Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP)

About Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP)

Founded in 1982 by the non-profit Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico do Porto (CESAP) from the vanguard Projeto Pedagógico Alternativo Árvore and granted official higher education recognition in 1986 (Despacho 129/MEC/86), Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP) is a specialized UNESCO-associated private university institution accredited by A3ES (AINST/22/2200068, DGES Code 4010). After operating for four decades in Porto’s historic center (Largo de São Domingos), ESAP relocated permanently in 2023 to its rehabilitated industrial-architectural campus on Rua dos Navegantes, 51 (Bonfim, near Av. Fernão de Magalhães), uniting studios across Architecture (EU Directive-recognized Integrated Master since 1994), Cinema & Audiovisual, Communication Design, Photography, Fine Arts & Intermedia, Comics & Graphic Storytelling, Theatre, and 15 artistic postgraduate specializations alongside its FCT-recognized CEAA research center.