Services - Pedagogical Innovation Office

The Pedagogical Innovation Office (GIP) is tasked with the continuous improvement of teaching/learning processes in FEUP’s study programmes, covering the three cycles of studies and continuing education, with the aim of promoting the academic potential of students and faculty across various areas, based on a culture of teaching excellence. The responsibilities of the GIP include:

• Monitoring the state of the art in teaching and learning, with relevance to FEUP;
• Organising, supporting, or promoting training/events in the pedagogical area relevant to the FEUP community;
• Disseminating FEUP's "best pedagogical practices" through support in the preparation of publications and communications by faculty;
• Promoting FEUP's "best pedagogical practices" within the community and externally;
• Stimulating training and learning environments that enhance the holistic development of students through new educational approaches;
• Conducting and collaborating in studies on innovative and inclusive teaching and learning methods;
• Issuing opinions on studies and reports when requested by management bodies, services, and offices at FEUP;
• Collaborating with similar offices at U.Porto and other higher education institutions;
• Participating in and collaborating on projects that align with its mission;
• Representing FEUP in pedagogical network meetings, when requested by management bodies.

The activities of the Pedagogical Innovation Office (GIP) include pedagogical training for FEUP faculty and researchers, as well as projects and transversal skills.

Contact: [email protected]

Complementary Skills Programme for First-Cycle Engineering Students

This programme aims to expand the foundational training of the study cycle to complementary areas of Engineering, through attendance at courses focused on the development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary skills that promote adaptation to different contexts and/or problem-solving capacity.
It also aims to encourage the organisation of Student Activities centred on training activities and/or technical-scientific events and/or competitions, enabling the certification/crediting of organisational skills (planning, resource management, etc.) and soft skills (teamwork, leadership, etc.) developed in this context.
The programme further aims to enable the accreditation of participation in Engineering Competitions, which are focused on solving complex problems/challenges, involving prior specific training and where the development is centred on team-based work with time-limited objectives.

Transversal Skills Programme for PhD Students and Researchers

The promotion of the development of transversal skills at the third-cycle level is one of the quality principles of doctoral education, with its implementation being recommended for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that aim to be competitive and recognised.
Aware of these challenges, FEUP recognises that such skills, in addition to aligning doctoral programmes with the most recent quality standards in doctoral education, can: provide PhD students with better guidance and onboarding to the doctoral process, lead to more efficient and productive thesis development, help find coping strategies for daily challenges, promote the creation of businesses, start-ups, and new projects, etc., thereby increasing the employability of PhD students.