Detailed Information about the University
Official website Wikipedia page
Full official name of the university in the national language
Universidade do Minho.
Year of establishment
1973.
Location
Braga, Portugal.
Languages of instruction
Portuguese, English.
Academic fields
- Architecture
- Arts and Design
- Law
- Economics and Management
- Engineering (various specialisations: computer science, mechanical engineering, electronics, materials science, etc.)
- Natural Sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology)
- Medicine and Health (medicine, nursing, biomedical sciences)
- Psychology
- Educational Sciences
- Humanities (philology, history, philosophy, cultural studies)
- Social Sciences (sociology, communication, international relations)
Rankings and accreditations
- Times Higher Education (2025): ranked in the 601–800 band.
- Top 100 universities in the world under 50 years old (2013–2014).
Cooperation with Odesa Polytechnic National University
University cooperation coordinators
- From Odesa Polytechnic: Oleh Shablii, International Relations Office, vmz@op.edu.ua;
- From UM: Prof Filomena Soares, Vice-Rector, usai@usai.uminho.pt.
Concluded agreements
- No. 197-06 dated 16 October 2020 – Erasmus+ academic mobility agreement between the Portuguese National Mobility Consortium PEER and Odesa Polytechnic National University.
- No. 228-06 dated 9 November 2022 – Erasmus+ academic mobility agreement between the Portuguese National Mobility Consortium PEER and Odesa Polytechnic National University.
Academic mobility to the University of Minho
- Nataliia Titova, Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, 29 June 2023 - 12 July 2023, academic mobility under the Erasmus programme;
- Nataliia Titova, Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, 11 October 2022 - 28 October 2022, academic mobility under the Erasmus programme.