Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations discussed joint training programme with UMinho Tshilidzi Marwala, rector of the United Nations University (UNU), was received on 17 October at the UMinho Rectory building in Braga by Rui Vieira de Castro, rector of the University of Minho. The aim of the meeting was […]
Marisa Ferreira, an engineer who graduated from UMinho’s School of Engineering, was awarded the Engineer of the Year prize at the Contruir 2023 Awards, an initiative that honours the best in engineering, architecture and construction in Portugal. Born in São João da Madeira and currently working with the company Afaconsult, […]
On September 25th – 29th, for the first time at the EEUM and coordinated by Prof. José Machado, from the Mechanical Engineering Department, took place the new project Blended Intensive Program (BIP) entitled: Cyber-Physical Systems Design in the context of Industry 4.0 BIP are short physical learning, teaching and training […]
On 9 October, the University of Minho hosted the XXII Sports Gala. As usual, student athletes, coaches, managers and organisations will be honoured for their sporting contribution to UMinho’s success in the 2022/2023 academic year. The ceremony, which took place in the Medieval Hall of the Rectory of the University […]
Another anniversary of the School of Engineering of University of Minho was celebrated on 4 October at the Azurém campus. The ceremony was marked with tributes, prizes and awards to teachers, researchers, administrative and management staff, retirees, as well as recognition awards to the company Accenture and the José Neves […]
The secretary of the Resilience Engineering Association, Pedro Ferreira, and the presidents of the Portuguese and Brazilian Ergonomics associations, Teresa Cotrim and Lucy Mara Baú respectively, will open the 1st Luso-Brazilian Seminar on Resilience Engineering this Thursday. The initiative took place on 28 September, online, and featured a dozen guest […]
The Student Ombudsman of the University of Minho, President of the Portuguese Network of Student Ombudsmen, and lecturer at the School of Engineering, Rosa Vasconcelos, was elected vice-coordinator of the Ibero-American Network of University Ombudsmen (RIdDU), which brings together 70 academies from 11 countries. She took up her new post […]
As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the University of Minho, the School of Engineering proposed several initiatives to mark this important moment for our Academy, including the UMinho Spin-Offs and Interfaces Exhibition linked to Engineering “Engineering at the service of Society”, which took place on 27 […]
The University of Minho’s School of Engineering is coordinating a European project worth around five million euros that is looking for natural-based technological solutions to protect critical infrastructures. The initiative involves five European cities, including Aveiro, and aims to minimise the effects of climate change. The project is called NBSINFRA […]
Luís Filipe Cunha, Ricardo Campos and Alípio Jorge won the Best Student Paper Award at the 22nd Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA’23), with the article “Event Extraction for Portuguese: A QA-driven Approach using ACE-2005”. EPIA’23 took place between 5th and 8th September 2023 in the Azores, on the island […]
The pertinence of runtime security is rapidly engaging companies and institutions worldwide, that are becoming more aware of their vulnerabilities and consequences of attacks, in the age of digital transformation affecting workflows across industries. With the different skillsets and expertise of the FISHY Consortium partners, the impact of the novelty […]
For the 2023/24 academic year, UMinho offered a total of 3,013 places in the National Competition for Access to Higher Education and the Local Competition (the latter for the Music degree, with 46 places). In the National Competition, UMinho expanded its places, now admitting 25 more students than the previous […]