Universidade do Algarve

Located in the south of Portugal, the University of Algarve (UAlg) is a public higher education institution, recognized for the quality of its teaching and research in several fields, namely in the areas of Health Sciences and Technologies; Economy, Management and Tourism; Social and Education Sciences; and Exact and Natural Sciences. The Research Centre of Marine sciences (CCMAR) has the mission to understand, protect and explore the potential of marine resources through interdisciplinary research, innovation, and training. The Division of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (CRIA), aims to promote relations between the university and the industry, to increase the technology and knowledge transfer, to support the establishment of new firms, and to generalize the use of industrial property rights mechanisms.