About 200 engineering students expected in Guimarães The School of Engineering of the University of Minho hosted on May 27 the “Race Party®”, considered the largest European academic festival of custom minicar races. The 11th edition of the initiative had about 200 engineering students in design, speed and distance tests, […]
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The Rectory of the University of Minho presented on May 22, a set of recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching, learning and assessment. The session took place at 3:30 pm, on the Gualtar campus, in Braga, and also included the presentation of success stories in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
With the Orchestra and Choir of the Department of Music at the School of Letters, Arts and Humanities of UMinho performing Mozart, the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the School of Engineering came to a close at the Theatro Circo in Braga. In this performance, the UMinho Orchestra performed the overture to […]
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 […]
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 […]
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) will launch a library this year to support research into the history of Catholic missions in Asia and the Diocese of Macau, which celebrated its 450th anniversary in January, the institution announced. The Bibliotheca Diocesis Macaonensis ‘is an ambitious, long-term project in the field […]
On 23 January, at the Porto Innovation Hub, the Engineers’ Association, together with more than 20 companies, public and private institutions and higher education entities, formalised the creation of the Forum for Attracting and Retaining Talent in Engineering in Portugal. The session was chaired by the Minister of Education, Science […]
The Automation and Robotics Laboratory (LAR) at the University of Minho is once again celebrating the spirit of solidarity this season with its now traditional initiative to adapt electronic toys for children with special needs. From 15 to 17 December, Building 8-b on the Azurém Campus will be transformed into […]
As part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM), the debate “Strategies for the Future of Higher Education” recently took place, bringing together renowned speakers to discuss the challenges, transformations, and new perspectives of Higher Education in Portugal. The event aimed […]
Miguel Barbosa, an aerospace engineering student at UMinho, saw his life change after an accident that left him an amputee. But this drastic change in his life, which had an impact on many levels, did not discourage him or make him give up on his goals and dreams. Miguel now […]