ISPA – Instituto Universitário (English: Institute of Applied Psychology, officially Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida MH) is a private research university institute located in Lisbon.

Founded in 1962 as Instituto de Ciências Psicopedagógicas, it was the first institution of higher education in the area of psychology in Portugal.

ISPA began to independently teach all the academic degrees foreseen in the framework of the organization of studies introduced by the Bologna Process (1st Cycles-Bachelors, 2nd Cycles-Masters, Integrated Masters, 3rd Cycles-PhDs), also expanding its training in areas, such as biosciences.

On September 20, 2013, ISPA received the Psychology Prize awarded by the Order of Portuguese Psychologists (OPP).

[7] It currently teaches Degrees in the areas of Psychology, Biology and Basic Education (a course that resulted from the partnership with ESEI – Maria Ulrich that existed until the academic year 2019–2020), as well as the Integrated Master in Psychology at ISPA (which is only in operation for students who entered this modality until the academic year 2020–2021).