Published: 19.06.2026
We are delighted to welcome our incoming Erasmus students to ESCS – Escola Superior de Comunicação Social-UPL and to Lisbon, one of Europe's most vibrant and inspiring cities.
Join us for our Erasmus Welcome Session, where you will meet fellow international students, discover the ESCS community, and receive all the information you need to start your academic journey with confidence.
The session will take place in our open atrium space, providing a relaxed and friendly environment where you can get to know other students, members of the International Relations Office, and the wider ESCS community.
Whether this is your first time in Portugal or you already know Lisbon, we hope your stay at ESCS-UPL will be enriching, memorable, and full of new opportunities.
We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our community! See you soon at ESCS!
Date: 11 September 2026
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Venue: ESCS Atrium (Floor -1)
Programme
03:00 p.m. | Welcome to ESCS
- Vice-President of the School of Communication and Media Studies, Professor Carla Murteira
03:05 p.m. | Introduction to GRIMA and the ESCS Institutional Coordinator
- Beatriz Soares, Senior Technical Officer of the Internacional Relations and Academic Mobility Office (GRIMA) of the Polytechnic University of Lisbon*
- Professor Carla Medeiros, ESCS Institutional Coordinator
03:15 p.m. | Introduction to SAPE
- Vivienne Mourão, Psychologist of the Student Support Service of the Polytechnic University of Lisbon
03:25 p.m. | Introduction to CliC
- Margarida Saraiva, Senior Technical Officer of the Language and Culture Centre of the Polytechnic University of Lisbon
03:35 p.m. | Introduction to FCCN
- Leonor Arrimar, Officer of FCCN
03:45 p.m. | Introduction to PSP
- Chief Fábio Pereira, and his team, of the Public Security Police (PSP)
03:55 p.m. | Introduction to ESN
- Maria Heleno, Rodrigo Santos, Maria Beatriz Silva and João Bento of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN)
04:10 p.m. | Introduction to the ESCS Students' Association
- Students of the AE ESCS
04:20 p.m. | Closing and Informal Gathering
Closing of the Welcome Session, followed by an informal gathering with members of the ESCS Students’ Association.
