The programme, open to the public, began on 16 April with a concert and will continue until March 2026.

The School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with two dozen activities open to academics and the public until March 2026. The programme, available at eng.uminho.pt, includes concerts, debates, exhibitions, job and technology fairs, book launches, social gatherings and solidarity actions, especially in Guimarães and Braga.

The celebrations kicked off on 16 April at 9.30pm with a show at the Vila Flor Cultural Centre (CCVF) in Guimarães, performed by the UMinho Music Department Orchestra and pianist Ângelo Martingo, under the direction of Vítor Matos. The repertoire included Beethoven’s ‘Emperor Concerto’ and Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony’. The concert can be watched here.

‘We are celebrating half a century as a pillar in technological and scientific development, which has been marked by innovation, academic rigour and a commitment to training engineers capable of responding to the challenges of the present and the future, thus contributing to the progress of society and the creation of sustainable solutions that improve our quality of life and that of the planet,’ says the president of EEUM’s 50th anniversary committee, Maribel Yasmina Santos.

EEUM is UMinho’s largest school, with nine departments (Computer Science, Production and Systems, Industrial Electronics, Information Systems, Biological Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Textile Engineering) and nine research centres (2C2T, Algoritmi, CEB, CMEMS, CTAC, IPC, ISISE, HASLab, METRICs). It has 263 career teachers, 132 PhD researchers and more than 100 technical staff. In the last academic year it had around 7,800 students, spread across 15 undergraduate degrees, 13 integrated master’s degrees, 36 master’s degrees and 20 doctoral programmes.