The Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) event, entitled "Digital and Sustainable Manufacturing - Quality Management", took place from March 11 to 15, as part of the new period of the Erasmus+ program (2021-2027), at the “Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto” (ISEP).

In the emerging field of digital and sustainable manufacturing - quality management, ISEP, the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, the TU Graz - University of Technology, the University of Antwerp, the Rzeszow University of Technology, the University of Galway, the Haute école Bruxelles-Brabant, the Universidad del País Basco, the Fachhochschule Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and the Politehnica University of Bucharest, invited European students to learn more about the latest technologies and visions of sustainability, design and sustainability methodologies, collaborative industrial robotics, advanced methods and tools in OPEX, industrial marketing, and industrial automation and networks.

At this event, visions, methodologies and practices were shared and discussed among the participants, teachers and students, in order to define the new horizon for a sustainable business strategy, within the framework of a competitive advantage in terms of environmental, social and economic sustainability throughout the production life cycle.

This initiative is an excellent opportunity for all those taking part to expand their knowledge, get to know new cultures and improve their professional development. In addition, they contribute to the development of international cooperation networks between partner institutions, which is key to promoting quality higher education on a global scale.

ISEP was able to count on the collaboration of the Bosch company, which held a workshop entitled "Excellence: Bosch's Best Practices in Digital Quality Management", with Engineer Miguel Soares, Quality Director at Bosch, as a special speaker, the Porto City Council, Municipal Division of Educational Programs, which provided a tour of Porto's historic center, and the organization of the 3rd edition of the Robotics Open@ISEP.