On the Efficiency of Public Higher Education Institutions in Portugal: An Exploratory Study

摘要: In a context of financial stringency like that characterizing the current economic land-scape in Portugal and several other countries, accountability efficiency questions gain an additional relevance higher education sector. this paper we apply DEA techniques to evaluate comparative public institutions Portugal. The analysis is performed for three separate groups: universities, polytechnics faculties University Porto. By using inputs outputs at institutional-level, are able identify most technically efficient may work as benchmark results suggest great portion be working inefficiently, contributing significant waste resources. This exploratory study first step towards deeper understanding deter-minants institutions.