The "Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco" is a public institution of higher education created in 1980.It is located in Castelo Branco, a town in the inner Portuguese land esteemed as it's major town and the second most important town of central Portugal with the highest growth rate in the last decade.

With six Schools, 36 graduations, about 5.000 students, over 400 teachers, high level teaching and research departments, accommodation, high quality sport facilities and with more and more efficient connections to the market and the surrounding community, the "Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco" is nowadays a modern and solid Institution proceed of its high standards of quality.

It's main objectives are initial, continuing and specialized training of highly competent professionals, scientific and technological research, provision of services to the community and the promotion of regional development.

The strong connections that the IPCB has with the community and with cultural and economic development have evolved into partnerships with the most important national scientific offices and into research and development partnerships with several European universities.

The "Escola Superior de Tecnologia - ESTCB" (School of Engineering) was created in 1997, after the extinction of the School of Technology and Management.

This school lectures 7 degrees, in the areas of Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Information Technologies and Multimedia, Computer Science Applied to Health, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Medical Equipment Technology.

The school has around 1100 students, and a staff of 80 teachers and 55 workers.

The school also has an important role on the community, by providing the development of projects and realization of tests applied to real problems, in cooperation with the local enterprises and public institutions.