NOVA IMS’s medium term's strategy is to develop and expand its current academic and scientific projects whilst at maintaining its values and strategic guidelines. The group of strategic components referred to as medium term objectives is wide and combines excellence in teaching, learning and research. It also includes a strengthening of partnerships with the community and the business world, improving the quality of students at entry level, creating a work environment which is motivating for all our employees with a continuous improvement management policy.

The medium term strategy of NOVA IMS is based on six components:

NOVA IMS will continue to offer high quality study programs in content, teaching staff, and learning environment. We stimulate innovation and support all the initiatives aimed at market satisfaction, namely life-long learning and e-learning projects. At the same time, it aims at improving the teaching staff as well as the evaluation of the courses by the students. This is something that has been a regular feature of NOVA IMS since its beginning. As regards the learning environment, we encourage student participation in research projects and in international exchange programs. Expanding the current premises of NOVA IMS vital to the achievement of the above-mentioned targets.

NOVA IMS intends to increase the number of high level researchers, both assistants and full time, in its research centre. This objective can be achieved by expanding the Doctoral Programme and by incentives that will encourage excellence in investigation. These two initiatives will contribute to a greater visibility of the research in recognized international scientific publications. The research centre will seek to increase the financial return from investigation and development contracts.

NOVA IMS will seek to increase the participation of companies in AD NOVA IMS in a balanced and sustainable way, namely software producers in the area of information systems. Other partnerships, with similar and complementary institutions, are being developed, which involves the development of research projects and joint postgraduate courses, mainly with countries in the heart of the European Union and Portuguese speaking countries.

Improving the quality of students entering the courses in the first cycle (first degree) and second cycle (postgraduate and master's degrees) is crucial to guaranteeing the competitive feasibility of the courses. This objective will be achieved by implementing and improving the marketing. The goal is to systematically increase the number and quality of candidates in the next three years.

NOVA IMS intends to maintain a working environment which recognises, encourages and values quality, flexibility and dedication in the workplace. To this end, NOVA IMS has created a series of training opportunities and incentives for its staff.

NOVA IMS is committed to using available resources effectively as well as to maintaining a high level of management responsibility. It will publish the results of an external audit in the daily press and will continue to develop its integrated document management system for all sectors of the Institution. At the same time, we will seek quality certification for our administrative services, including the IT, financial, academic, and documentation services. NOVA IMS Online will thus expand increasing access by senior management.