The UMinho School of Engineering was present at the UMinho booth at the Futuro@Guimarães Fair—a Training, Education, and Employment Fair—which took place on April 22 and 23 at the Multipurpose Pavilion, answering questions from hundreds of high school students about undergraduate programs. The event, organized by the Municipality’s Youth Division […]
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On 22 April, EPIC Junior – the University of Minho’s Junior Engineering Company – organised the second edition of the “Inceptio” initiative at the Azurém campus in Guimarães. The aim was to connect university students with professionals and the business community, in a space dedicated to sharing ideas, learning, networking […]
The University of Minho, the Agency for State Technological Reform (ARTE) and the United Nations University – e-Governance Operational Unit (UNU-EGOV) organised the presentation of the results of the 2025 Municipal Councils’ Internet Presence Index (IPIC) on 20 April at 4.00 pm, during a session held at the UNU-EGOV premises […]
The School of Engineering attended the NEXT STEEEP event – Paços de Ferreira Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship Fair – on 17 April, taking part in the session dedicated to the theme “The Future of Jobs in Industry: Focus on Technology and Research – Partnerships with the School of Engineering”. This […]
The NaturTex project aims to find new uses for agroforestry and fruit-growing waste and by-products from inland Portugal, converting them into natural dyes and compounds for use in the textile sector. What if agroforestry waste had the potential to produce textiles with antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant and even fire-retardant properties? This […]
On 14 April, the University of Minho welcomed a delegation from the Mecwide Group, a leading provider of engineering services in the metalworking industry. The main aim of this visit was to strengthen collaboration between the two organisations, with a view to developing innovation projects in the field of data […]
Organized by CESIUM—the Computer Engineering Student Center at the University of Minho—the ENEI (National Computer Science Students’ Conference) took place from April 9 to 12 at the Fórum Braga. Organized annually by the computer science student groups and associations of various national higher education institutions, ENEI is an event filled […]
Professor Gustavo Dias, Director of the Master’s Programme in Aerospace Engineering at EEUM, appeared on RTP Notícias to clarify some issues relating to the Artemis mission. Listen here and here
Researcher Margarida Soares, from the CVR – Centre for Waste Recovery at UMinho, has been honoured with the Engineering Best Researcher Award, presented by the Best Paper Awards, which recognises the excellence of young scientists at an international level The award highlights her contribution to the field of waste recovery […]
The project “Citizen-Led Accessible Environmental Routes/Personalised Accessible Routes for Health and Safety – CLEAR PATHS”, led by Giorgio Pace (School of Sciences, UMinho), Dalila Durães, Miguel Nóbrega (both from the School of Engineering, UMinho) and Andrea Ribeiro (Higher Institute of Health), has been approved for funding by the scientific committee […]
On 8 April, the Department of Computer Science (DI) at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho launched the celebrations marking 50 years of formal teaching of Computer Science at the university. The opening session took place in the B1 auditorium on the Gualtar campus in Braga in […]
The appointment of the new management team of the Department of Mechanical Engineering took place on 8 April at 9.30 am in the department’s meeting room. The Dean of the School of Engineering, António Vicente, appointed Professors José Machado as Head and Nuno Peixinho as Deputy Head for the 2026–2027 […]