DOI: 10.4018/IJEHMC.2018010104 International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications Volume 9 • Issue 1 • January-March 2018 Copyright © 2018, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. 50 Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Academic Success Through Mobile App and IoT Karolina Baras, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Luísa Soares, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI), University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Carla Vale Lucas, Psychological Counselling Service, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Filipa Oliveira, Psychological Counselling Service, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Norberto Pinto Paulo, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal Regina Barros, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal ABSTRACT Smartphones have become devices of choice for running studies on health and well-being, especially among young people. When entering college, students often face many challenges, such as adaptation to new situations, establish new interpersonal relationships, heavier workload and shorter deadlines, teamwork assignments and others. In this paper, the results of four studies examining students’ well- being and mental health as well as student’s perception of challenges and obstacles they face during their academic journey are presented. In addition, a mobile application that acts as a complement to a successful tutoring project implemented at the authors’ University is proposed. The application allows students to keep their schedules and deadlines in one place while incorporating virtual tutor features. By using both, the events from the student’s calendar and his or her mood indicators, the application sends notifications accordingly. These notifications encompass motivational phrases, time management guidelines, as well as relaxation tips. KEywoRdS Field Studies, Higher Education, IoT, Mental Health, Mobile App, Well-Being 1. INTRodUCTIoN Research points out that happy people produce more and have better results at work (Yano, Lyubomirsky, & Chancellor, 2012). Based on this premise, one may assume that happy students will also perform better along their academic path. Higher education students often face many challenges such as, adaptation to new situations, establishing of new interpersonal relationships, managing heavy workloads and short deadlines and working successfully in teams. Tutoring (or mentoring) projects have shown to be a good way of helping students to be successful in their academic life. An example of this is the tutoring program implemented at the University of Madeira since 2012/13 (Faria, Oliveira, Lucas, Vasconcelos, & Soares, 2014). It aims to facilitate the integration of freshmen into