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)
• School of Hospitality and Wellness of Chaves (EHB)

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.

To use the paid services associated with the card—the cafeteria and copying/printing—you must add funds to your account through the Online Services.

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. 

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.

There are specific software licenses for computer science courses that you can use for free, such as software from Microsoft and VMware.

Check with your school’s Computer Resource Center or your program director.

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.

IPB has a Volunteer Program with various components within the academic and curricular spheres.

Volunteering is the act of performing an unpaid activity in which someone offers part of their time to an organization or an individual with whom they have no prior ties.

The IPB Volunteer Program aims to:

• Encourage students and the broader IPB academic community to develop, learn about, and practice solidarity and tolerance;
• Provide the most vulnerable students with the support necessary for their well-being so they can successfully pursue their academic careers;
• Promote the integration and development of students with special educational needs.

The IPB volunteer program is open to the entire IPB educational community, particularly to all students who are regularly enrolled in the academic year in which they intend to participate.

The IPB Volunteer Program also operates a Solidarity Bank that offers two services for the academic community: the Food Bank and the Clothing Bank, located at Rua de S. Francisco, No. 12, in Bragança, and at ESACT in Mirandela. Student volunteers may carry out their activities at institutions outside IPB or internally within the Solidarity Bank; they may indicate their preference on the registration form.

• The Food Bank operates only when deemed necessary. Students may access this support service by registering at https://bancosolidario.ipb.pt, following an assessment of their actual need, as well as their academic performance and class attendance.
• The Clothing Bank is open at all times to the entire IPB community and offers men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, which can be selected at the Solidarity Store (Bragança and Mirandela). It also provides bedding, household items, and other goods (subject to availability) on loan, to be used and returned in good condition as soon as they are no longer needed.
• Students wishing to access the IPB Clothing Bank should go to Rua de S. Francisco, No. 12, in Bragança, or to EsACT in Mirandela.

The IPB Solidarity Bank is guided by the principles of environmental sustainability, zero waste, reuse, and upcycling, in line with the circular economy model (reduction, reuse, upcycling, recovery, and recycling of materials and energy).

If you believe in these principles and would like to contribute your ideas, work, and projects, join us!

The IPBike Project is funded by the U-Bike Portugal program, a nationwide initiative to promote cycling in academic settings, which aims to encourage the adoption of more sustainable mobility habits.

To this end, the project enables the IPB academic community to use electric or conventional bicycles as an alternative to individual motorized modes of transportation.