This conference is organised by researchers from the Federal Centre of Technological Education Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal), Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (Portugal) and Coruña University (Spain).

The challenges of higher education for the 21st century, such as the centralization of educational procedures in the student, and the sharing of experiences between institutions at the level of international cooperation, double graduation, and cooperation with the community, are also discussion topics in this conference.

All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference, and the best papers will be suggested for publication in a special edition of an international journal and in international scientific journals.