The present Advisory Council of the School (ACS) was nominated in 2011, meets every two years and its composition is as follows.

UMinho/School of Medicine's Members:

Rector of University of Minho (invited member)
School of Medicine's Presidency (Jorge Correia Pinto, António Salgado, Patrício Costa e Cristina Nogueira Silva)

External Members:

Alistair Warren (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Arsélio Pato de Carvalho (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Fernando Lopes da Silva (University of Amsterdam, Holand)
Joseph S. Gonnella (Thomas Jefferson University, United States of America)
António Murta (Pathena, Portugal); Vasco Louro (Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Portugal);​
Claudia Schlegel (Bern School for Higher Studies in Nursing, Suíça);​
Terry Wolpaw (Penn State College of Medicine, Estados Unidos da América); 
Dan Wolpaw (Penn State College of Medicine, Estados Unidos da América);
Walter Ricciardi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Itália);
Presidente da Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte de Portugal (ARS-N), Portugal; 
Presidente da Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal.