Universidade Lusófona

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies) is the largest Portuguese private university, and the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Promotion of the Portuguese language is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees.

History
The Universidade Lusofona started in 1987 in Lisbon and is the property of Grupo Lusófona a Portuguese private investor group geared at developing higher education institutions in Lusophone countries. Since then Universidade Lusófona has opened semi-autonomous offshoots in Porto, Luanda, Mindelo (2007). The Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), is a private higher education establishment that belongs to the Lusófona Group, located in Portimão, Portugal, and founded as such in 2004 from older private higher education institutions previously operating in the city.

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

 * Architecture
 * Geography and Development
 * Urban Planning and Territorial Management

Department of Social and Human Sciences

 * Political Science and International Relations
 * Education Sciences
 * Religious Sciences
 * European Studies and International Relations
 * Lusophone Studies
 * Philosophy
 * History
 * Social Service
 * Sociology
 * Translation and Interpretation
 * Tourism

Department of Communication Sciences, Architecture, Arts, and Information Technology

 * Cinema, Video, and Multimedia Communication
 * Communication and Culture Sciences
 * Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations
 * Digital Animation
 * Design
 * Graphic Production and Design
 * Photography
 * Computer Engineering
 * Communication and Arts
 * Communication and Journalism
 * Business Management Computing

Department of Health Sciences

 * Pharmaceutical Sciences
 * Health Unit Management

Department of Law

 * Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

 * Physical Education and Sports

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

 * Biology
 * Ocean Sciences
 * Chemistry
 * Biotechnological Engineering
 * Civil Engineering
 * Environmental Engineering
 * Electronic Engineering
 * Industrial Management and Engineering
 * Food Engineering
 * Mathematics
 * Biochemistry
 * Biotechnology

Department of Veterinary Medicine

 * Veterinary Medicine

Department of Psychology

 * Psychology

Department of Economy and Management

 * Accounting
 * Economy
 * Business Management
 * Human Resources Management

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

 * Advanced Studies in Architecture
 * Geography and Development
 * Museology
 * Urban Planning

Department of Social and Human Sciences

 * Education Scienceslll
 * Political Science
 * Science of Religions
 * Special Education
 * Literary Translation Studies
 * Philosophy
 * Social Service and Social Policy
 * Sociology
 * Lusophony and International Relations
 * Political, Economic and Social Lusophone History
 * Tourism

Department of Communication Sciences, Arts, and Information Technology

 * Communication Sciences, Marketing, and Advertising
 * Institutional Communication
 * Alternative Communication and Support Systems
 * Communication and Culture Sciences
 * Film Studies
 * Journalism, Politics, and Contemporary History
 * Creation and Production in Technological Arts
 * Multimedia Communication Systems
 * Software Engineering and Information Systems
 * Kino Eyes - The European Movie Masters - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master
 * Docnomads - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master

Department of Health Sciences

 * Dermatological and Cosmetic Sciences
 * Pharmaceutical Sciences
 * Pharmaceutical Care

Department of Law

 * Law

Department of Physical Education, Sports, and Leisure

 * Young Sportspeople Training
 * Pedagogical Supervision in Physical Education and Sports

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

 * Developmental Biology
 * Engineering and Ocean Studies
 * Environmental Engineering

Department of Veterinary Medicine

 * Veterinary Medicine

Department of Psychology

 * Education Psychology
 * Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy
 * Sexual Psychology
 * Criminal Psychology and Social Exclusion
 * Psychology in International and Inter-cultural environments

Department of Economy and Management

 * Business Management
 * Economy

Department of Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography and Plastic Arts

 * Museology

Department of Social and Human Sciences

 * Education
 * Political Science
 * Philosophy - Contemporary Thought

Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences

 * Mathematics (Physics-Mathematics]

Department of Psychology

 * Clinical Neuropsychology

Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes
The Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), is a private higher education establishment that belongs to the Lusófona Group, located in Portimão, Algarve region, Portugal, resulting from the merger between ISMAG and ISHT of Portimão in 2004. The main mission of the institute is to widen the offer of higher education in the western Algarve region. ISMAT's strategic objectives are to provide university courses and to develop research in the most different areas of specialization, with particular emphasis on scientific and technical fields that can contribute to the development of the Algarve region, that can respond to regional needs in terms of human resources training, and that can meet the most pressing regional development needs. The teaching institution was established in 2004 and is named after Manuel Teixeira Gomes, a Portuguese politician, diplomat and writer from Portimão who served as President of Portugal between 1923 and 1925. As of 2021, ISMAT awards degrees in fields such as architecture, data science, computer engineering, law, psychology and sports science. Besides research and teaching endeavors, the institution dynamizes the city's society through workshops and expositions it organizes. Among its teaching staff, ISMAT has counted with some notable individualities of the Algarve such as Cândida Ventura and Carlos Lopez Cano Vieira.