for Health technology and Services Research (CINTESIS) William James Research Center (WJCR) Centre for Languages, Literature and Cultures (CLLC) Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering (GEOBIOTEC) Institute of Telecommunications (IT) Institute of Biomedicine of Aveiro (IBIMED) Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) Institute of Ethnomusicology - Centre of Music and Dance Studies (INET-Md) Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+) Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO) Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication - Physics of Semicondutors, Optoelectronics and Disordered Systems (I3N-FSCOSD) REQUIMTE – Network of Chemistry and Technology Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) As a research-led institution, during 2015, 316 research and technology transfer projects were active in UA. 80 of these projects are/were funded by International and European Programmes, of which 27 by the 7th Framework Programme, 13 by the Horizon 2020 and 17 by the ERASMUS +. Faculty and alumni Catarina Fagundes, windsurfer at 1996 Summer Olympics Jacinta, jazz singer José Carlos Pedro, researcher at IT, professor, IEEE Fellow Filipe Teles, political scientist Miguel Viegas, Member of the European Parliament Eduardo Marçal Grilo, mechanical engineer and politician Nuno Borges De Carvalho, professor, IEEE Fellow Miguel Monteiro, paraolympic bronze medal winner and former world recordist of longest shot put throw See also ECIU EUA IEEE ESDP-Network List of universities in Portugal Higher education in Portugal References Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal 1973 establishments in Portugal Educational institutions established in 1973 Álvaro Siza Vieira buildings Modernist architecture in Portugal