Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave

Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave

Instituto Politécnico Do Cávado E Ave

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST2118
    • PT0019
    • SCHAC: ipca.pt

      • SCHema for Academia

      Internet domain (DNS)-based identifier of institutions, used in several European initiatives for data exchange in the education and research sector, e.g. Emrex - data acquired using the European University Foundation (EUF) HEI API

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    • Erasmus-Charter: E10164365

      • Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)

      Application number related to the ECHE, required for higher education institutions participating in the Erasmus+ programme - data acquired using the European University Foundation (EUF) HEI API

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    • EU-PIC: 971736495

      • Participant Identification Code (PIC)

      A PIC is assigned to legal entities participating in EU-funded programmes - data acquired using the European University Foundation (EUF) HEI API

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    • EU-VAT: PT503494933

      • EU VAT number

      Identifier of economic operators for value-added tax (VAT) within the EU system, assigned by their national authority - data acquired using the EU participant register API

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    • PT-ETER.BAS.NATID: 3030
    • Erasmus: P ARCOZEL01

      • Erasmus Institution Code

      Identifier assigned by the European Commission to higher education institutions participating in the Erasmus+ programme - data harvested from ETER/OrgReg

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    • WHED: IAU-008820

      • IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED)

      Identifier used in the world-wide WHED database of higher education institutions, managed by the International Association of Universities (IAU) - data harvested from ETER/OrgReg

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  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Legal seat(s)
    Barcelos, Portugal
  • Further location(s)
    Braga, Portugal
  • Website
    http://www.ipca.pt
  • Founding year
    1994
  • QF-EHEA levels
    second cycle, first cycle, short cycle
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/institution/2118

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Institutional Assessment
    Carried out every six years, years, at the end of each regular cycle of assessment/accreditation of all study programmes in operation
  • Accredition of study programmes in operation
    The usual period of validity of the accreditation is 6 years. In case of a lighter touch approach, only a desk analysis is carried out.
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Portugal

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Institutional assessment

Programme level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Auditoria (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Cibersegurança Aplicada (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Applied Cibersecurity
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Contabilidade (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Design Audiovisual (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Audiovisual Design
  • Qualification/award
    • Licenciatura
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Design Digital (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Digital Design
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Design e Desenvolvimento do Produto (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Product Design and Development
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Design Gráfico (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Graphic Design
  • Qualification/award
    • Licenciatura
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Design Industrial (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Industrial Design
  • Qualification/award
    • Licenciatura
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Qualification/award
    • Licenciatura
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Engenharia Informática Médica (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Executivo em Gestão (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Executive in Management
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Fiscalidade (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Fiscalidade (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Gestão Autárquica (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Gestão das Operações (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Operations Management
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Gestão de Actividades Turísticas (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Gestão Digital para Serviços Públicos (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Public Services Digital Management
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Gestão Fiscal (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Tax Management
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Gestão Pública (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Logística e Gestão da Cadeia de Abastecimento (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Qualification/award
    • Mestrado
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme

Verifiable Credentials

A Verifiable Credential (VC) is a digitally-signed and thus tamper-evident document containing information on a subject (e.g. personal information, entitlements of an individual, degrees held by an individual or accreditation of a higher education institution). Quality assurance results recorded in DEQAR can be downloaded as W3C-compatible Verifiable Credentials.

Currently, two types of credentials can be issued:

EBSI Verifiable Accreditations (VA) can be used by a higher education institution in the context of the EBSI Early Adopters programme.

  • The VA allows the institution to prove its external quality assurance on the Trusted Issuer Registry (TIR). EBSI VAs are only issued for external quality assurance results with an official status in a national system (“part of obligatory EQA system”).
  • At present, the higher education institution’s EBSI DID needs to be communicated to EQAR and recorded in DEQAR manually at the moment. If you are a higher education institution participating in EBSI, please contact us to register your DID.
  • EBSI VAs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:ebsi:zk4bhCepWSYp9RhZkRPiwUL.

DEQAR Format Verifiable Credentials primarily serve as a proof of concept and public demonstrator currently.

  • DEQAR Format VCs are based on the plain W3C Recommendation and our own data model. While they closely follow the EBSI Schema, no EBSI-specific or EU-specific elements or data types are used.
  • The higher education institution is identified by its DEQAR URI in this case.
  • DEQAR Format VCs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:web:data.deqar.eu.

Please note: this is an experimental feature.