Basic information
Barreiro School of Technology/ESTBarreiro/IPS is a public higher education institutionand forms part of the Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal. The School is located at a twenty minutes boat travel to Lisbon, the city capital of Portugal. It is a privileged location close to many tourist attractions and 15 minutes away from the Lisbon Airport. Also, it is located in the Lisbon Metropolitan area, where many firms, both national and multinational develop their activity in the region in different areas such as paper, aeronautics, automobile, tourism, mechanical engineering, logistics and ports, which holds a highly important geostrategic as a gateway to Europe. Furthermore, it is also close to Setubal, which, with its varied landscape composed of sea and mountains, including a large protected area, is a tourist destination for Portuguese and foreigners.