Rui Vieira de Castro is the current Rector of University of Minho.
He was previously the Vice-Rector of University of Minho from 2009 until 2017 as well as the Vice-President of the Academic Council of the University of Minho. He has been teaching at the University of Minho since 1978.
Rui Vieira de Castro has a PhD in Education, awarded by the University of Minho, and a Master in Linguistics, awarded by the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.
His scientific interests focus in the areas of Education and Language, with a main focus on Portuguese teaching issues, Literacies, with an emphasis on the uses of language in a work context. He has also been a principal researcher in projects financed by FCT, as well as other projects financed by UNICEF, IPAD and the Ministry of Education in East Timor.