AD NOVA IMS

It plays a crucial role in the NOVA IMS Strategy, connecting the academic world and the professional world of statisticians and information managers, contributing to establishing the criteria of excellence that guides the NOVA IMS educational activity. AD NOVA IMS's support to NOVA IMS is the object of a protocol between that Association and the Nova University of Lisbon Rectorate.

AD NOVA IMS is represented in the General Council of NOVA IMS by three of its members, who, among other duties, are responsible for participating in the election of the NOVA IMS Dean.

AD NOVA IMS has created a select group of institutions around NOVA IMS that advise, support, and, at the same time, benefit from the high quality and excellence of its services to provide the country with an institute recognized at international level in this strategic area.

AD NOVA IMS members form a circle, the access to which presides a spirit of rigorous selection, which provides them with a university conviviality and a fruitful exchange of experiences and ideas.

AD NOVA IMS is responsible for the organisation, management and carrying out of courses belonging to the Professional Development Programme - Courses for Executives in Statistics and Information Management. The three major varieties of training models are Specialization courses/Post-graduation; Short Courses and Seminars.

This programs includes the attribution of scholarships and internships. Also, part of its attributions relies on the organization of conferences under the theme of Statistics and Information Management.

This department also supports the participation in research projects undertaken national and foreign institutions.

NOVA IMS provides to AD NOVA IMS’ members the use of the following services:

These services can be offered in different ways, namely:

The AD NOVA IMS currently consists of 10 partners.

• Tax Deductions for contributions under the law;
• Ease of recruiting future employees among the graduates of NOVA IMS, receiving privileged information for the selection of the best students;
• Use of the NOVA IMS infrastructures for seminars and / or training sessions at reduced costs;
• Use of the documentation services (namely online library of NOVA IMS, with access to a large number of online databases);
• Reductions in the prices for registration in all NOVA IMS courses (Advanced Training courses, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Masters and PhD);
• Company logo included in all institutional media in AD NOVA IMS (courses brochures, stationary, events, website, etc.);
• Possibility to disseminate initiatives within NOVA IMS/ AD NOVA IMS community;
• Access to exclusive partnerships with the NOVA IMS/ AD NOVA IMS community;
• Requisition of services to NOVA IMS at a special price;
• Invitation to all initiatives of the NOVA IMS/ AD NOVA IMS universe;
• Participate in NOVA IMS life, being entitled to intervene in the design of graduate and post-graduate courses  aimed to meeting the immediate needs of business;
• Take advantage of master and doctoral theses and participate in research seminars aimed at promoting them.

At NOVA IMS we encourage continual individual development through excellence. So we believe in awarding prizes to all those who have exceeded both their own and our expectations in their studies, and those who have got above average grades in several subjects.

AD NOVA IMS also sponsors the Academic Excellence Incentive award, which distinguishes the student with the best application grade for the Degree in Information Management, the Degree in Information Systems and the Degree in Data Science, in the amount of the tuition fee⁽¹⁾.

⁽¹⁾ Prize corresponding to the 1^st year tuition fee. Prize applied to students admitted in 2022/2023 and conditional to registration and enrollment in the 1^st school year of the degree course.

The table below shows the subjects that are sponsored by the members of AD NOVA IMS and the total amount provided by the sponsors.

* Best Student of the Program.
** Second Best Student of the Program.
*** 10 days of institutional support through a Technology Mentor, in the offices of ESRI, for the implementation of a GIS project.

NOVA Information Management School - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Campus de Campolide 1070-312 Lisboa, Portugal

• Colégio Almada Negreiros Building.