Twenty seven Chinese students under the protocol between Iscte, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) and the Southern Medical School (SMU) have completed their DBA last month. Supervised by Iscte professors, this was an important milestone in their academic and professional careers.

You can find some photos of this important moment here.

This DBA Programme is the result of a cooperation protocol between Iscte,  UESTC and Iscte and SMU. It was also the first DBA programme offered by a Chinese university in cooperation with a foreign university and is officially recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Education, involving more than 199 students from 22 provinces of China since 2009.

Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) published on its official website the renewal of the accreditation of our joint programme in China for the next three years.  Currently there are only two other sino-foreign doctoral programs authorized to operate in China, of which ISCTE is proudly responsible for two.

The others are between:

  • Shanghai Jiaotong University and the University of Manchester, UK
  • The Central University of Finance and Economics and Tilburg University, Netherlands

Our doctoral programs are the only ones that have been operating for 10 years or more.