Portugal will again participate in NAFSA 2021

From June 1 to 4, Portugal will once again participate in NAFSA, one of the world's largest events on the internationalization of higher education, which takes place in the United States of America. This year, still due to issues and restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be held online and Portugal will be present in the initiative through the participation of 12 national educational institutions, namely Alcoitão School of Health Sciences, Faculdade de Letras - School of Arts and Humanities, Instituto Superior Técnico (Técnico Lisbon) the ISEG Lisbon School of Economics & Management - University of Lisbon, the ISCTE Business School / ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, the ISMAI - University Institute of Maia / IPMAIA - Polytechnic Institute of Maia, the Polytechnic of Leiria, the IPL - Polytechnic of Lisbon, the Polytechnic of Porto, the European University, IADE, IPAM, the Lusophone University and the Lusíada University. It also counts with the participation of the Erasmus+ agency, the Study in Lisbon project of the Lisbon City Council and SiPN - Study in Portugal Network of the Luso-American Foundation for Development (FLAD).

The Portuguese participation in NAFSA 2021 is part of the Study & Research in Portugal project, of which FCT is one of the promoters, and is carried out through a joint partnership between FLAD, ERASMUS+ and Fulbright Portugal.

NAFSA is an association founded in 1948 and has as its main objective the professional development of technicians linked to the higher education sector, with the aim of accompanying and advising foreign students in the USA. This organization currently has 10,000 members worldwide, dedicated to the internationalization of education.