The School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) is ranked 40th in Europe in its field, according to EngiRank 2025 – European Ranking of Engineering Programmes, presented on 1 December in Brussels (Belgium). The third edition of this annual list compiled by the Polish Perspektywy Education Foundation evaluated […]
On 6 January, as part of the EEUM’s 50th anniversary celebrations, there was a presentation of the painting exhibition “Entre-linhas” (Between the Lines) by Mário Lima and the book “Meu nome é ninguém” (My Name is Nobody), recently published by Luís Soares Barbosa under the Officium Lectionis – Edições, in […]
On 7 January, as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) launched its Book of Memories – Fifty Years, Eleven Presidents, One Future. The event took place on the Azurém campus in Guimarães, bringing together former and current leaders, teachers, staff […]
‘Guimarães wants to be the Iberian benchmark for aerospace engineering,’ says the mayor, who reveals that Luís Montenegro will be welcomed to present the national strategy for space. The presentation of the national space strategy will take place in Guimarães, a municipality led by Social Democrat Ricardo Araújo, representing the […]
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 […]
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 2025 edition of VEM – Vamos Experimentar a UMInho (Let’s Try UMInho), entitled Engineering for a Better Future, was attended by 30 students from schools in the region, coming from 10 cities and 14 schools. The distribution across the 10 cities was as follows: Barcelos 8 students, Guimarães 5 […]
The University of Minho has granted spin-off status (young academic company) to PhotoUP and NeuroMech Systems, reinforcing its commitment to knowledge transfer and an innovation ecosystem with economic and social impact for the country. UMinho now has 51 active spin-offs in a wide range of areas, almost half of which […]
The President of the School of Engineering, Professor António Vicente, was interviewed in December by the Northern Region Engineers Association. Access the full interview here and find out the EEUM President’s perspective on various topics, including the role of engineering in the country’s strategic and political decision-making.
On 18 November, ShanghaiRanking published its Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025, including more than 2,000 universities from 92 countries, assessed in 57 areas of teaching and research. The University of Minho achieved its highest rankings in the areas of Textile Engineering (22nd place worldwide), Civil Engineering (Top 75) and […]
At a time when the complexity and popularity of data-driven applications are growing at an unprecedented rate, INESC TEC UMinho and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are collaborating on a project to tackle one of the most debated challenges in the field: the efficiency of the data-processing systems that support these […]