The iranian PhD Student, enrolled at UMinho since 2009, remembered his participation on a Conference at Switzerland where he has the opportunity to meet Joaquim Barros, UMinho's lecturer, who would invite him to integrate University of Minho. Esmaeel Esmaeeli who, until then, have “absolutely no idea about Portugal” talks now about the last four years of a “good experience”, laboratory's quality and good technical preparation.

A EEUM's organization, part of the 39th anniversary of the institution, the workshop “Erasmus and Internationalization” intended to clarify the academic comunity about several available international opportunities.