Castelo Branco, located in the central region of Portugal, is home to the third largest Portuguese municipality, with 56 109 inhabitants (albicastrenses). The city was considered in 2006, in a study by DECO, the second district capital of the country with the best quality of life. Factors ranging from low crime, housing and food costs, to health care, make the city a place with all the qualities to receive you and to live in the next years of your life. Talking about higher education and leaving the academic spirit out would not be right. It is the academic spirit that makes the time you spend here at the IPCB unforgettable. The tunas, the costumes, the traditions and the festivals. These aspects will turn these years the best time of your life. The companionship that is cultivated in classroom is taken to the streets and to the night. But not forgetting that there is time for bohemian academic life, but also for applied study.