University of Minho
Founded in the year of 1973, the University of Minho (UMinho) welcomed its first students in the academic year of 1975/76. Today, UMinho is recognized for the competence and quality of its academic staff, the excellence of its research activity, its dynamism, its large range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, its ability for leadership and intervention, and its high degree interaction with other institutions. The UMinho considers itself to be a complete university, offering degrees which span from Medicine, Sciences and Technology, to Arts, Humanities and Law. Located in the North of Portugal, in the province of Minho, the University has two campi, one located in Braga and the other in Guimarães, which are 20 kilometers apart. Both Braga and Guimarães are historical cities, which offer a thousand-year-old cultural heritage alongside a lively modernity with a young population. Braga is a district capital, grown from the ancient roman city of Bracara Augusta. Guimarães, which historical centre is classified by UNESCO as Humanity Cultural Heritage, is known as the “birth place” of the Portuguese nation.