THE ADVERTISING PUSH AND THE BRAND IMAGE OF THE MARKETING DEGREES IN PORTUGAL

An abrupt growth, in terms of the supply of marketing degrees in Portugal, has, recently, been observed, which has contributed for intensifying the concurrence between the institutions of undergraduate education. In this new competitive environment the development of a brand image associated with this kind of supply, is intended as a strategic variable for communicating with different targets. In this article, the different types of factors that contribute for the creation of the brand image of the institutions of undergraduate education, are presented, by highlighting the importance of the advertising push, for obtaining the desirable demand pull, which can be associated with the basic supply of undergraduate education, and with others upper educational degrees that are supplied by the same education institutions.