Presentation of Universidade do Minho, Portugal

http://www.uminho.pt/en/home_en
location
Located in the North of Portugal,
in the “province” of Minho:
•population over 1 million inhabitants
•important industrial tradition
The University of Minho is:
•a key agent in the region
•an important Portuguese reference
•a recognized player in the European and global
arenas
infrastructures
Created in 1973. Public University.
2 Campi
• Campus of Gualtar (380.000 m2)
Braga
over 2000 years old. 3rd largest Portuguese city
European Capital of Youth 2012
• Campus of Azurém (270.000 m2)
Guimarães
cradle of the Nation
UNESCO Human Heritage
European Capital of Culture 2012
Campus de Gualtar, Braga
Campus de Azurém, Guimarães
support services
• free Wi-Fi Global Internet access (broadband)
• computer rooms
• study and research rooms
• bars, canteens and restaurants
• Halls of residence
• sports and fitness centers
• medical and psychological assistance
• support for people with disabilities
• bookshops
• print and copy centers
• banks
• travel agencies
• newsagents
schools / faculties
• Architecture [Architecture; Product Design]
• Sciences [Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Optometry; Mathematics;
Earth Sciences]
• Health Sciences
• Social Sciences [Communication Sciences; Archaeology; Sociology; History;
Geography; Anthropology]
• Law
• Economics and Management
• Education
• Nursing
• Arts and Humanities [Portuguese; English; French; German; Spanish;
Philosophy; Oriental Studies; Music; Drama]
• Psychology
schools / faculties
• Engineering
Biological Engineering (Food and Environmental Engineering)
Biomedical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Communications Engineering
Industrial Electronics and Computers Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Polymer Engineering
Informatics Engineering
Information Systems
Textile Engineering
Fashion Design
staff
• 1.200 faculty (96% of the teaching staff hold a doctoral
degree)
• 250 grant-holding researchers working within the scope of
R&D projects and units
• 500 students holding research grants working in the
University's Research Centres
• 75 tenured full time researchers
• 40 Post-Doctorate scholarship students
• 800 people employed as technical and administrative staff
Teaching – a commitment with quality
•innovative offer • new areas • new pedagogic practices
•internal quality assurance system …
• 55 undergraduate and Integrated Master’s degrees
• 130 Master Courses
• 40 Doctoral courses + several additional PhD areas
• 18.500 students
7.000 undergraduate students
4.500 integrated masters degree students
5.200 master students
1.800 doctoral students
research
• 31 Research Centers
• 80% of researchers in units ranked as Very Good or Excellent (Physics,
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Textile Eng., Polymer Eng., Health
Sciences, Communication Sciences, Humanities, Informatics, etc…)
• Associated Labs: nanomaterials, bioengineering, medicine and
biomaterials
•
220 national and international cooperation protocols, involving
more than 30 countries
• Wide-reaching knowledge networks established within the European,
North-American and Iberian-American spaces (COST, Marie-Curie,
INTERREG,...)
Internationalisation: characterisation
• Institutional Priority
• Central/Mainstream and gradually systematic
• Rationale
– Key to achieve and maintain high quality level of its education,
research and services
– Means of promoting the institution in the global world
– Answer to the globalisation phenomena - cooperation
• Constant evolution AND Quality of Quantities
• Professionalised structure
• UM foresees an internationalisation which diversity, level and quality
constitute one of the formal and informal indicators of its institutional
overall assessment
Internationalisation: some indicators (1)
• EUA report: “…besides being excellent at research and teaching, the
internationalisation of UMinho is absolutely outstanding …”
• ECTS and DS Labels (since 2004, renewed in 2009. 1 of the very few
with both labels awarded)
• Mobility of Students: OUT: 450 – IN:700
• Teaching Staff Mobility: c. 70 per year
• Bilateral Protocols with > 480 universities in all continents
• Networks/Associations
– Santander Group
- Compostela Group of Universities (Executive
Committee)
– EUA
Internationalisation: some indicators (2)
• Erasmus Mundus Master Courses (2 coordinations in the area of
Engineering: SAHC 1 and 2 and EURHEO)
• MIT-Portugal; CMU-Portugal; Harvard-Portugal
• 12 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (5 Latin America, 4 Asia, 1 MED, 1 CAL, 1
Middle East)
• UE-INDIA “Improving the Seismic Resistance of Cultural Heritage Buildings”
• ALFA III (TRALL), ALFA II (4 co-ordinations: TACTS-META; LERNET;
PLASTINET; VALNATURA)
• Asia-Link (1 coordination and 2 partnerships); Edulink (1 coordination)
• Jean Monnet (1 Excellence Center; 4 Chairs; 2 European Modules; 2
Permanent Course)
• Regional Information Centre FULBRIGHT, EURAXESS
• 1st Confucius Institute in Portugal
interface units / Innovation / TT
AvePark - Science and Technology Park
Spinpark - Technology-based Incubator
• Valorisation of knowledge
• 40 companies in the areas of communication and
information technologies, biotechnology/environment and
new materials
• 500 people involved
• Customised training for enterprises; support and
protection of industrial property, patent registration
3Bs Laboratory
AvePark
central building
Spinpark incubator
some interface units
• Center for Computer Graphips and Virtual Reality
CCG – www.ccg.pt
•Center for Residue Valorization
CVR – www.cvresiduos.pt
• Innovation in Polymer Engineering
PIEP – www.piep.pt
• Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
• Institute for Sustainability and Innovation
some brief institutional framework for ELECTRA/EMA2
• Unique opportunity! Thank you Oldenburg.
• Integrated part of our internationalisation strategy
• Platform to create structured academic cooperation with the represented 3rd country HEIs/Countries.
Privileged source of financing to promote/boost the implementation of several intentions of cooperation
• Means to strengthen and broaden our links with the EU and ENPI countries
• Diversified mobility opportunities for our students and (non)teaching staff
• Challenging scheme. Complex project management with no single solution/receipe
• Strong and trustworthy network will definately origin a successful project
more information
Adriana Lago de Carvalho
HEAD IRO
Universidade do Minho
International Relations Office
sri@sri.uminho.pt
http://www.sri.uminho.pt
THANK YOU!