56685bac1552&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PV Sans Bold|700|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;42px&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;32px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]History, vision and mission[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;350cbdb8-1b80-4e50-881e-72f754a88789&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;628913dc-903b-400f-a41f-04d9eb876320&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]The Polytechnic Institute of Viseu is a public higher education institution at the service of society, whose aims are to provide its students with high level qualification, to produce and disseminate knowledge, as well as to ensure the cultural, artistic, technological and scientific training of its students, in full accordance with international reference frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>It values the activity of its teachers, researchers and non-teaching staff, stimulates the intellectual and professional training of its students and provides the best possible conditions for all duly qualified citizens to have access to higher education and lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<p>It fosters an actual mobility of students and graduates, both nationally and internationally. It has both the right and the duty to take active part in activities that will strengthen its ties with society, namely those that seek the dissemination and transfer of knowledge, and the economic valuation of scientific knowledge. 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