One of the top goals in the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing focus area is to develop a new paradigm for engineering education that closely links high quality research to curricular programs.

Two innovative degree programs that integrate engineering and management practices are offered in association with the EDAM focus area: an advanced post-graduate program and a doctoral program.

Both programs are jointly offered by the Portuguese universities University of Minho (UMINHO), the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP), and the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (IST). Academic staff include senior professors and researchers from these three Portuguese institutions and MIT's Engineering Systems Division.