The Department of Finance and Accounting, created in 2001 within the Iscte Business School, represents the first case in Portugal of autonomy of these areas at the departmental level, thus institutionally consecrating their development at Iscte, which, over more than two decades, has been affirmed by the innovation and modernity of the chairs and courses created and by the reputation of its teaching staff.
In the teaching activities of
Iscte Business School, the Department offers a specialisation in Finance and Accounting that covers all levels of university education: bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate. This ensures a specialisation offer, unique among Portuguese universities, that extends across a wide range of subjects, including both mandatory and optional ones, within the remaining programs at
Iscte Business School.
The Department has 22 teachers, most of whom are full-time. Among the professors with doctorates, there is a valuable international component, based on doctorates completed at prestigious American and European universities. There is also a group of guest professors with administrative roles in important national companies and institutions who contribute to greater interaction between teaching activities and business reality. Also noteworthy is the authorship of numerous books, many of which are reference manuals in portugal, both from a teaching and professional point of view, in their areas of speciality, and which accurately reflect the pedagogical quality of the department's teaching staff.
Research plays an important role in the Department's activities. Its faculty has articles published in the best international scientific journals. Seminars for the presentation and discussion of research work are regularly organised and are usually attended by renowned international academics. The area also hosts the only international scientific conference in finance that takes place annually in Portugal: the Annual Conference of
Iscte Business School in Finance. The availability of the main financial databases also facilitates the development of research. href="mailto:df.ibs@iscte-iul.pt">
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