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Villejuif Campus
151, boulevard Maxime Gorki, 94800 Villejuif
Nice Campus
4 Bd Carabacel, 06000 Nice
Degree RNCP Level 7 qualification — 5 years of higher education
Entry Level Bachelor's degree (3, 4 or 5 years of higher education)
Format Work-study or full-time programme
Languages French & English
Campuses Paris-Villejuif & Nice
Intake October
RECOGNISED
State-recognised
Institution
Institution
Decree of 24/02/2023
Ranked #2 Master's in Business Intelligence
& Decision Support in France
& Decision Support in France
Eduniversal 2026
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State-recognised school
Our programme is ranked amongst the best Master’s, MS and MBA programmes in Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems in France
aivancity · Porto Study Tour
Where innovation
meets people Porto Learning Trip · Academic partnership with Lusíada University
A week of academic and industrial immersion in Porto, taking in university laboratories, tech giants and start-ups, focusing on data, applied AI and Society 5.0.
Porto · Famalicão · Matosinhos Data & AI Society 5.0 Robotics E-commerce & Tech
5
Days
3
Cities
4
Tech companies
1
Academic partner
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The Learning Trip
Understanding the Portuguese tech ecosystem
from the inside
An academic cooperation programme combining lectures and talks, visits to laboratories and companies, focusing on data and applied artificial intelligence, in partnership with a renowned Portuguese university.
Every year, aivancity organises this Learning Trip in partnership withLusíada University, at its Porto and Famalicão campuses, in collaboration with its Faculties of Engineering (FET) and Economics and Management (FCEE), as part of the MSc in Data Management programme.
Unlike a standard study trip, this programme combines lectures, workshops and laboratory visits (mechanical, electrical and computer engineering) with visits to leading tech companies, all centred on data, applied AI and Society 5.0.
In addition, there will be meetings with a variety of stakeholders within the ecosystem: a digital centre belonging to a major industrial group (Volkswagen Digital Solutions), a robotics company (ESI Robotics), an innovation start-up (Casas em Movimento) and a global leader in luxury e-commerce (Farfetch).
What each edition includes
4+
Conferences and workshops
4
Tech companies visited
2
University campuses
1
Theme: Society 5.0
Why Porto
What the Portuguese ecosystem
teaches us about technology and people
Porto is establishing itself as a European technology hub where major corporations, start-ups and universities collaborate, with a vision of technology that keeps people at the centre.
01
Porto, a growing European tech hub
A city that attracts R&D centres from major corporations, start-ups and talent, within an accessible European setting.
02
Society 5.0: putting people at the heart of technology
A vision of digital transformation that places people at the centre of industrial processes – the guiding theme of the visit.
03
Data and AI on an industrial scale
At Volkswagen Digital Solutions, model training and data pipelines are designed on a global group scale.
04
Robotics and automation
ESI Robotics demonstrates the entire cycle, from bespoke prototyping to data collection from control sensors.
05
From start-up to global leader
From Casas em Movimento to Farfetch, students explore the contrast between entrepreneurial prototyping and a world-class technology platform.
06
A European academic partnership
The partnership with Lusíada University anchors the programme within a concrete academic exchange between France and Portugal.
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2026 edition
Porto · Famalicão · Matosinhos
Five days spent visiting university campuses, tech companies and attending conferences, focusing on data, applied AI and Society 5.0. The programme, institutions and speakers for the Class of 2026.
The speakers, lectures and companies visited vary each year depending on current partnerships
Programme · 2026 Edition
5 days across universities, industry
and innovation
From the Lusíada University campus to the headquarters of Volkswagen Digital Solutions and Farfetch, via ESI Robotics and Casas em Movimento: a journey that bridges academic research and industrial realities.
Phase1 Day 1 · Porto
University & industrial data
Welcome at Lusíada University
Welcome (Rui Silva, Fernando Cardoso, Gwendalina Caldarini), presentation of research areas and tour of the Porto campus.
Volkswagen Digital Solutions
Training machine learning models and data pipelines on an industrial scale (Prof. Paulo Ramos).
Phase2: Days 2 & 3 · Famalicão
Laboratories, Society 5.0 & robotics
Laboratories & Engineering Conferences
Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Prof. António Araújo).
Society 5.0 Conference
Engineering and Technological Innovation in Society 5.0, featuring speakers from industry.
ESI Robotics & AI Marketing Trends
Automation Robotics (Prof. Joel Vaz) and the FCEE conference on agent-based AI and data ethics.
Phase3, Day 4 · Porto & Matosinhos
Entrepreneurship & e-commerce
Casas em Movimento
Prototyping and iterative improvement, from both a technical and business perspective.
Farfetch
Platform developments, the role of the teams and practical applications of AI, with the VP of Technology.
Phase4, Day 5 · Porto
Exploring the city
Exploring Porto
A free day to explore Porto and its heritage, bringing the trip to a close.
Gallery · 2026 Edition
The experience in pictures
Three highlights of the Class of 2026 in Porto.
Institutions · 2026 intake
The institutions that have left their mark on
this edition
Five institutions representing the 2026 edition: academia, industry, robotics, start-ups and e-commerce. The programme varies each year depending on current partnerships.
Academic partner
Lusíada University (Porto & Famalicão)
The host university for the Learning Trip, with its faculties of Engineering (FET) and Economics and Management (FCEE). Lectures, workshops and laboratory visits across two campuses, including the Society 5.0 lecture.
Data & Industrial AI
Volkswagen Digital Solutions
The Volkswagen Group’s digital centre in Porto. Development of data solutions, training of machine learning models and data pipelines on an industrial scale.
Robotics & Automation
ESI Robotics
Designer of bespoke automation robots. Overview of the entire cycle, from customer-specific prototypes to sensor data collection protocols.
Innovation & prototyping
Casas em Movimento
An innovation start-up where product managers presented their prototyping and iterative improvement process, at the intersection of technology and business.
E-commerce & AI
Farfetch
Global leader in luxury e-commerce. The VP of Technology outlined the platform’s evolution, the role of the teams and the practical applications of AI.
Speakers · 2026 Edition
Speakers
for this edition
The speakers from Lusíada University whom we met throughout the week, as well as the support provided by aivancity.
Speakers & support
RS
Rui Silva
Welcome to the intake, Lusíada Porto
FC
Fernando Cardoso
Promotion hosts, Lusíada Porto
PR
Prof. Paulo Ramos
Volkswagen Digital Solutions Day
AA
Prof. António Araújo
Engineering Conference, Famalicão
JV
Prof. Joel Vaz
ESI Robotics and Conferences, Famalicão
GC
Gwendalina Caldarini
Head of the MSc Data Management programme, aivancity
Highlights from this edition
Data and AI on anindustrialscale: at Volkswagen Digital Solutions, data models and pipelines designed for a global group.
Society 5.0: putting people at the heart oftechnologyA human-centred digital transformation, the overarching theme of the visit.
From robotics toentrepreneurship: from ESI Robotics to Casas em Movimento, a practical overview of innovation.
A global leader from theinsideAt Farfetch, the role of the teams and real-world use cases of AI at scale.