EIA, S.A. – Atlântica was created in 1996 as a public interest institution, focused on the creation, transmission and diffusion of knowledge, sciences and technology through the articulation of studies, teaching, research and experimental development in the areas of Business Sciences, Health, Information Technology and Engineering. Atlântica has as its founding entity EIA – Ensino, Investigação e Administração, S.A., which represents Atlântica in the legal sphere and in its administrative, economic and financial management and, in general, the exercise of the powers granted by law to the instituting entities of establishments. of private higher education. Currently, Atlântica is a private university of the Portuguese Higher Education System, with two schools: Atlântica School of Health and Atlântica School of Management Sciences, Health, Technologies and Engineering.