The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) (www.ipb.pt) was established in 1983. Since then, thanks to the contribution of several generations of students, staff, faculty members, as well as external institutions and individuals, much has been accomplished at this institution in pursuit of a shared goal of regional and national development. With over 40 years of history, IPB has graduated more than thirty thousand students, becoming a key player in the decentralization and democratization of access to higher education.
Constituted currently by six Schools, the IPB thus has covered the entire range of training and technical-scientific skills:

• School of Agriculture (ESA)
• School of Education (ESE)
• School of Technology and Management (ESTiG)
• School of Public Management, Communication and Tourism of Mirandela (EsACT)
• School of Health (ESSa)
• School of Hospitality and Wellness of Chaves (EHB)

You can also check the specific academic calendar of your school.

• School of Agriculture (ESA)
• School of Education (ESE)
• School of Technology and Management (ESTiG)
• School of Public Management, Communication and Tourism of Mirandela (EsACT)
• School of Health (ESSa)

Enrollment/registration certificates can be requested online through the Academic Services platform.

If you wish to benefit from any special status (working student, Decree-Law no. 358/70, or others), you must submit the required documentation to the Academic Services within the established deadlines.

• Employer declaration;
• Social Security declaration;
• In the case of involuntary unemployment, a Social Security declaration proving the situation must be submitted..

• Declaration issued by the military institution;
• Formal request justifying the student’s eligibility to claim the duty of the combatant to support the student’s livelihood and education;
• IRS declaration or negative IRS declaration.

Para usar os serviços pagos associados ao cartão, cantina e cópias/impressão, é necessário carregar saldo nos serviços Online.

Before using any IPB electronic service, you must activate your email account.

To activate your account, go to http://myconfig.ipb.pt and click on the link on the main page: NEW STUDENTS: Activate your password here.

To activate your account, consult the data provided when you enrolled for the current year (User Code and Reference).

The Myconfig service also allows you to configure your Email (Auto-Response and Anti-Spam), Personal Page, Change Password and Share Files.

You can also set up an email client to have permanent access to your email. You can find help manuals for configuring the email client.

It is very important to check IPB's email frequently, as important academic information and notices are sent.

The IPB VPN Service (Virtual Private Network) allows direct access to the Services available on the IPB Network, from an external connection (for example through an ISP connection or an EU network). other higher education institutions).

It is necessary to have configured VPN access if, for example, you want to use the Online Knowledge outside the IPB campus to carry out research work.

The online services platform allows access to a set of digital services from IPB: Renewal of enrolment, inscription, payment of tuition fees, consultation of academic service history, consultation of the current account, recharging of card balance and purchase of meal vouchers.

IPB.Virtual is the IPB e-learning platform where you will have access to the contents of the curricular units, notices, messages, submission of papers, online tests, among other features.

IPB.Virtual is the main communication tool between teachers and students. Generally, whenever the content is added, messages are sent, or jobs are made available, you also receive an IPB.Virtual message on the IPB email account (unless the teacher chose not to send it by email). So, it is very important to check IPB email regularly.

Class schedules for each course can be viewed in PDF format on your School’s website. A notice will be posted on the main page whenever a new version of the schedules is released.

The links to the schedule pages for each school are:

• School of Agriculture (ESA)
• School of Education (ESE)
• School of Technology and Management (ESTiG)
• School of Public Management, Communication and Tourism of Mirandela (EsACT)
• School of Health (ESSa)

On the summaries platform you can consult the individual timetable (of the curricular units to which you are registered).

The schedules change frequently throughout the semester, so it is important to check each Saturday if the schedule for the next week has changed (changes to the schedules are usually posted on Friday afternoon on your school website).

The acquisition, copying, and printing system allows the scanning of documents in searchable PDF format (with OCR) and sending to email; Follow Me type printing (in any of the schools) and Copy of documents.

The Printing System is integrated with the IPB Card Account, and students can upload to the IPB Card account and use the balance in various services such as to copy and to print, purchase meal vouchers, among other services.

To install the print client for Windows, access the address.

Canteen meal vouchers are purchased on Online Services.

To validate the meal, simply swipe the IPB Card into the reader system in the given canteen box.

More information about Meal times and prices.

Under the protocol with Microsoft, you can have a free license for Microsoft Office 365.

Access the Microsoft website and register using the IPB email address.

Existem licenças de software específico para cursos da área de informática que podes usar gratuitamente, como por exemplo software da Microsoft e da VMware.

Informa-te no Centro de Recursos Informáticos da tua escola ou com o Diretor de Curso.

Each IPB school has a library where you can order books and study.

In the online catalogue, you can consult the books that are available for requisition and on which shelf they are.

To order books at the library counter, you only need to present the IPB card to identify yourself.

To develop academic works you can also search the IPB digital scientific repository and the Online Knowledge Library b-on.

In the Documentation and Libraries Services, you can find other electronic resources and services that can help you.

The CLESEB – Language Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança offers various language courses aimed at the IPB community.

O IPB possui um Programa de Voluntariado, com diferentes vertentes no âmbito académico e curricular.

O voluntariado é o exercício de uma atividade gratuita na qual alguém oferece parte do seu tempo a uma organização ou a um indivíduo com os quais não possui quaisquer laços.

O programa de voluntariado do IPB visa:

• Estimular junto dos estudantes e demais comunidade académica do IPB a formação, educação e prática da solidariedade e da tolerância;
• Proporcionar aos estudantes mais vulneráveis os apoios necessários ao seu bem-Estar para que desenvolvam um percurso académico com sucesso;
• Promover a integração e desenvolvimento dos estudantes com necessidades educativas especiais.

O programa de voluntariado do IPB destina-se a toda a comunidade educativa do IPB particularmente a todos os estudantes regularmente inscritos no ano letivo em que pretendam efetivar a participação no programa de voluntariado do IPB.

O Voluntariado do IPB possui ainda um Banco Solidário que engloba dois serviços à comunidade académica: o Banco de Alimentos e o Banco de Roupas que funcionam na Rua de S. Francisco, nº 12, em Bragança, e na ESACT, em Mirandela. Os alunos Voluntários podem exercer a sua ação em Instituições externas ao IPB ou, internamente no âmbito do Banco Solidário, podendo fazer essa escolha na ficha de inscrição.

• O Banco de Alimentos funciona apenas quando considerado necessário. O acesso dos alunos a este serviço de apoio será feito mediante inscrição https://bancosolidario.ipb.pt, avaliação da necessidade efetiva e ainda dos resultados académicos e assiduidade às aulas.
• O Banco de Roupas está aberto em permanência a toda a comunidade do IPB e, disponibiliza vestuário de homem, senhora e criança, que poderão escolher na Loja Solidária (Bragança e Mirandela). Disponibiliza ainda, roupas de cama, utilidades domésticas e outros (mediante existência em stock), a título de empréstimo, para uso e devolução em condições, logo que já não necessitem.
• Os alunos que pretendam aceder ao Banco de Roupas do IPB deverão dirigir-se à Rua de S. Francisco, nº 12, em Bragança ou à EsACT, em Mirandela

O Banco Solidário do IPB rege-se pelos princípios da sustentabilidade ambiental, não desperdício, reutilização e valorização, numa lógica de economia circular (redução, reutilização, revalorização, recuperação e reciclagem de materiais e energia).

Se acreditas nestes princípios e gostarias de participar com as tuas ideias, trabalho e projetos, junta-te a nós!

O Projeto IPBike é financiado pelo programa U-Bike Portugal, um projeto de âmbito nacional de promoção da mobilidade ciclável em meio académico, que visa incentivar a adoção de hábitos mais sustentáveis em termos de mobilidade.

Para isso, o projeto possibilita, à comunidade académica do IPB, a utilização de bicicletas elétricas ou convencionais, em alternativa aos meios de transporte individuais motorizados.