Author: Cristiano Jesus
Founded in 1973, the University of Minho received its first students in the academic year 1975/76. Today, the University of Minho is a reference in Education and Scientific Research in Portugal, Europe, and the world. It is a Research University focusing on the regional, national and international socioeconomic environment. It invested in growing the Knowledge, RD&I chain, namely through intellectual property management, standing as one of the Portuguese Higher Education Institutions with more registered patents.
The Gualtar campus in Braga hosts the Schools of Sciences, Law, Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, the Institutes of Social Sciences and Humanities, Education, and Letters and Human Sciences, as well as a portion of the School of Engineering. The Azurém campus (Guimares) hosts the School of Engineering and almost all of its courses. Also, it hosts the School of Architecture and some courses from the School of Sciences and the Institute of Social Sciences. The Couros campus is the place where the Advanced Postgraduate Training Center, the Degree in Theater, and the Institute of Design are located. Within 12 Schools and Institutes and over 30 research units and 1,000 teaching staff, UMinho currently receives almost 20,000 students, including over 2,000 foreign students. Since the past 5 years, UMinho has been ranked in the TOP 500 universities worldwide. It is the Portuguese institution holding the highest number of Highly Cited Researchers in the 2019 edition from the Web of Science Group (Clarivate).
Braga and Guimarães combine tradition and history with a current and cosmopolitan experience.
Braga, founded in Roman times, has over 2000 years of history, and is one of the oldest Portuguese cities. Braga is also one of the oldest Christian cities in the world and is, at the same time, one of the youngest cities in Europe in terms of average age of population, making it dynamic and energetic. Guimarães is one of the most significant historical cities in the country, and its historical center is recognized as World Cultural Heritage, making it one of the region’s most important tourist destinations. Its streets and monuments reverberate with history and fascinate visitors. Guimarães has a millennium of history and blends it with the dynamism and entrepreneurship that characterize modern cities. It is often called the “Cradle City” since it was the place establishing the administrative center of the Condado Portucalense, which later became Portugal.
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