On 17 March, the University of Minho hosted the largest fair for master’s and postgraduate programmes: ‘Unlimited Future’. The initiative, which took place on the Gualtar campus, organised by the FUTURE Association with the support of UMinho, aimed to assist students in making decisions about their postgraduate academic path, helping […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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Luís Paulo Peixoto dos Santos, Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, University of Minho, was unanimously approved by the members of the Jury in the Habilitation Exams in the branch of knowledge in Computer Science, held on 16 March 2026. The jury was chaired by Dr João Miguel Lobo […]
The first meeting of the School of Engineering Advisory Board took place on 13 March at 10.30 am in the School of Engineering’s meeting room on the University of Minho’s Azurém Campus. The meeting was attended by ex officio members António Vicente, Filomena Soares, Joana Cunha, Daniel Oliveira and Hélder […]
As part of the celebrations marking the Rector’s team’s first 100 days in office, an event open to the entire academic community took place on 13 March, which included the inauguration of the UMinho Seed co-creation space on the Azurém campus. The Pro-Rector for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Transfer, Professor […]
On 12 March, the InventUM initiative, organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UMinho School of Engineering, took place in the main auditorium on the Azurém campus. The event brought together guests from academia, the world of entrepreneurship, public institutions and the student movement to reflect on how […]
João Luís Marques Pereira Monteiro, full professor in the Department of Electronic and Industrial Engineering, was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus by the University of Minho on 9 March. He began his career at the University of Minho in October 1980 as a Trainee Assistant after obtaining, in the […]
Where will the degree course I want to take at the University of Minho be held? What are the opening hours of the libraries and cafés? How do I apply for a grant and join a cultural group? These are some of the questions that young people, as well as […]
Aware of the negative impacts of Storm Kristin on 28 January in the Leiria region, the Research Group on Masonry and Historic Buildings (HMS) at ISISE, the School of Engineering’s Research Centre, has, on its own initiative, formed a task force to assess the effects of the storm. The task […]
INESC TEC took part in CENTRA 9, a meeting of the international CENTRA (Collaborations to Enable Transnational Cyberinfrastructure Applications) network, which brings together research centres, institutes and laboratories from various regions to advance transnational cyberinfrastructures and their applications – a critical pillar for the progress of high-performance computing (HPC) and […]
Against a backdrop of increasing digitalisation, cybersecurity plays a central role in protecting information, ensuring service continuity and maintaining trust in organisations. With the aim of strengthening the capacity of the local business and community sector, the Municipality of Fafe hosted, on 20 February at the Town Hall, a Cybersecurity […]
The School of Engineering at the University of Minho attended yesterday’s public presentation of the strategy for the new Agency for Research and Innovation (AI²), which took place in Lisbon. Speakers included Raul Fangueiro, full professor at the EEUM, Vice-Rector for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Transfer at the University of […]
PRETECHT offers a preventive and sustainable solution through microbiome analysis, optimising production and preserving the environment It is an innovative service that enables farmers to anticipate ecological imbalances and thus avoid crop losses, as well as reducing chemical use and adopting more sustainable practices. The technology was developed at the […]