The history of CATÓLICA-LISBON is rich and engaging. From humble but ambitious beginnings in 1972 pioneering management education in Portugal, to the leader in executive education for Portuguese companies in the 90s, to the best research school in business since the early 2000s, to the first triple-crown accredited Portuguese school since 2007, to a top-ranked European Business Shool in 2022, our five decades journey has had many protagonists, acting with drive and purpose to build our school to the international reference standard it is today.
In this page you can watch several first-person testimonies from our pioneering professors who embraced the mission of building from scratch an independent and self-sustainable top European business school. We will release these video testimonies weekly, from mid-January to end of March. Stay tuned!
Curious about the beginning of CATÓLICA-LISBON? Professor Luís Caeiro tells us all about this period marked by revolution and the establishment of rigor and excellence in university education in Portugal.
In this video, Professor João César das Neves, gives us an idea of how the 80s were and how CATÓLICA-LISBON overcame the difficulties of this initial period and began to affirm itself in Portugal.
In this video, Professor Filipe Rafael tells us how the Executive Education at CATÓLICA-LISBON begun and what has been it's evolution so far.
In this video, Professor Fátima Barros takes us on a journey through the decade of 2000s and explain us the importance of CATÓLICA-LISBON and its achievements during these times.
In this video, Professor Leonor Modesto, former director of CUBE, our research unit, takes us on a journey through the decade of 2010's and tells us how the research unit started and how this unit was essential to achieve and maintain research excellence at CATÓLICA-LISBON.
"Our students leave our programs capable of achieving greatness and change the world."
Rita Coelho do Vale, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
"We were the first school in Portugal, to launch master's, program in English, with the most innovative curriculum designed."
Kyril Lakishyk, Associate Dean for Master Programs
The decade of 2020 was marked by the pandemic and it was a difficult challenge, especially in Executive Education. However this problem moved us to create better and more innovative teaching methods and prepared us better for blended learning and teaching.
Céline Abecassis, Dean for Executive Education
"As I look forward to the next 50 years of CATÓLICA-LISBON and the Lisbon MBA, we are determined to continue to provide the highest quality education and to prepare our students to become responsible leaders of tomorrow."
René Bohnsack, Professor at CATÓLICA-LISBON