The School of Engineering at the University of Minho is the best in the country for biomedical engineering and 34th in Europe globally, according to the second edition of EngiRank – European Ranking of Engineering Programs, which evaluated 184 universities with engineering and technology courses in the European Union, Norway […]
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The Jubilation Ceremony of Maria Madalena T. Araújo, Full Professor in the Production and Systems Department of the School of Engineering, took place on December 3rd at the Azurém campus of the University of Minho. The program began at 5pm, with the reception of guests and the audience, and the […]
Guimarães, the city where UMinho’s School of Engineering is based, was awarded the title of European Green Capital 2026 on November 27 in Valencia, organized by the European Commission. This title recognizes the commitment of the Municipality of Guimarães to the environment, innovation and the mobilization of the entire community […]
The new board of the Center for MicroElectroMechanics Systems (CMEMS) took office on November 21 at 11:30 a.m. in the meeting room of the Chair of the School of Engineering. The new board will include Luís Miguel Valente Gonçalves as director and José Luís Carvalho Martins Alves and Susana Oliveira […]
Rosa Vasconcelos, a lecturer at UMinho’s School of Engineering, was re-elected vice-president of the IEEE Education Society for the 2025-2027 term. The election took place in Washington DC, USA, on 15 October. Rosa Vasconcelos will assume the vice-presidency in the area of ‘Membership and Geographic Activities’ and this election marks […]
Dispatch no. 12699/2024, issued by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Prime Minister’s Office, was published in the Diário da República on 24 October, setting out the composition of Portugal’s National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. The CNCTI is responsible for collaborating in the development and sustainability […]
On 22 October, the Department of Civil Engineering took office in the meeting room at EEUM, with the re-election of Professor Rui Ramos as director and Professor Jorge Branco as deputy director. The ceremony was attended by the President and Vice-President of the School of Engineering, Professor Pedro Arezes and […]
On 18 October, the Advisory Board of the School of Engineering met in the meeting room of the Presidency of the EEUM. The agenda included a brief presentation of the EEUM’s activities over the last year, namely the integration of the School into various courses of the Alliance Project (postgraduate […]
The School of Engineering celebrated its 49th anniversary on 4 October with a programme that aimed to pay tribute to those who have marked EEUM’s past, recognise those who currently contribute to its success, and plan for the future with the involvement of the entire academic community. At the ceremony, […]
The new board of the ALGORITMI centre took office on 3 October in the meeting room of the School of Engineering’s President’s Office, with Paula Fernanda Varandas Ferreira, a lecturer in the Production and Systems Department, as Director, and António Carlos da Silva Abelha, from the Computer Science Department, Paulo […]
The start of the academic year took place in the first week of September and the University of Minho’s ‘Welcome Programme’ activities took place on its campuses. This programme, organised by UMinho in collaboration with the UMinho Academic Association (AAUMinho), was designed to welcome and integrate the 3,000 or so […]
The Student Ombudsman of the University of Minho, Rosa M. Vasconcelos, was re-elected as president of the Portuguese Network of Higher Education Student Ombudsmen (RPE). This network brings together representatives from 60 national universities and polytechnic institutes, both public and private. The inauguration took place last Friday, at the end […]