Education | IFT signs cooperation agreement with Évora University

Fanny Vong (left), Alexis Tam and Ana Costa Freitas

The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) and Évora University signed a cooperation agreement yesterday in Macau. The agreement was signed by IFT president Fanny Vong and Évora University rector Ana Costa Freitas.

Through the cooperation with the Portuguese university, IFT hopes to promote faculty and student exchanges, internship placements, joint research and other forms of institutional collaboration in postgraduate studies.

The announcement follows a visit to Portugal by a Macau delegation led by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam, which took place between September 17 and 25. During the trip, the Tertiary Education Services Office arranged for a group from Macau’s higher education sector to visit the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, as well as universities, laboratories and incubation centers.

Established in Portugal in 1559, Évora University is a renowned institution with a long history. According to an IFT statement issued yesterday, Évora University “engages in a lot of research and projects on cultural heritage conservation and restoration, as well as […] the identification of the material and structure of cultural relics.”

The university offers a postgraduate program in cultural heritage.