Job Information
- Organisation/Company: University of Minho
- Department: Centro ALGORITMI
- Research Field: Engineering
- Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Positions: Master Positions
- Application Deadline: 4 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
- Country: Portugal
- Type of Contract: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-time
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme
Offer Description
A call for applications is now open for the attribution of 1 (one) grant of research fellowship for Master within the scope of research activities of the ALGORITMI Centre of the University of Minho, funded by its own funds, under the following conditions:
Scientific Area: Telecommunications and Informatics
Recipient category: Masters, enrolled in a degree course:
- Degree courses: enrolled in doctorate.
Requirement for granting the fellowship:
- The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
- Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by a Higher Education Institution, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).
Applicants’ eligibility: Candidates who meet the conditions set out in Article 8 of the University of Minho's Scientific Research Grant Regulations are eligible.
Nationals or citizens of other European Union member states, third-country nationals, stateless persons, and citizens with political refugee status are eligible to apply for this competition.
Candidate eligibility requirements:
- Candidates must have, mandatorily, at the time of application, a master's degree in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering, Industrial Electronics and Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related areas. Mandatorily, they must have knowledge in 5G cellular mobile networks and in the area of research;
- Priority will be given to candidates with consolidated knowledge in:
- positioning systems;
- signal processing;
- estimation methods;
- Priority will be given to candidates with a PhD in the area of Telecommunications;
Workplan and objectives to be achieved:
The plan consists of carrying out a set of tasks leading to the development of a positioning and tracking system (RTLS – Real-Time Location System) for indoor industrial environments, based on 5G mobile network technology, namely:
- familiarization with the architecture, interfaces and services of 5G networks;
- support for the installation and configuration of 5G network infrastructure;
- network monitoring;
- development of software modules for the collection and measurement of operating parameters of the radio layer of the network;
- development of algorithms aimed at estimating the position of a network terminal based on radio measurements.
The evaluation of the work developed will be verified through the results obtained to be indicated in the activity report, to be prepared by the grant holder.
Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Grant Holder Statute (EBI), approved by Law nº. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current wording, and the University of Minho Scientific Research Grant Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations (RBIC)), approved by Order nº. 4998/2025, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, nº. 81, of April 28, rectified and republished through Rectification Statement nº. 634/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, nº. 132, of July 11.
Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in ALGORITMI Center of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, located on the Azurém Campus, under the scientific supervision of the Doctor Filipe Miguel Lopes Meneses, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and the coordination of Doctor Paula Fernanda Varandas Ferreira, Director of the ALGORITMI Center, School of Engineering of the University of Minho.
Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 12 months, with a provisional starting date on September 2026. The fellowship grant may, eventually, be renewed up to the maximum limit allowed by the project and/or applicable legislation.
Amount of the research grant: The amount of the grant corresponds to 1359,64 €/month, according to the table of values of the Research scholarship of the University of Minho, updated annually, as decided by the Management Board.
Payment is made on the 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.
Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Insurance, if the candidate chooses to receive it, corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) and personal accident insurance.
Exclusivity regime: The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.
Selection panel:
President: Doctor Maria João Mesquita Rodrigues Cunha Nicolau Pinto, Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho;
Effective members: Doctor Filipe Miguel Lopes Meneses, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho; Doctor António Luís Duarte Costa, Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho;
Alternate Members: Doctor Rui João Peixoto José, Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Department of Information Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and Doctor Helena Cristina Coutinho Duarte Rodrigues, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho.
The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.
Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 0 to 5 values:
- Applicant Merit - AM (100%)
- A.1: Academic path, which reflects the area of training of the course and the grades of the academic degrees (using tables A.1.1. and A.1.2. defined in the minutes of criteria), with a weighting of 50%;
- A.1.1: Area of training of the course, with a weighting of 60%;
- A.1.2: Grades of academic degrees, with a weighting of 40%;
- A.2: Personal curriculum (which reflects the scientific and professional background), with a weighting of 40%;
- A.3: Motivation letter, with a weighting of 10%.
The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:
AM = (A.1 x 0,5) +(A.2 x 0,4) +(A.3 x 0,1)
Since A.1 = (A.1.1 × 0.6) + (A.1.2 × 0.4)
Note: Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.
Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open for a period of 15 business days, from August 17th until September 4th, 2026.
Applications must be submitted by email to recrutamento@algoritmi.uminho.pt, indicating the reference number of the competition in the subject line. Only applications submitted within the established deadline and accompanied by the following documents will be accepted:
- Candidate's updated curriculum vitae;
- Certificates of the academic degrees obtained or, if applicable, the candidate's declaration of honor that he/she has completed the degrees required in the notice by the application deadline (not applicable to research initiation grants).
- Motivation letter, in which the candidate expresses his/her interest in research in the scientific area of the competition and in the area of cellular mobile networks;
- For degrees obtained abroad, the record of recognition of the academic degrees and record of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale must be presented, or, alternatively, a declaration of honor from the candidate (this declaration must attest to facts that occurred prior to the application. In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for the purposes of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be considered. If it is found that the documents proving the academic degree and diploma, or their recognition under the terms of Decree-Law n. º 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the assessment of the academic career and may consequently alter the candidate's ranking, the scholarship will not be contracted);
Form of publication/notification of results: The results of the evaluation are published in a single list, posted in a visible and public place in the host unit, as well as by email to all candidates, attaching, for this purpose, the minutes of the jury's deliberations, within a maximum period of 90 working days from the deadline for submission of applications.
Candidates are informed, at a preliminary hearing, in accordance with Articles 121 and 122 of the Administrative Procedure Code, of the likely outcome of the final decision, and may comment within 10 working days of this notification.
An appeal may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal may be lodged with the highest executive body of the funding entity within 30 days, both after the respective notification (Article 12(nº6) of the FCT Research Grant Regulations).
Within 10 working days of notification of the grant award, the applicant must declare their acceptance in writing. In case of non-acceptance, the next highest ranked applicant will be notified immediately.
Fellowship contractualization: The scholarship is awarded through the signing of a contract between the University of Minho and the scholarship recipient, in accordance with the draft contract in Annex II of the University of Minho Regulations (RBIC).
The contract can only be signed after receipt of all the documentation required for the type of scholarship, which must occur within a maximum period of 6 months, including proof of academic degrees or diplomas, as well as enrollment in non-degree study cycles or courses, as applicable.
Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has 60 working days to sign the scholarship contract, in accordance with nº3 of the Article 14º the University of Minho Regulations (RBIC).
Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts: Without prejudice to the other grounds laid down in the University of Minho's Scientific Research Scholarship Regulation and in the Research Fellow Statute, the scholarship will cease on completion of the contracted work plan, as well as on expiry of the period for which it was granted or renewed.
The final report must be submitted to the scientific advisor, in accordance with the defined objectives and evaluation criteria, no later than 60 working days after the end of the scholarship and must be drawn up in accordance with Annex I of the Regulations of the University of Minho.
Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade do Minho actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, namely, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.
Declaration of Honor
Academic qualifications
I, (full name), candidate for the vacancy for the award of a (type of scholarship), within the scope of the project (name or reference of the project), with the reference (ref. notice), declare on my honor that I have completed the academic degree of (academic degree), qualifying for the type of scholarship in the competition, namely the course (designation), by the (University conferring the degree), on the date XX/XX/XXXX, with a final average of XXXXX values on the YY scale.
As it is not possible for me to present proof of qualifications until the end of the competition, I declare that I undertake to present the aforementioned certificate at the conclusion of the scholarship contract, in the event that I am selected for the vacancy in the competition.
As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration.
(Place), (date).
____________________
(full name)
NOTE: The declaration may only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application.
In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for the purpose of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be taken into account.
Declaration of Honor
I, (full name), bearer of identification document number (XXXX), candidate for a research grant (type of grant), within the scope of the project (name or reference of the project), with the reference (ref. call for proposals), declare on my honor that (I have not received any research grants to date / I have received the following research grants) under the Research Grant Holder Statute.
University
Financing Entity
Project
Type of Grant
Duration
Start
Term
As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration.
(Place), (date).
____________________
(full name)
Where to apply
E-mail: recrutamento@algoritmi.uminho.pt
Requirements
- Research Field: Engineering
- Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
- Skills/Qualifications: Please see Offer Description
- Specific Requirements: Please see Offer Description
Additional Information
Benefits: Please see Offer Description
Eligibility criteria: Please see Offer Description
Selection process: Please see Offer Description
Additional comments: Please see Offer Description
Website for additional job details: https://algoritmi.uminho.pt/open-positions/
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: University of Minho
- Country: Portugal
- State/Province: Guimarães
- City: Guimarães
- Postal Code: 4800-058
- Street: Universidade do Minho
Contact
- State/Province: Guimarães
- City: Guimarães
- Website: https://algoritmi.uminho.pt/open-positions/
- Street: Campus de Azurém
- Postal Code: 4800-058
- E-Mail: recrutamento@algoritmi.uminho.pt
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