1852
1852 -
1852 - Escola Industrial do Porto (Industrial School of Porto) is born on December 29th.
1864
1864 -
1864 - The School is renamed Instituto Industrial do Porto (Industrial Institute of Porto), training the industrial elite from the north of the country.
1878
1878 -
1878 - The Institute is awarded a gold medal for a mechanical clamp presented at the Philadelphia World Fair, the first one to take place in the United States of America.
1968
1968 -
1968 - Our present campus is inaugurated.
1975
1975 -
1975 - The School becomes Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), after a reformof the Portuguese Education System.
1989
1989 -
1989 - ISEP integrates the Polytechnic of Porto, becoming the biggest school of the topPortuguese polytechnic institution.
2002
2002 -
2002 - ISEP becomes the first Portuguese Higher Education institution to be certified by ISO:9001.
2004
2004 -
2004 - Expresso, a leading Portuguese newspaper, publishes an article stating that ISEP is among the top Higher Education institution nationwide in terms of employment.
2006
2006 -
2006 - The Bologna Declaration is introduced, expanding our academic offer.
2008
2008 -
2008 - H. E. Mr. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic, visits ISEPand congratulates the quality of the scientific and educational work.
2010
2010 -
2010 - ISEP is the first Portuguese institution of Higher Education to launch a Sustainability Plan of Action.