Universidade do Minho

Reitoria – Medievel Building at Braga City Centre

Universidade do Minho

Braga - University

Campus Gualtar

Universidade do Minho

Campus Gualtar and Guimarães

Research and Technology

University of Minho

• 33 years old (founded in 1973)

• 2 Main Campus ( Braga and Guimarães )

• 11 Schools ( Engeneering school is the biggest )

(Architecture, Arts and Human Sciences, Child Studies, Education and Psychology, Social Sciences, Economics and Management, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Sciences, Health Sciences )

•1.200 (circa) Professors (850 PhD)

• 600 Tech & Admin Staff

• 17.000 (circa) students

• 1st Cycle, 15.000

• 2nd Cycle (MsC Degree) and 3rd Cycle (PhD Degree)

Universidade do Minho

University of Minho

Teaching Courses, ICT related• 1st Cycle:

• Informatics Engineering• Computer Science• (Tele)Communications (integrated 1st+2nd)• Information Systems and Technologies• Industrial Electronics (integrated 1st+2nd)

• 2nd Cycle:• Master Degree (several courses)• Research Dissertation

•3rd Cycle• PhD Degree• Research Thesis (at least 2 year of applied or fundamental research)

University of Minho

Shools of Education:

Institute of Child Studies ( IEC )

Institute of Education and Phsicology ( IEP)

University of Minho

IEC and IEP , both schools in thesame building

Campus of Gualtar - BRAGA

IEC

IEC

1. IEC – Institute of Child Studies

Departament of Child Education Sciences (DCEC)

Multimedia Lab

Departament of Integrated Sciences and MotherTongue (DCILM)

Natural Sciences LabMaths Lab for Social Sciences and Languagesand Infant Literature

Departament of Artistic Expression and Physical Education (DEAEF)

All the Departments have their own Resource Centre

IEC

Master-DegreeChild Studies

•Personal and Social Development •Psychosocial Intervention with children, adolescents and families •Mathematics Teaching and Learning •Environment and Health Promotion •Visual Communication and Art Studies •Physical Studies and Leisure •Music Education Textual •Analisis and Children’s Literature

IEC

Early Childhood Education•Multicultural Education and Parent Involvement •Methodology and Supervision in Early Childhood Education

Special Education•Learning disabilities•Early Intervention •Sociology of Childhood

IEC

Ph.D. on Child Studies

•Visual Communication and Arts Studies •Curriculum and Supervision in Elementary Education •Dramatic Education •Special Education •Physical Education, Leisure and Recreation •Music Education

IEC

Ph.D. on Child Studies

•Environmental Studies •Social Studies •Portuguese Language Studies •Teacher Training•Elementary Mathematics •Child Literature

IEC

Ph.D. on Child Studies

•Investigation and Supervision in Early Childhood Education •Elementary Education Organization•Developmental Psychology and Education •Child Health •Sociology of Childhood •Information and Communication Technologies