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The University of Aveiro is a young university, founded in 1973, with approximately 17000 full-time students (graduate and postgraduate). The academic community further comprises around 1400 teaching staff and researchers, and 630 technical, administrative and managerial staff. The University has a strong research profile, a unique model of governance (16 Departments, 4 Polytechnic Schools and various training centres), acting as a regional network for education and training while promoting strong links with the surrounding community, and is a pioneer in launching degrees in new subject areas. The BMD (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) structure is fully implemented and learning outcomes are introduced. Recognition of prior learning is also implemented, for those who do not have the formal entry requirements.

The University has been a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities, the ECIU, since 1998 as well as several other international university networks of excellence and, since 2019, a member of the ECIU University under the EU Universities initiative. Univeristy of Aveiro also runs several joint doctoral programmes with other Portuguese Universities and is one of the Portuguese institutions participating in the programme of collaboration between Portugal and Carnegie Mellon University for the development of postgraduate programmes and research in the field of ICT. At the same time, the development of a Creative Science Park off campus is an example of the way in which the university has encouraged both innovation and commercialization linked to research.

The University of Aveiro has the responsibility to design the new training modules as it has strong previous experience in the incorporation of green skills in tourism curricula. The University of Aveiro is an expert partner to the Tour-X Consortium and will participate in all WPs.