ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute, abbreviated ISCTE-IUL (in Portuguese ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), is a Portuguese public university institute, located in the centre of Lisbon in the University City campus. ISCTE-IUL was established in Lisbon in 1972 as ISCTE[2] using the faculty and facilities of the Instituto de Estudos Sociais (Institute of Social Studies, founded in 1963) as a first step towards a new and innovative public university in Lisbon. Its present designation dates from 2009.