Created in 1936, the Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) is aimed chiefly at contributing to the progress of engineering, by stimulating efforts of its member scientifically, technically professionally and socially and to strive for compliance with the rules of professional ethics.
As a public association, which represents the Portuguese engineers, it is tasked with several functions, among which the support for the personal and social development of these professionals, by promoting the engineering title and profession, as well as the cooperation and solidarity between its members and committing itself in the defense of a prestigious Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) and high-quality, demanding and rigorous engineering.