The School of Engineering was present, once again, in the Braga Economic Week, in what is already the 6th edition of this event promoted by the Municipality of Braga and InvestBraga. The event took place from May 22 to 26, at Altice Fórum Braga, with several initiatives and events promoted […]
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Paulo Sampaio and Nelson Costa took office, as director and deputy director respectively, of the Department of Production and Systems, on May 16th. The ceremony took place in the meeting room of the Department of Production and Systems, where were present several elements of the department, and the presidency of […]
Tomorrow Needs a Welcome, was the motto of the welcoming session for the most recent members of the academic community of the School of Engineering, organized by the School Presidency, which took place in the Azurém campus on May 8th. The main objective of the session was to introduce the […]
These honorary titles complete a list of 19 Honoris Causa doctorates already awarded to international reference personalities by our University. The University of Minho awarded last May 19th, the doctorate in Engineering Honoris Causa to the American Dava Newman and the entrepreneur José Ramos. The moment happened at the Azurém […]
The School of Engineering of the University of Minho received on May, 4th, the Secretary of State of National Defence, Marco Capitão Ferreira, at the Azurém campus of the University of Minho. Accompanying the Secretary of State of National Defence was Pedro Rodrigues, his Assistant, and Ana Resende, Chief of […]
Carlos Couto had the first European patent (1993) and José Covas the national patent (1996) for UMinho, with a new type of thermometer and a polymer sample collector to be transformed. The University of Minho has been at the forefront of innovation and economic valorisation of knowledge in its various […]
Paulo Flores, Full Professor at the School of Engineering of UMinho, was honoured at the University of Wichita, in the United States of America, for the 20 years of cooperation with that North-American institution. The distinction was held last April 24 at the University of Wichita, one of the most […]
The Municipality of Braga, in partnership with the University of Minho (CEB/DEB), Startup Braga and INL, opened the doors to the 1st Week of Biotechnology in Braga, which took place between 17 and 21 April with a program fully dedicated to the theme. The opening session took place on April […]
On the past 11th and 12th of April took place the Habilitation exams of the Associate Professor of the School of Engineering, António José Vilela Pontes, in the knowledge area of Science and Engineering of Polymers and Composites. The lecturer of the School of Engineering was unanimously approved by the […]
The Department of Polymer Engineering (DEP) and the Innovation Pole in Polymer Engineering (PIEP) organised Materials 2023 , which brought together the XXI Congress of the Portuguese Materials Society and the XII International Symposium on Materials, and which took place from 3rd to 6th April at the Vila Flor Cultural […]
The international documentary “Theatre of Shadows”, which had UMinho’s Algoritmi Centre among the participants, premiered on April 6th, at gnration, in Braga. The work directed by Lucas Costanzi makes a deep social analysis about problems of all times and current phenomena such as populism, the radicalism of extreme politics and […]
UPA opened doors to thousands of students at the Azurém campus UPA – UMinho de Portas Abertas (UMinho with Open Doors), which took place on March 30th, 31st and April 1st, 2023, at the Azurém campus, in Guimarães, presented UMinho in a comprehensive perspective, combining the presentation of its educational […]