The Polytechnical Institute of Beja (Instituto Politécnico de Beja) is a state-run polytechnic institute of higher education, comprising several schools. It is located in Beja, on the south region of Alentejo, Portugal. It was established in 1979 and has about 35,000 https://web.archive.org/web/20091217231757/http://www2.ipbeja.pt/oinstituto/Paginas/Historial.aspx students (as of 2023).