Campus.ly, developed by Samuel Anjos, is unique in that it cross-references students’ grades, exam results and profiles with geographical and financial filters – and was recently available to try out at the UMinho stand at the Qualifica fair, where EEUM was in attendance. The University of Minho took part in […]
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On 25 March, IdeaLab’s Pitch Day took place; this is the TecMinho programme that supports the development of business ideas at the University of Minho. During the session, 13 entrepreneurial teams presented their proposals in the form of brief ‘elevator pitches’ to a panel of invited experts. This provided an […]
Keep Solutions, a Braga-based company and UMinho spin-off originating from the EEUM Department of Computer Science, has distributed €180,000 of its 2025 profits amongst its 36 staff members – meaning each received an average of €5,036. In a statement sent to the media, the Braga-based technology firm highlights that, since […]
The 1st Edition of the AEROSPACE–UMINHO Industrial Series kicked off on 25 March. This new series of Industry Lectures & Technical Deep Dives will bring some of the leading experts in the aerospace sector – from industry, research centres and government agencies – to the Azurém campus of the University […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As part of the celebrations for the 52nd anniversary of the University of Minho, which took place on 18 February at the University of Minho’s Rectorate in Braga, the Guimarães City Council Award was presented. This award recognises the top-performing student on the first-cycle courses taught at the Guimarães Campus. […]
The researcher at the 2C2T centre of the UMinho School of Engineering leads five PRR projects focused on decarbonisation and the creation of smart textiles. From cancer treatment dressings to fashion collections made from recycled fishing nets, innovation in Minho is anticipating new European sustainability requirements. The Portuguese sea has […]
Employing more than two thousand people, of whom around 30% are women, the Braga-based DST group, one of the largest in the national construction sector, continues to invest in advanced training for its workers. With 10 professionals who have completed their doctorates, spread across different companies in the group and […]