Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA) is one of the two public Universities located at Lisbon and it is the best ranked Portuguese university in QS Ranking 50 under 50 (36th). NOVA is committed to the construction of the European Higher Education Area and all its courses are organized under the principles of the Bologna Agreement. With more than 19,000 students, 1,100 academics and 500 non-academic staff, NOVA is an active member of UNICA and YERUN networks and has a consolidated experience within European programmes, such as Tempus, Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus, as well as it is involved in cooperation with North-American, African and Brazilian universities. These partnerships are expanding the initiatives of joint degrees and also of R&D projects and competitiveness.

The Portuguese Institute of International Relations – Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IPRI-NOVA) is an academic research institute founded in 2003 by the NOVA University. It is home to various researchers specializing in political science, international relations, contemporary history, comparative politics, transatlantic relations, and European integration. The IPRI-UNL is organized by different areas, which are included in three research groups – International Relations, Political Science and Prospective Studies. It is a R&D Unit evaluated by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (with Excelent).