The student population is over 1500 in three levels of studying, including post-doctoral research studies. The teaching staff consists of 142 teachers and 88 researchers,[2] and is organized in 10 departments.
The school’s location is in the Monsanto forest of Lisbon, in a green wooded area of 100 hectares (250 acres) with various agronomic, forestry and vineyards experimentations sites. This area is classified as of “Public Interest” and it plays an important role in the city’s environmental balance and is a fundamental recreational landscape for Lisbon’s population.
It also includes a small conference centre with a 300-delegate capacity, an Exhibition Pavilion with a Victorian (iron/Eiffel-like) architecture, several gardens, rugby and football fields and other facilities, all of which can also be used by the city community.