The MIT Portugal Program is a large-scale international collaboration involving MIT and government, academia, and industry in Portugal to develop education and research programs related to engineering systems. The high-level partnership represents a strategic commitment by the Portuguese government to science, technology, and higher education that leverages MIT’s experience in these important areas in order to strengthen the country’s knowledge base through an investment in human capital and institution building.

A significant achievement of the MIT Portugal Program to date is its success in developing highly skilled human resources in the scientific and technological community in Portugal. Noted here are the numbers of students enrolled in MIT Portugal PhD and Executive Master's degree programs in Portuguese universities, and of researchers holding post-doctoral and doctoral contracts in Portuguese institutions. In addition, a large group of faculty and researchers at MIT and at eight Portuguese institutions participate in the Program's educational and research initiatives. These numbers are for the first four academic years of the Program, including 2010-11.

PhD students: 327
Executive Master's students: 46
Executive Master’s graduates: 128
Faculty/researcher contracts: 23
PhD scholarships granted: 202
Current post-doctoral research contracts: 3
MIT students supported by MIT Portugal research grants: 300
MIT faculty involved in Program research and education: 70
Portuguese faculty involved in Program research and education: 270