Associate Laboratories
The statute of ASSOCIATE LABORATORY is awarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education to research institutions with the highest classifications in an evaluation process carried out by international panels. The Associate Laboratories are organized around thematic areas and may provide assistance to the government when designing public policies.
Associate Laboratories usually involve several research units from multiple Portuguese universities or research institutes. Through its research centres, IST is proud to participate in seven Associate Laboratories, all of which combine three key aspects: (i) a strategic research agenda as the Laboratory mission; (ii) the highest records of research excellence as per the evaluation by international panels and (iii) the dimension necessary to address challenging research problems, with an international impact.
Associate Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA)
Thematic Areas:
- Aeronautics
- Energy
- Transports
Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB)
Thematic Areas:
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Environmental Biotechnology and Chemistry
- Health Biotechnology
- Industrial Biotechnology
Institute for Plasma and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN)
Thematic Areas:
- Controlled Nuclear Fusion
- Plasma Technologies and Intense Lasers
Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering: Research and Development Lisbon (INESC-ID)
Thematic Areas:
- Communication networks and mobility
- Computational processing of the Portuguese language
- Embedded electronic systems
- Information and decision support systems
- Virtual interactive environments
Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisbon)
Thematic Areas:
- Robots for surveillance, monitoring and search and rescue applications
- Signal Processing in Information and Communication Networks
- Sustainable Technologies and Environmental Systems
- Technologies for Ocean Exploration
Institute for Telecommunications (IT)
Thematic Areas:
- Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
- Networks and Multimedia
- Optical Communications
- Wireless Communications
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN)
Thematic Areas:
- Micro and nanofabrication
- Micro and nanodevices for nanoelectronic and nanomedicine
- Nanomaterials: nanocharacterization techniques