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 following Portuguese institutions: Universidade do Minho (Escola de Engenharia); Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa); Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Universidade do Porto)

The Program Leaders for the EDAM Focus Area are:

Prof. António M. Cunha (Universidade do Minho), Prof. Chris Magee (MIT)

Prof. Joel Clark (MIT)
Prof. Manuel Freitas (IST)
Prof. António Torres Marques (FEUP)