Technical Short Cycle Courses

  • Accounting and Taxation

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary skills to work in the Accounting and Taxation areas, awarding them the level of Technical Professional Staff, which will increase their employability potential. With this course, students will be able to, autonomously, perform technical tasks related to these two areas, such as, organise and prepared information related to accounting and taxation, do accounts reporting and support financial and tax management.

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  • Advanced Welding

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools to conceive, elaborate, coordinate and execute manufactured welded projects. The students will learn how to select processes, equipment and materials. They will also be able to propose budget efficient technical solutions and to develop scientific research works in the field of welding.

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  • Automobile Mechanics

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the skills to go into the work field and be able to plan and control automobile repair and maintenance processes in workshops. The main activities students will carry out during the course will be planning, managing and supervising maintenance, diagnostics and reparing works in both light duty and heavy vehicles. Students will also learn how to monitor and control the quality of works done in the workshop to be able to optimise the results among other activities.

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  • Digital Media Design

    The aim of the short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools to be able to design web sites, to manage digital content and to do marketing for social networks and to develop web applications, among other things.The main activities related to this course are developing sites, manage and develop design projects and interactive content. The students will also develop communication and positioning strategies for target-markets, as well as build and test physical and digital prototypes, among other activities.

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  • Electronic Systems and Computers

    The aim of this short cycle course is to give students the tools to learn how to plan and coordinate electronic solutions assembly processes, taking into consideration the optimization and fulfillment of the quality, standard and security regulations requirements for electronic systems. Students will also learn how to project, implement and debug electronic systems and computers, using hardware structures based in microcontrollers and microprocessors.

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  • Electronic Trade

    The aim of this short cycle course is to train professionals that are able to plan, implement and control digital marketing actions and give support in the management of online shops. Ensuring the level of competitiveness when in comes to operation execution, logistics and customer-oriented approach reinforcement through the online sales channels. Students will develop activities such as benchmarking, creation of promotional emails and banners, managing orders made through online channels, among many other activities.

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  • Electronics, Automation and Commands

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools for them to be able to, autonomously or in a team, plan, execute or manage the execution, instalation and maintenance of industrial automations, taken into consideration quality requirements and safety regulations. The main activities related to this course are: - Installing and programming automation, instrumentation, robotics and industrial control systems; - Design electric, electronic, pneumatic and hyraulic schemes; - Develop industrial automations using Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), among many other activities.

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  • Energy, Telecommunications and Domotics

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide the students with the necessary tools for being able to work in the planning, dimensioning and execution and maintenance of electrical instalations, telecommunication infrastructures and domotics. During this course, the students will learn how to plan and dimension the instalation, maintenance and repair low and medium voltage electrical installations.

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  • Events' Planning and Management

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools to learn how to plan and manage events. Event management and planning is one of the fastest growing activities areas. Students will learn all that is included in planning an event, from budgeting to sponsorships, technical and human resources, coordinating work teams and evaluating results. Other activities include using events specialised apps, develop the 8 marketing-mix event policies, understand and apply the protocol behind each event, among many others.

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  • Export and Logistics

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools to be able to analyse the international markets the company works with, to ensure and control the export process, to manage the transportation systems and to optimise the information flow, among other tasks. The main activities of this course are related to understanding international market networks, to coordinating reception, control and expedition of packages, to developing relationship networks with clients and to analysing its needs, as well as the needs of their companies. The students will learn how to articulate transportation systems depending on the clients' demands and needs, among many other things.

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  • Fashion Design

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools to create products and collections for fashion, including clothing and accessories bearing in mind creative and manufacturing processes as well as trends and market analysis. Students will be able to manage creative processes for the designing of fashion lines using methodologies, techniques and tools that facilitate this process. Among other skills acquired, students will learn about the most common raw materials and fabrics used in fashion. An overall perspective of the fashion world and history will be given throughout the course.

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  • Footwear Design

    The aim of the short cycle course is to provide students with the skills to design and create footwear related products, bearing in mind trends, quality, commercial strategy and production's technical constraints. The main activities within this course will be to develop footwear, to manage conception and developement projects of new models of footwear, to be on trend with the latest fashion, both national and international in terms of raw materials, colours and products, among many other things.

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  • Illustration and Graphic Arts

    The aim of this short cycle course is to give students the necessary tools to be able to conceive and develop illustration, composition and work for pre-printing, taking into consideration the company's commercial strategy and the technical constraints associated with graphic production. The main activities students will have to perform during the course are related to developing 2D and 3D digital and manual illustrations, manage, plan and organise an illustration project from creation to pre-printing. Students will also learn how to manage the research and compilation of relevant information for their activity.

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  • Industrial Maintenance

    This short cycle course aims to provide students with the skills to be able to manage the maintenance of automation, instrumentation, robotics and industrial control equipments. The students will also be able to monitor work in the areas of maintenance of industrial equipment and AVAC installations. The main activities students will perform during this course are related to planning, organising, monitoring and controlling maintenance and repairing of industrial equipment according to the established quality standards.

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  • Management Support

    Students, at the end of this short cycle course should be able to perform secretariat and administrative tasks, such as managing schedules, contacts and information, use informatic applications and filing techniques, prepare budgets and coordinate technical, human and financial resourses.

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  • Mobile Applications

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the skills to work, autonomously or within a group, in the development of mobile applications. The main activities throughout the course will be to analise real problems of variable complexity, plan the development and programming of mobile applications, design the architecture of mobile systems and apply technologies to the creation of such mobile applications. Students will also be required to integrate multimedia components and emerging technology, develop 2D and 3D interfaces and assess the usability of the mobile applications.

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  • Networks and Informatics Security

    The aim of this short cycle course is to prepare students to, autonomously or in a work group, be able to analise, plan and develop network and infrastructures solutions for data communication, using informatic systems, mobile devices and network equipments. Students will learn how to plan, install, configurate and manage network, servers and informatic systems infrastructures and develop VOIP solutions, among many other activities.

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  • Production's Industrial Management

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide students with the necessary tools to work, together with the management of the company, in the planning, distribution and coordination of the production activities, equipment, materials and human resources that take part in the manufacturing process, fitting production quality and quantity to the clients' needs. The main activities during this course will involve planning and managing production and stocks, logistics and distributions, operations' management, financial planning, industrial safety, among many others.

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  • Technical Drawing and Maquination

    The aim of this short cycle course is to train professionals that are able to design and interpret mechanical systems´drawings, plan, manage and execute operations, programming techniques and CNC machines, aiming at an optimized production of results. The main activities will be to conceive and/or execute 3D pieces and their tools, using the computer, to prepare the tools, the materials, the components and the pieces necessary for the development of machinery, among many others.

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  • Tourism, Nature and Adventure

    The aim of this short cycle is to prepare students to plan, coordinate and manage tourism operations in the rural, nature and adventure context, all of this integrating the touristic experience with the conservation of natural resources and the sustainable development of tourism. Students will learn how to elaborate activities and study the market trends in this specific sector using the STO (segmentation, targetting and positioning) approach. Human resources management, promoting these destinations and plan strategies to preserve natural resources, are also among the many activities involved in this course.

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  • Web Development and Multimedia

    The aim of this short cycle course is to provide professionals with skills that will allow them to implement applications and Web services with multimedia content, both autonomously or within a team. The main activities related to this course are, planning and developing advanced application for web and interactive web interfaces, manage different types of technologies depending on the requirements of a web project. The students will also generate and manage media content such as video, images and animation.

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