The School of Engineering at the University of Minho has joined Ryanair’s network of academic partners in Portugal, as part of the airline’s strategy to recruit, train and develop the next generation of aircraft engineers in the country. Ryanair recently highlighted its growing investment in training talent in Portugal, through […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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Cycle of interviews with the members of the new Advisory Board of the School of Engineering. In this edition we interviewed Eng. Teresa Martins, General Manager of NEADVANCE. The Advisory Board of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) is the advisory body of the School’s governing […]
Researcher at INESC TEC UMinho and visiting lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at EEUM presented the Institute’s work on ransomware analysis and protection to the cybersecurity community during the 12th meeting of OWASP Porto, the regional chapter of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) – an international […]
The University of Minho was in Arcos de Valdevez to strengthen the dialogue with the Municipality and identify new opportunities for collaboration. At the meeting, which was attended by the pro-rectors Carlos Alberto Videira and Raul Fangueiro, the vice-president of the School of Engineering, Hélder Puga, and the Mayor, Olegário […]
The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, and the Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Helena Canhão, were at the University of Minho on July 24 to participate in a series of initiatives and visits. Early in the morning, they sponsored the formalization ceremony of the Consortium […]
The “Summer on Campus” programme includes 21 activities and runs from 20 to 24 July in Braga and Guimarães From 20 to 24 July, around 400 young people, from Year 9 to sixth form, travelled from all corners of the country to ‘live’ at the University of Minho and in […]
Solfarcos, Biofabics, and Cozecare were distinguished in the 4th edition of the National Innovation Award. SOLFARCOS -Soluções Farmacêuticas e Cosméticas, Lda., a UMinho spin-off founded by members of the EEUM, won the Sustainability and Social Impact category with an innovative nanotechnological platform for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, capable of […]
On July 15, at 10:00 am, the swearing-in of the Board of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for the 2026-2027 biennium took place in the department’s meeting room. Joana Azeredo, Associate Professor with Aggregation, was re-elected Department Director, continuing with Isabel Belo, Assistant Professor, as Deputy Director, Isabel […]
In 2026, the CMU Portugal program will host 19 visiting researchers from Portuguese institutions at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): 7 professors and researchers and 12 master’s students and recent graduates. CMU Portugal’s Mobility initiatives “Visiting Students” and “Visiting Professors and Researchers” […]
The Order of Engineers – Northern Region (OERN) awarded 52 Master’s Prizes to Engineering students from public higher education institutions in the Northern Region, in a ceremony held on July 2nd. The awards, worth 1,000 euros each, distinguish academic merit and strengthen the link between higher education and the business […]
The Daedalus team from MAST – Minho Aerospace Student’s Team – has been selected from 61 applications as one of the 25 teams taking part in the European Rocketry Challenge 2026, through the DAEDALUS project, and the students at the UMinho School of Engineering could not be more excited: “This […]
The University of Minho’s rectorate team attended the Annual Conference of the European ARQUS alliance, which took place on 8 and 9 July at Maynooth University, Ireland. The opening ceremony was attended by the Rector of UMinho, Pedro Arezes, who chaired the first plenary session, on the theme ‘Personal Impact; […]