The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) is a public institution of higher education whose mission is the creation, transmission and diffusion of technical-scientific knowledge and professional knowledge, through the articulation of study, teaching, guided research and of experimental development.

IPB develops its mission in articulation with society, including cross-border cooperation, with a view to territorial cohesion and national and international affirmation, with a view to the development of the Region, based on innovation and the production and transfer of technical-scientific knowledge.

The IPB values ​​the activity of its teaching, research and non-teaching staff, stimulates students' intellectual and professional training and ensures that all duly qualified citizens have access to higher education and lifelong learning.

The IPB promotes the mobility of students and graduates, both nationally and internationally, namely in the European higher education area and in the community of Portuguese speaking countries.

IPB participates, in isolation or through its organizational units, in activities linked to society, namely dissemination, transfer and valorization of knowledge.