This session intends to present the main aims of a study skills programme developed in the scope of the personal and professional training and improvement centre - Superior Polytechnic Institute Gaya (ISPGAYA), Portugal. This centre wills to: collaborate for the improvement of the quality and the access to the continuous professional formation and for the acquisition of lifelong learning abilities; develop the students' skills through open and flexible formation methodologies and pedagogical models; create and develop new abilities that allow the students to adjust to the new society realities in particular to the constant changes in the work world; promote the continuous formation or the recyclation of knowledge of former students or integrated professionals already in the work market; One of the main targets of this centre has to do with the development of internal research concerning the students' study skills and their academic success in order to implement the acquisition of efficient study habits and methods, to explore and to identify the difficulties associated with study methods and think about their importance for the students' performance and achievement. This project has been developed in two main interrelated sections: diagnosis and intervention. In the diagnosis process, the use of the Queststud questionnaire directed to the students allowed the assessment of the comprehension/retention and writing levels of competence. The items included focus on such specific topics as for example: reading habits, concentration, context usage, rereading, keyword and main idea detection, memorization, notetaking, referencing, specific vocabulary usage, revision. On the other hand, through the use of the Questprof specifically directed to their lecturers, we aimed to assess their own students' level of competence based on their experiences during classes. In order to allow us to cross data, the items included were mainly the same items students had to refer to while filling in their own questionnaire. The lecturers were also invited to provide information on the use of any specific strategies to help their students to overcome their difficulties and to indicate if they took writing proficiency into consideration during the assessment of the students' papers/reports and exams. In the intervention process, a "study skills workshop" has been developed where students have the opportunity of experiencing specific reading comprehension, retention and writing strategies and develop their skills in order to overcome their own difficulties. The evaluation of these activities and of the participant students' progress has been assessed through the use of pre/post testing.