O CIUHCT, uma das unidades de investigação do DCSA, teve Excelente na avaliação das unidades de I&D 2017-18 promovida pela FCT MCTES, renovando, assim, a nota máxima que havia obtido na avaliação anterior.
O painel teceu considerações muito elogiosas sobre as actividades do CIUHCT, indicando, nomeadamente que o "CIUHCT can be described as a leading European research centre devoted to research topics related to the history and material culture of science, technology and medicine (HSTM). In fact, CIUHCT is one of the few European R&D Units that is covering, in an integrated and cohesive way, these three historical dimensions. During the period the Unit has an excellent record of achievements in terms of multidisciplinary research outputs, research projects, scientific edition, and scientific dissemination."
