CMU Portugal Program drove the creation of over 200 jobs
The CMU Portugal Program celebrates today a decade of existence. Launched in 2006, as a result of a collaboration between the Portuguese government and Carnegie Mellon University, the Program already has several tangible results in its curriculum.
The CMU Portugal Program has driven the creation of 11 companies, in a decade, which attracted more than EUR 61 million in venture capital investment, mainly foreign, and generated more than 200 skilled jobs.
With a mission to “place Portugal at the forefront of science and innovation” in ICT to serve as banner, the research platform created in the scope of this Program scored positive results, achieved in partnership with 15 Portuguese universities, 120 partner companies and the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, which currently finances the project.
Read the coverage in Portuguese at VerPortugal Online, Sapo Tek Online, Portugal News Online (October 27, 2016) DN Notícias Online, NetMadeira, JM Madeira (PDF version), ComputerWorld (October 28, 2016) Diário de Aveiro (PDF version) (October 31, 2016)
RTP Notícias Online – television coverage of this news, first published on November 10, 2016 and was rebroadcasted on the following programs: Bom dia Portugal – RTP1, Bom dia Portugal – RTP3 on November 11, 2016.
