Welcome to the School of Sociology and Public Policy (ESPP) at Iscte. ESPP includes some of the departments established at Iscte's founding, which have been pivotal in the development of the Social Sciences in Portugal. The School has around 2000 students in the 40 courses it offers, including four undergraduate courses (in Sociology, Political Science, Modern and Contemporary History and Social Work, with an optional branch in Public Policy), nineteen Master's courses (four lectured in English), and ten PhD courses. It also offers more than 30 postgraduate programmes, in these areas as well as in Humanitarian Action, Public Administration, Communication, Cultural Studies, African Studies, International Studies, Social Research Methods and Public Policy.