- Student-faculty ratios: 17.9
- Male to female ratio: 54 : 46
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.uminho.pt/en
- Address: R. da Universidade,Braga, 4704-553,Portugal
- Phone: -
The University of Minho was founded in 1973 as part of a wave of ‘new universities’ revitalising education in Portugal. Three campuses are in the northwestern city of Braga, as well as the Campus of Azurém inGuimarães. In total there are eleven schools and institutes at Minho. The school of architecture is located in Guimarães, which in 2001 had its historic city centre designated as a UNESCO world heritage site, and in 2012 was a European City of Culture. An integrated masters in architecture will take five years and a bachelors in product design is a three year course. There are 32 research centres within the University of Minho umbrella. The Confucius institute in Braga was established in partnership with Nankai university in Tianjin, and is a research centre with the targeted aim of the development of Minho’s Chinese studies arm. There is also an extensive school of sciences at Minho, and on average 30 patents a year are registered with the university. Over 400 universities worldwide have established partnerships with Minho, and a foundation course for international students is available. The university conducts two international master’s degrees as part of the Erasmus Mundus programme, Structural Analysis of Monuments and Engineering Rheology. At the beginning of each semester Minho offers 60 hours worth of starter lessons in speaking and writing the Portuguese language, and at PhD level there are four courses taught in English; Bioengineering, Engineering Design, Computer Science, and Telecommunications. After graduation from Minho, students will be granted access to the Portal Alumni, being able maintain contacts and network in their professional field.
- Total number of students 18,299
- Number of international students 1,765
- Total number of academic staff 997
- Number of international staff 42
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 2,304
- Number of master's degrees awarded 1,826
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 211
- Number of research only staff 941
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,274
- Number of new master's students 3,218
- Number of new doctoral students 433
- Global score 48.5
- Global research reputation #594
- Regional research reputation #184
- Publications #474
- Books #427
- Conferences #140
- Normalized citation impact #590
- Total citations #469
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #450
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #543
- International collaboration #423
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #160
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #463
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #597
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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17.9
No. of students per staff
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10%
Percentage of International Students
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18,066
Number of FTE Students
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54 : 46
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2013
351-400
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2014
351-400
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2015
351-400
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2016
501-600
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2017
501—600
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2018
601–800
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2019
601–800
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2020
601–800
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Young University Rankings
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2013
76
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2014
75
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2015
64
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2016
101-150
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2017
101-150
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2018
101–150
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2019
151–200
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Arts & humanities
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2018
301–400
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2019
301–400
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
301–400
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2019
401–500
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Engineering & technology
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2018
301–400
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2019
401–500
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Physical sciences
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2019
601–800
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Social sciences
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2019
501–600
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Business & Economics
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2019
401–500
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Computer Science
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2019
501–600
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Education
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2019
201–250
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Psychology
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2019
251–300
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European Teaching
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2018
=50
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2019
76-100
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
25
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Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities
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2019
=86
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Impact Rankings: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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2019
83
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
=21
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
101–200
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
83
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#306 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 34.0
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #282
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #152
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #344
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #320
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #338
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #320
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #301
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #219
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #112
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #314
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #311
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#464 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 42.4
- Chemistry global research reputation #504
- Chemistry regional research reputation #80
- Chemistry publications #506
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #678
- Chemistry total citations #549
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #609
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #744
- Chemistry international collaboration #714
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #317
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #424
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #442
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#579 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 36.3
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #626
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #158
- Clinical Medicine publications #729
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #512
- Clinical Medicine total citations #693
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #663
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #528
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #113
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #94
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #634
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #526
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#319 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 50.3
- Engineering global research reputation #242
- Engineering regional research reputation #74
- Engineering publications #391
- Engineering normalized citation impact #368
- Engineering total citations #398
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #372
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #296
- Engineering international collaboration #266
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #182
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #305
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #223
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#199 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 43.7
- Materials Science global research reputation #314
- Materials Science regional research reputation #109
- Materials Science publications #128
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #319
- Materials Science total citations #165
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #149
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #257
- Materials Science international collaboration #157
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #110
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #340
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #438
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#315 Physics
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- Physics overall score 55.7
- Physics global research reputation #472
- Physics regional research reputation #177
- Physics publications #395
- Physics normalized citation impact #133
- Physics total citations #284
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #300
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #152
- Physics international collaboration #392
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #108
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #237
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #88