welcome guide - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública

Introduction
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP) provides postgraduate
teaching and research in health related areas,
namely in public health and health policy and
management.
Established in 1966, ENSP is a pioneer institution in
public health education in Portugal and in Europe. The
school was incorporated in NOVA in 1994.
With an experienced and competent faculty, ENSP
invests in health promotion and innovation, through a
broad network of national and international
partnerships. Its goals are:
• To promote a student-oriented teaching/learning
process with an integrated, and dynamic vision of
health systems and Public Health sciences;
• To promote scientific discovery, knowledge
production and innovation practices in Public Health;
• To connect research and teaching with action in
Public Health, in order to establish itself as an effective
influence in the emerging knowledge society.
Faculty at ENSP cover many different disciplines such as
Epidemiology and Statistics, Environmental and
Occupational Health, Health Promotion, Health Policy,
Management of Healthcare Organizations, Health
Economics, Sociology of Health and Health Law.
ENSP receives annually about 170 new students for
courses with one or more years duration, including
doctorates, masters and specializations. Additionally,
about 200 other students attend short courses. Master
and PhD theses and other final course dissertations are
often published in scientific journals. ENSP students
have diverse educational backgrounds, which include
medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health technologies,
economics, management, law, psychology and others.
The School provides relevant services to the
community, including public and private institutions
who seek its faculty and researchers to support the
resolution of specific problems of health and health
care in Portugal. Several professors and graduates
occupy important positions in the health system.
In addition to protocols and agreements
established with its peers both nationally and
internationally for the development of studies
and projects in the area of Public Health, ENSP is
a member of several important associations in
the health field.
The School has its own facilities at Lumiar, with
adequate resources for the students to develop
their studies and learning experience. Escola
Nacional de Saúde Pública also has easy access by
various means of transport.
Address
Avenida Padre Cruz
1600-560 Lisboa
www.ensp.unl.pt
Tel. : +351 217512100 | Fax : +351 217582754
E-mail : ensp@ensp.unl.pt
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