Message from the President

Dear ESHTE Community,

We welcome the entire academic community to the start of a new academic year with great enthusiasm. This moment marks not only the return to school but also the beginning of another important stage in the lives of all who are part of this institution. With each new year, we renew our commitment to excellent education, personal growth, and building a better future.

We especially salute our students, who are at the heart of all our work, and the teaching, administrative, and management staff, whose daily efforts are fundamental to our school's success.

This academic year brings important new developments. We would like to highlight the modernization of our spaces, created to offer better conditions to the entire community. A new teaching support space has been created on the third floor of the Tourism Technology Base Incubation Center (CIBT), as well as two new rooms - Connect Space and Discovery Room - in the main building, which will certainly contribute to a more dynamic and welcoming teaching environment.

We have also strengthened our support network through the protocol with the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES), which will allow us to provide access vouchers to psychologists and nutritionists, providing vital support for the mental and physical well-being of our students.

The new Office for Success and Dropout Reduction, as well as the Step+ and Student WellBe programs, will also play a central role in preventing and monitoring dropout situations to inspire and motivate everyone to persist in their academic journeys by encouraging healthy and balanced practices during academic life.

May this be a year of achievement, overcoming, and significant learning for all of us. We are on this path together and wish you all an excellent academic year!

Carlos Brandão