Abbreviations and acronyms
Original | English | |
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A3ES | Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior | Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education |
ADHEP | OECD Analytical Database of Higher Education Providers | |
BAföG | Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz | Federal Training Support Act (German student grants system) |
CET | Cursos de Especialização Tecnológica | Post-secondary, non-tertiary Technological Specialisation Course |
CNA | Concurso Nacional de Acesso | National Access Competition |
CROUS | Centres régionaux des œuvres universitaires et scolaires | Regional Centres for University and School Services |
DGEEC | Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência | Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics |
DGES | Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior | Directorate-General for Higher Education |
ECTS | European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System | |
EEA | European Economic Area | |
ESEP | Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto | Higher School of Nursing, Porto |
FCT | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia | Foundation for Science and Technology |
FTE | Full-time Equivalent | |
FUA | Functional Urban Area | |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | |
GVA | Gross Value Added | |
IAS | Indexante dos Apoios Sociais | Social Support Index (reference value) |
ICT | Information and Communication Technologies | |
IEFP | Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional | Institute for Employment and Vocational Training |
IGeFE | Instituto de Gestão Financeira da Educação | Institute for Financial Management of Education |
IP | Instituto Politécnico | Polytechnic Institute |
IPCA | Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave | Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave |
ISCTE | ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa | ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon |
NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics | |
OE | Orçamento do Estado | State Budget |
PhD | Philosophiae Doctor | Doctor of Philosophy |
PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment | |
PNAES | Plano Nacional para o Alojamento no Ensino Superior | National Plan for Housing in Higher Education |
PRR | Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência | Recovery and Resilience Plan |
STEAM | Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths | |
TeSP | Cursos Técnicos Superiores Profissionais | Professional Higher Technical Programmes |
TL2 | Territorial Level 2 (large regions) | |
UTAD | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro | University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro |
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