The MIT Portugal Programme is celebrating two decades and, over the next five years, will have as co-directors Professors Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, from the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM), and João Pedro Barreto, from the University of Coimbra (UC). This fourth phase of the partnership […]
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From 11 to 14 November, the University of Minho (UMinho) held the 2nd edition of the ‘UMinho Research and Innovation Open Days’ at its Gualtar campus in Braga, an event that showcases the best of the research and innovation carried out at the institution and promotes dialogue between academia, industry […]
Pedro Arezes, Professor in the Department of Production and Systems and President of the School of Engineering between 2019 and 2025, took office on 3 December as Rector of the University of Minho for the next four years. The ceremony took place in the medieval hall of the Rectory building […]
On 30 October, the IDEA-UMinho Centre announced the projects funded under the second call for proposals for the 2025 edition of the Programme to Support Innovation and Development Projects in Teaching and Learning. Of the four winning projects in this second call for 2025, three are led by members of […]
On 29 October, the commemorative session for the 26th anniversary of the Department of Information Systems of the School of Engineering of UMinho was held in Auditorium EE 2.0.20 of the Azurém Campus in Guimarães. The programme began at 5:15 p.m. with a welcome speech by the Department Director, Professor […]
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the School of Engineering invites the entire academic community and other interested parties to attend the debate ‘Strategies for the Future of Higher Education’, which aims to bring different perspectives and visions about the future of higher education in Portugal to the academic […]
The University of Minho, reaffirming its commitment to the generation, dissemination and application of knowledge for the benefit of society, announces the creation of a Therapeutic Phage Production Laboratory. This pioneering project comes in response to the growing need for innovative solutions to tackle the global crisis of antibiotic resistance, […]
The UMinho Scientific Research Initiation Award Ceremony 2025 took place on the afternoon of 24 October in Auditorium B1 (Building 2) on the Gualtar campus in Braga. The opening ceremony was attended by the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Sandra Paiva, and the Vice-Rector for Education and Academic Mobility, Hernâni […]
The president of European nanosatellite launcher Orbex, Miguel Belló Mora, will be the guest speaker at the inaugural lecture of the 2025/26 academic year of the Aerospace Engineering course at the University of Minho. The session took place on 22 October in auditorium 0.20 (building 2) on the Azurém campus […]
Portugal reaffirms its position on the international Artificial Intelligence (AI) scene. A team of researchers from the CCG/ZGDV Institute has been selected to join an innovative project with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA, which aims to develop new approaches to make AI algorithms more transparent, reliable […]
A study by the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, conducted by Pamela Sant’Anna, evaluated a sample of 54 municipal solid waste (MSW) collection workers from three municipalities in northern Portugal and concluded that 85% of them reported musculoskeletal pain in the last year, especially in the lower […]
On 20 October, the inauguration ceremony for SpaceHub Guimarães took place at the Vila Flor Cultural Centre. at the Vila-Flor Cultural Centre, co-organised by the entities involved: Guimarães City Council, CEiiA and the University of Minho, in collaboration with CTI Aeroespacial, marking the official launch of a pioneering project that […]