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Master's in Engineering and Quality Management (MEGQ)

A3ES Accreditation

Certifications

Brief description

Career prospects

Operation

Applications

Contacts

 

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A3ES Accreditation
The Portuguese Higher Education Assessment and Creditation Agengy (Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior - A3ES) on September 14, 2020, renewed the accreditation of the master course in Engineering and Quality Management, without conditions, for a 6 years period, and approved the new study planning. More information in reports produced by A3ES. More information on the reports compiled by A3ES.

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Certifications
Students who successfully finish the curricular part of the program are entitled to the following certificates:

Advanced training degree certificate in Engineering and Quality Management (issued by UMinho),




Qualification of internal auditor of Quality ISO 9001, course with access to people certification - SGS Portugal. This certification is issued by SGS Portugal as part of the Seminar Course. The issuance of the certificate is dependent on the frequency and approval at SGS Seminars.


Metrology training certificate - Portuguese Association for Quality (APQ). This certification is issued by APQ within the scope of the Seminar Course Unit. The issuance of the certificate is dependent on the frequency and approval at the APQ Seminars.

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Brief description
The Master's in Engineering and Quality Management highlights engineering and management techniques applied to planning and improvement of products and services and planning, control and improvement of process quality.
 
With curricular content focused on subject areas of great importance for the Master's in Engineering and Quality Management, MEGQ provides advanced training focusing in two key points: (i) improvement of process and product quality and (ii) in the integration of Quality management on organisational management
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Career prospects
A Master in Engineering and Quality Management can perform functions in all types of companies and organizations, from industry to services, public or private, regardless of their size and area of economic activity.
Graduates of this course present a differentiated training in the quantitative components of Engineering and Quality Management that enables them to perform diverse and highly demanding functions. Some examples:

  • Process / design engineers
  • Quality engineers
  • Quality auditors or analysts
  • Quality manager
  • Consultants and / or trainers
  • Maintenance manager

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Operation
Place: UMinho, Escola de Engenharia, Campus de Azurém, Guimarães
Language of learning/assessment: Portuguese
Duration: 4 semestres
Regime: daytime
Schedule:
  alunos.uminho.pt.
Classroom hours: 16 hours per week
Beginning of 2021/22 academic activities: September 2021

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Applications

For more information regarding applications, please consult this website in Portuguese.

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Contacts
Secretariat
Amélia Aguiar – megq@dps.uminho.pt  (+351) 253 510 344
Office: CA-11-02-46-47 (Campus de Azurém)


Directive Committee

Leonilde Varela (DIRECTOR) – dir-megq@dps.uminho.pt 
José Pedro Domingues

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