Learning aims/outcomes (knowledge, skills and competencies to be developed by the students).

The students are expected to learn theoretical concepts of management and administration that are consistent with corporate practices in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, strategy and logistics benefiting from broader concepts of economy, law, psychology, mathematics and computing.

Teaching methods are dynamic and include: individual and group assignments, case solving, tests, presentations and discussions, field trips, seminars, on-the-job training and reports. Students will be equipped with a range of skills such as effective communication (oral and written), listening and making oneself heard, collecting, selecting, interpreting and using information, critical analysis, create and solve problems, make decisions, and specially entrepreneurial skills such as creativity, innovation, leadership, negotiation and teamwork.

Insertion of the academic programme in the institutional training strategy in line with theinstituion's mission 

The goals set for the Business Administration programme are in line with the mission and objectives of the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT) and the Escola Superior de Gestão de Tomar (ESGT) to which it belongs.

As a polytechnic higher institution in the European Higher Education Area, the IPT offers undergraduate and graduate training producing useful knowledge and developing a range of skills, abilities and competencies to prepare its students to enter the labour market and become engaged citizens in a democratic society.

The ESGT aims mainly to deliver middle and advanced business managers and offer a practice-oriented and student-centred learning approach that focuses on cooperation with the industry, both through the practical coursework developed throughout the programme and the end-of-year internships/placements. This is intended to get students closer to the reality of the working world, facilitate their insertion in the labour market and contribute to develop the region in which the IPT operates and the country in general.

The strategic goals of IPT and the ESGT include: promoting entrepreneurship and graduate employability; developing research and knowledge transfer; consolidating and expanding the links of the ESGT with the local environment and promoting the internationalization of education and training.