FCT establishes partnerships with two California universities

The President of FCT, Madalena Alves, joined the delegation from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education on a visit to California, United States of America (USA), from February 20 to 24, with the aim of establishing collaborations between FCT and two prestigious California universities: University of California Berkeley and Stanford University.

During the visit, FCT signed a memorandum of understanding, the first to be signed worldwide, with Stanford University's new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, an innovative, research-oriented school focused on solutions with a high impact on the challenges of sustainability and climate change.

For now, reciprocal mobility between Portuguese institutions and the Doerr School of Sustainability has been established, including researchers, students, and teachers. The signing of this memorandum follows the visit to California by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in September 2022.

In addition to this memorandum, an agreement was also negotiated between FCT and the University of California, Berkeley, which will be signed shortly and will have identical objectives.

The aim is not only to strengthen relations and partnerships with higher education and scientific institutions in California, where several Portuguese students and teachers have distinguished themselves through their work, but also to encourage these American universities to work with Portuguese academic institutions.

As part of this trip, visits were also made to companies led by Portuguese-Americans, and seminars were held with the participation of Portuguese entrepreneurs who have companies in California or work in companies in the region.