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Open Weekend in the EEUM Back

Thursday, 3/30/2017   
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The School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) participated in the Open Weekend between 24th and 25th March 2017. The initiative was promoted by the University of Minho (UMinho) and was intended for future students, families and pedagogical supervisors.
“Connect your future”, “Hands-on!”, “Metals and their properties”, “Functional Textiles”, “3D projection and printing”, “7 lives of a polymer”, “Say hello to your bro!”, “Networking” were, among others, the motto of the activities carried out by the EEUM in the Open Weekend. The initiative was promoted by UMinho and aimed to attract future students to science and technology areas.

“This event is very important because it allows young people to be familiar with the EEUMs’ facilities, laboratories and classrooms. Being close to what may be your profession in the future allows the students to make a more informed decision in choosing their study programme”, Rosa Vasconcelos, President of the Pedagogical Council of the EEUM, highlighted.

During two days (Friday and Saturday), the EEUM opened its doors to an open weekend which aimed to show the School in its natural dynamics. A programme full of activities, scientific demonstrations, cultural presentations, experiences and lectures was offered, where the youngest had direct and privileged contact with the academic community.

Luana Carvalho, one of the students participating in the Open Weekend, explained that this event helped her to develop a more direct contact with the EEUM: “This kind of initiative also helps us perceive the number of people with whom we are going to have to interact, the size of the facilities, which is good for us to get used to the university’s pace gradually”. The young people were accompanied, on a daily basis, by a team of monitors – current EEUM’s students– who welcomed and involved the future students in various activities and experiences. “With these two days students will take home some good memories and lots of information about the EEUM. In fact, we only give them good feedback on the University, because we really have good working conditions”, Miguel Ângelo, one of the Open Weekend monitors, explained.

Between 24th and 25th March 2017, the EEUM hosted the Open Weekend, where the dynamics of education and science were showcased. This was an initiative promoted by the UMinho which this year counted with around 700 participants in the activities organised by the EEUM.

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