ULisboa in numbers:
50.009 STUDENTS
18 Schools Faculties and Institutes
8 Campi
429 Programmes, being:
92 ‘Licenciatura’ Degrees
7 Integrated Master Degrees
210 Master Degrees
120 Doctoral Degrees
131 Diploma Degrees
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA
The Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), School of Agriculture, is the largest and most qualified school of graduate and post-graduate degrees in the Agricultural Sciences, in Portugal.
With over 100 years of experience,
ISA became part of the University of Lisbon.
It has about 1500 students in graduate and undergraduate programmes, a faculty of 116 teachers and 47 Researchers.
Located in the heart of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda – an Environmental and Botanical Park with about 100 ha – it is also a pleasant place for events, recreational activities and the discovery of sites, such as the interesting Amphitheatre of Stone, the Belvedere, the Garden of the Parada, the Rugby field, the Astronomical Observatory, the Exhibition Pavilion, the Auditorium of Lagoa Branca, among others.
ISA continues to favor the Portuguese Speaking Countries (PLOP) along with the development of cooperative ties with the continents of Africa, Asia and America, especially through research networks and other community programs.
In Portugal, the Master of the Sciences Course in Viticulture and Enology Engineering is a study program offering several specialities:
Advanced Viticulture
Vineyard mechanization
Yield Estimation and control
Implications of climate change for viticulture and wine production
Precision Viticulture
Workshop on Grapevine Biotechnology: main applications in viticulture
Sustainable Viticulture
Mountain and Semi-Arid and Tropical Viticulture: main topics:
Semi-Arid and Tropical Viticulture
Mountain Viticulture
Stabilization and Wine Aging
Wine quality control
Evolution and physical-chemical modifications of wines, main phenomena and affecting factors
Wine aging in wood barrels and vat/bottle, micro-oxygenation, oak alternatives
Tartrate stability and main colloidal instabilities in wine;
Stabilization and clarification: fining and filtration operations;
Membrane processes for the management of wine composition;
Corks for wine industry.
Fortified Wines
Vineyards in Douro and the classification system of awarding points and letters
Grape maturation control and harvest decision
Fortified wines in the context of the special Vinifications
Diagrams of production
Port wine: wine categories: Generics and Special ones. Maturation and aging of Port
Other Portuguese fortified wines : Moscatel de Setúbal, Madeira, Carcavelos, others
Fortified Wines of the World:
Flor Wines
“Abafados” and “Jeropigas”
Grape and Wine Derived Products and By-products
By-products: Different types and valorization.
Grape Derived Products
Wine Derived Products
Biological, Nutraceutical and Pharmacological Aspects of the Vine Products
Main research topics
In Portugal, ISA is one of the members of the organization for wine sector research and innovation, the CoLAB Vines & Wines – Collaborative research with the industry for competitive Portuguese Wines. ISA is also part of the ALABE – Association of Oenology Laboratories, and member of the CNOIV – Portuguese Commission of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
- Plant & Vineyard: Grapevine biodiversity and grapevine selection, portuguese varieties and clones; improved phenotyping and selection, improved plant and soil management practices, soil and plant health, ecophysiology, precision viticulture; grapevine trunk diseases, climate change adaptation, responses to biotic and abiotic stresses and vineyard water footprint; vineyard microbial ecology. Molecular markers for specific traits; biochemical and gene expression analysis, of multi-stress effects on leaf functioning; grape berry ripening; genetic diversity of native
- Winemaking & Wine Quality: prevention of stuck and sluggish fermentations; control wine microbial spoilage; prevention of “horse sweat” taint related to spoilage yeast Dekkera bruxellensis; grape and wine phenolic composition; grape and wine mineral and isotopic composition; evaluation of grape quality on winemaking and optimization of quality factors during vinification; wine ageing and stabilization; reduction of chemicals and additives; sensory analysis; wine chemical analysis and quality control, development of analytical tools for wine authenticity and traceability; Sorting and mapping quality wines through sensory profiles.
Viticulture and Enology professional web link networks:
– LEAF: Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Centre (https://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/en/leaf/presentation)
– OENOVITI: The largest Oenology and Viticulture Research Network in (https://www.oenoviti.com/)
– IVES: International Viticulture and Enology Society (https://ives-openscience.eu/)
– ALABE: Associação dos Laboratórios de Enologia (https://www.alabe.pt/)
– ADVID: Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (https://www.advid.pt/&codIdioma=2)
– COLAB “Vines and Wines”: (https://www.colabvinesandwines.pt/en/)
– APEV: Associação Portuguesa de Enologia e Viticultura (https://www.apenologia.pt/)
– Ordem dos Engenheiros/Portuguese Engineering Association:
(https://www.ordemengenheiros.pt/pt/)
– APJE: Associação Portuguesa de Jovens Enófilos (https://www.agroportal.pt/diretorio/associacao-portuguesa-de-jovens-enofilos/)
contact person(s):
Jorge Ricardo da Silva – EmaVE Consortium Representative (jricardosil@isa.ulisboa.pt)
Cátia Ferreira – Academic Division (catia@isa.ulisboa.pt)
Paula Ferreira – International Relations (ri@isa.ulisboa.pt)
