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ISMT is a private higher university education institution existing for more than 75 years now (we begun our activities in 1937), integrated in the Portuguese higher education system by the ordinance No. 15/90 of the 9th January. The Institute is also a training organization accredited by the Scientific / Pedagogical Council for Continuous Training (CCPFC), as well as a collective member of the Research Centre for the Study of Population, Economics and Society (CEPESE), an institution dedicated to scientific research, vocation inter-university. The ISMT still is an associate member of the Portuguese Association of Private Higher Education (APESP), which is an association of non-state higher education institutions. Our misson is to create and disseminate culture and science, as well as to establish conditions for conducting research, always in the perspective of development of the community and the individual. At the present time, our education offer is: 1st Cycle Degrees – 11 degrees in a diversity of areas such as: * ARTS Communication Design * COMMUNICATION SCIENCES Journalism Information Multimedia * BUSINESS SCIENCES Accounting and Auditing Business Communication Management Human Resources Management * SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Psychology Social Work * COMPUTER SCIENCES Computer Sciences Computer Science with Business 2nd Cycle Degrees (Masters) – 4 in the whole: Human Resources Management and Organisational Behavior Clinical Psychology Social Work Social Gerontology In addition to these courses, ISMT also offers Postgraduate courses (non-academic degree), as well as short duration training. ISMT, under Cooperation Protocols, also cooperates in doctoral studies, such as the course of PhD in Psychology in agreement with the University of Extremadura (in Spain).