University of São Tomé and Príncipe

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Culture, ISPSTP began its activities with three-year baccalaureate courses aimed at training secondary school teachers in the areas of Portuguese, French, Mathematics, Biology and History.

[7] The predecessor of the medical school ICS, Escola de Formação dos Quadros da Saúde Dr. Victor Sá Machado, was established in 2003 with financial support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and was inaugurated in October 2003.

[8] In 2014 it was renamed Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Victor Sá Machado.

For that, they converted the ISPSTP (transforming into an organic institution), creating instead the first public university of the archipelago.

[2] The University of São Tomé and Príncipe covers the following scientific areas:[1] It offers the following courses:[12]