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 […]
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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 […]
The city of Guimarães has been chosen to host the Portuguese hub of the European Confederation of Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratories (CAIRNE), which brings together more than 27,000 members from 487 institutions in 39 countries. The new centre aims to strengthen Portugal’s position on the international stage in this field […]
Between 13 and 17 October, the José de Guimarães International Arts Centre (CIAJG) hosted the 2nd edition of Techstars Startup Week Guimarães, a leading event in innovation and entrepreneurship. For five days, entrepreneurs, students, investors and anyone interested in innovation and entrepreneurship had the opportunity to participate in lectures, round […]
The “USludge4Fertilizer” project was selected from among 178 entries from 39 countries in the H2O & Sustainability Innovation Hub’s Call for Projects 2025 PhD student in Mechanical Engineering José Fernandes, from the School of Engineering at the University of Minho, and professors Hélder Puga (Mechanical Engineering) and Paulo Ramísio (Civil […]