University of Minho

The University of Minho is located in the northwest of Portugal. There are three campuses in total: the Azurém Campus and the Couros Campus are located in the city of Guimarães, which has the UNESCO World Heritage designation. The third Gaultar Campus, on the other hand, is located in Braga, the third largest city in Portugal.7

The 12 faculties and institutes are spread over the three campuses:8

School of Architecture
School of Sciences
School of Law
School of Economics and Management
School of Engineering
School of Medicine
School of Nursing
School of Psychology
Institute of Social Sciences
Institute of Education
Institute of Arts and Humanities
Research Institute 13Bs

The Faculty

Relevant for IS:link students is the School of Engineering on the Azurém Campus. This is divided into nine areas. The most important department is the Department of Information Systems (DSI).9

The DSI focuses its research on two aspects:

The development and improvement of socio-technical units
The construction of IT applications that are capable of meeting the needs of their respective fields of application.10

In addition, the DIS carries out research & development activities within the framework of the Centro ALGORITMI in the following areas:11

Information Systems and Technologies
Computer Science and Technology
Computer Communications and Pervasive Media
Industrial Electronics
Industrial Engineering and Management

Semester dates & courses

Semester dates & deadlines:

https://alunos.uminho.pt/EN/incomingstudents/Pages/CalendarioAcademico.aspx

Courses:

https://www.uminho.pt/EN/education/educational-offer/Pages/Master-degrees.aspx

Student life

Students of Minho University have access to similar offers and services on each of its three campuses. Students are thus offered the same services regardless of the campus where they spend most of their time. These services include several specialized libraries, canteens, bars and a sports complex.

In addition, the Couros Campus generally offers university projects in the fields of the performing and visual arts. This campus places great emphasis on creative development and is therefore also open to people who are not studying at the university. It is not for nothing that the campus is also known as the "Creativity Campus".12

Campus life

In order to get used to the campus life of Minho University more easily and to make contacts quickly, it is recommended to join one of the many student groups in the fields of music, theater and dance.13

Students can also practice more than 70 different sports on the large sports complexes.14

City of Braga

Minho is a former province of Portugal, founded in 1936 and later dissolved (1976). It comprised 23 municipalities and Braga was the capital of the province at that time. Today, Minho would comprise the districts of Braga and Viana do Castelo.15 The province got its name from the river "Rio Minho", which marks the border with neighboring Spain.

In addition to academic life, Braga, as one of the oldest Portuguese and Christian cities, has a variety of leisure activities and is still characterized by tradition and history.16