The UMinho School of Sciences opened new laboratory facilities in the area of optometry and vision sciences this week, “one of the most modern structures of laboratory teaching in this area at national and European level”. The project – an investment of around €270,000 – is the result of a partnership that the school maintains with Essilor, which financed the project by around 80%.
“At the moment, we have very good training conditions for our students, with more interactive and practical teaching dynamics, factors that become fundamental for this area”, revealed José Manuel Méijome, director of the Physics Department of the School of Sciences of UMinho, to Correio do Minho.
Gonçalo Barral, general director of Essilor Portugal, hopes that this laboratory will be a “milestone” to train better professionals and, consequently, serve people better. “In Portugal there are a million people who need visual improvement. Therefore, there is a large space for these professionals to improve the world”, he says.
