ISCAP IS A MULTICULTURAL PLACE BUT IS IT INTERCULTURAL?

Abstract

The concepts of multiculturalism and interculturalism are part of modern life around the world. They have been studied and continues to be studied in daily life, the workplace and academia. During a course I wanted to implement a study of these two concepts in the academic world by choosing the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of Porto because I was doing an trainee. I wanted to show if there was only a multicultural place or if it was a place both multicultural and intercultural or so if it were in an intermediate state. To do this, I first made a research on the two concepts mentioned above in order to have a solid theoretical basis and then I continued with a practical part which consisted in making questionnaires and then setting up interviews with students and trainees as well as students from ISCAP. All this in order to determine the requirements for foreign students, their perceptions of the stay abroad and this intercultural experience or not and finally ideas and / or measures to help the places that welcome to refinement of these stays. For students ISCAP, questions also to whether the Institute is a place and intercultural solutions and / or similar to measures of foreign students. All this will form a synthesis to allow these students and trainees to have a real intercultural situation.