Through its QMS, the Polytechnic of Coimbra assumes a policy of quality and continuous improvement in all its activities, committing itself to:
– Promoting a culture of quality across its mission axes: teaching and learning, research, community engagement and internationalisation;
– Encouraging the involvement and participation of relevant internal and external stakeholders, listening to their needs and expectations on an ongoing basis and involving them in the reflection processes to jointly catalyze quality in the different mission areas;
– Promoting an institutional culture of quality, transparency, self-responsibility and accountability, based on regular self-assessment and subsequent monitoring of the implementation of improvements;
– Ensuring the necessary conditions for updating the QMS and maintaining certification by the benchmarks and standards established as a reference;
– Promoting a culture of good management, ensuring the existence of internal rules to control the institution’s functional activities and risk management, guaranteeing action in accordance with the principles of administrative activity;
– Contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the different areas of sustainability: environmental, economic and social, by implementing and adopting sustainable strategic measures throughout the Polytechnic of Coimbra and, essentially, by acting to change behaviors and attitudes that ensure not only the future of the institution, but also of future generations.