1. Partnership Industry-University:
Collaborative R&D University of Minho - Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal.

3. people
• 19 100 students
• 1 300 faculty
900 as full-time academic staff (96% PhD)
• 880 technical and administrative staff
- 250 grant-holding researchers working in R&D
projects and units
- 900 students holding research grants working in the
University's Research Centres
- 50 tenured full time researchers
- 35 post-doctorate scholarship researchers

4. support services
• free Wi-Fi Global Internet access (broadband)
• 10 computer rooms
• 20 study rooms
• medical and psychological assistance
• support for people with disabilities
libraries
• 2 general libraries
500 000 books
700 reading seats
• Digital Library b-on (access to 16 750
scientific journals/publications)

5. interface units
AvePark - Science and Technology Park
Spinpark - Technology-based Incubator
• Valorisation of knowledge
• 50 companies in the areas of communication and information
technologies, biotechnology/environment and new materials
• 500 people involved
• Customised training for enterprises; support and protection of industrial
property, patent registration

6. interface units
• Centro Clínico Académico, 2CA
Academic Clinic Center
• Centro de Computação Gráfica, CCG
www.ccg.pt Center for Computer Graphips and Virtual Reality
• Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos, CVR
www.cvresiduos.pt Center for Residue Valorization
• Instituto para Bio-Sustentabilidade, IB-S
Sustainable solutions
• Instituto de Design, IDG
Design Institute
• Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros, PIEP
www.piep.pt Innovation in Polymer Engineering

7. student’s mobility
• around 500 UMinho students per year take a
period out to study abroad
• around 600 foreign students per year come
to UMinho
• around 60 professors per year carried out
teaching activities in foreign universities
• 300 protocols signed with Universities worldwide
aimed towards students exchange, comprising
90 different countries (Europe, USA, Latin
America, China and East Asia)

8. research units
• 31 Research Centers
• 65% ranked as Excellent, Very Good or
Associated Laboratories (humanities,
communication sciences, physics, biotechnology,
polymer engineering, health sciences)
• 80% of researchers in units ranked as
Very Good or Excellent
• Associated Labs: polymers and nanomaterials,
medicine and biomaterials
• European Institute of Excellence in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

9. research results
• > 21 000 scientific papers produced at
UMinho:
1 512 ISI-WoS in 2015
1 900 Scopus in 2015
• > 33 000 academic publications stored in
RepositoriUM
(University's Open Access Institutional
Repository)
> 2 100 000 downloads/year
• >160 registered patents since 2000
- 2015: 35 applications

10. > 30 projects with direct corporate funding
on-going research projects
• > 400 on-going research projects
• 68 projects, of the EU 7th Framework
Programme (NMP, KBBE. INFRA, HEALTH, ..)
- 9 under UMinho coordination
• 20 projects under ADI – Agência da Inovação
(QREN) / Innovation Agency
• 350 projects in national Programs (PTDC,
GRID, MIT-Portugal, Nano, etc.), financed by
the Portuguese Foundation for Science and
Technology

11. UMinho ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation
Ignition
R&D
Review
Validation
Incobation
Accelaration
business
idea
value
proposal
business
plan
young
company
mature
company

12. • Successful collaboration between universities and industry can lead to
greater innovation and help spur a company and regions/country s
economic development
• The Exchange of technical skills, knowledge, and resources can be
mutually beneficial for both science and industry
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY COLLABORATION INNOVATION ECONOMIC
GROWTH
University – Industry Collaboration

13. Benefits from U-I Collaborations
Strategic
Increase of market competitiveness
Economic growth and wealth creation
Creation of spin-offs
Acceleration of commercialisation of new technologies
Access to a wide network of international experts
Portfolio diversification (new products / services / processes)
Economic
Cost-effective research
Improvement of the key performance indicators in general
Acquisition of funds to hire human resources, purchase cutting-edge
equipment, etc.
Operational
Resolution of technical problems
Improvement of product quality
Technological breakthrough
Improvement of the innovation ability; ongoing follow up of
technological changes
Social
Reorientation of the research/development agenda: influence on the
university research path
Early trained recruitment of students
Increase the capacity to attract new students to support the industry
needs
Real world experience for students, bringing positive impact on their
curricula (opportunity to interact with practical problems / new ideas /
state of the art)
Regional/local economic development
Learning/continuous professional development
Reinforcement of technological knowledge transfer to industry

14. Bosch Car Multimedia | UMinho Partnership
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17. • Privileged access to critical/specialized
skills and strong scientific knowledge;
• Access to a more skilled applicant pool
to hire - capturing talented collaborators;
• Environmental excellence to create new
knowledge: more efficient processes
and products and valuable technical and
scientific innovations that result in
patents;
• Increase company’s reputation and
visibility in both the professional and
academic environment
BOSCH Motivation
Critical
Skills
Skilled
Applicant
Pool to
HireNew
Knowledge
Scientific
Knowledge
New and
Better
Products
New and
Better
Processes
Priviledge
Access
Increase
Company’s
Reputation
Patents

18. Projects in Partnership with UMinho
DONE Lab
Advanced manufacturing of products and tool
Development of Portuguese
Suppliers
„ Component cluster
„ Technology cluster
iSci Protocol
Interface Science
„ Know-how application of
Science School
„ Solving of complex
problems in real plant
context
„ Develop competencies for high-level
performance
„ Specific training for Bosch associates,
suppliers and UMinho students
Bosch
Academy
PhD program in Advanced Engineering Systems
for Industry
„ Integration of PHD
in industrial context
„ Focus on I4.0 related
problems
Digital Transformation Labs
Foster digital transformation in systems
and solutions
Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal, S.A.

19. Partners / Shareholders
UMinho
Algoritmi, IPC, CMEMS, Idesign, CF, CECS,
DH-CII,
UÉvora
UCatólica (CEPCEP)
INL
CEIIA
+ associated researchers in different areas
including economy, sociology,
communication sciences and law
Bosch
Accenture
Embraer
IKEA
Cachapuz - Bilanciai
Celoplás
ebankIT
NEAdvance
NOS
Primavera
Simoldes
TMG Automotive
WeDo
Associated partners
CCG
PIEP
Digital Transformation Labs

20. Competences & expertise
Information systems
Big data & Data analytics
Electronics & Embedded systems
Robotics
Materials & Nanomaterials
Design & Manufacturing
Micro & Nanotechnologies
Process modelling
Ergonomics & Human factors
Ecodesign & Life cycle assessment
+ economy, sociology, communication sciences and
law
Car multimedia & Automotive sensing
Expert systems & Artificial intelligence
Aeronautics
Household furniture
Weighing systems
Precision manufacturing
Interactive imaging
Machine vision & Production cells
Software applications & Data
intelligence
Automotive components and interiorsMobility & Aeronautics
Virtual & Augmented reality
Polymers & Composites
Digital Transformation Labs

21. Available infrastructure
Additive manufacturing / 3D printing (Bosch-UMinho
DoneLab, Design Institute, UMinho)
Micro & Nanomanufacturing (INL and UMinho)
Virtual & Augmented reality (CCG)
Polymer & Composites processing (PIEP and UMinho)
Robotics (UMinho)
Electronics & Embedded systems Lab (UMinho and INL)
Engineering process modelling (UMinho, CCG and
CEIIA)
Design tools (UMinho, Design institute and CEIIA)
Ergonomics & Human machine interface laboratories
(UMinho and CCG)
High performance computing (TACC and
UMinho, after march 2018)
Big data & Business analytics (UMinho
and CCG)
Pervasive computing & Communications
(UMinho)
Digital Transformation Labs

22. Knowledge development and know-how retention in Portugal
• Methodologies for value creation in product-systems design and
development
• Digital (virtual) operations along the entire design-manufacturing chain
• Scientific and technological developments (publications and patents)
• Transdisciplinary and open science collaborative research (good-
practices)
• Strengthening education-research-innovation coupling (improved
education)
• Companies empowerment in research strategies
• New Laboratories (digital & physical)
• Living Labs
Digital Transformation Labs
Results

23. Development of new education approaches and solutions through
• Implementation of Digital Transformation in higher education (new educational methods
and practices)
• Strengthening education-research coupling (improved education)
• Immersion of students in industrial contexts (improved education)
• Curricular development of the associated educational programmes (better educational
programmes)
• Specific training (improved human resources)
• Contents and programmes for corporate training (improved human resources)
Results
Digital Transformation Labs
Promotion of socio-economical development
• Improved added-value product-systems
• Incubation
• Living Labs
• Entrepreneurial / Industry 4.0 park
• Increased attractiveness for foreign investment
• Sustainability

24. Partnership Industry-University:
Collaborative R&D University of Minho - Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal.