The University of Macau is a famous attraction in Macau’s cultural landscape.
The birth of the University of Macau can be traced back to March 1981. At that time, Ricci Island West Limited received land lease from the Macau government to establish Macau's first university, the private East Asia University, which was the predecessor of the University of Macau. The establishment of East Asia University marked the beginning of modern higher education in Macau.
In the early years of East Asia University’s establishment, most of the students were from Hong Kong. Later, in order to meet the human resource needs during the transitional period of the handover of Macau's power, the Macau Foundation acquired East Asia University in 1988 and reorganized it, establishing the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Business Administration, the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Technology, and transformed the three-year courses into It is a four-year institution; later, the School of Law and the School of Education were established. The teaching language is still mainly English.
In 1991, a new university charter was formulated, and East Asia University was officially renamed the public University of Macau, with the goal of cultivating Macau talents. After the university was reorganized, the number of students increased dramatically, from the initial few hundred to the current more than 5,000, and the proportion of local Macau students also increased from 39 when the school was founded to the current 90.
After more than 20 years of transformation, the University of Macau has a complete teaching system, including the School of Business Administration, the School of Social and Human Sciences, the School of Science and Technology, the School of Law, the School of Education, the Preparatory Course Center and Center for Off-Campus Programs and Special Programs. Awarding bachelor's, master's, doctoral and junior college degrees. The University of Macau has a teaching team of more than 350 people, all of whom have rich teaching and professional experience. Some of them graduated from famous universities in Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. They have published hundreds of papers in multiple international seminars and international academic journals, and three scientific research results have been patented. Currently, the University of Macau has participated in and completed ten scientific research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and four Eureka research and development projects organized by the European Union.
The University of Macau has about a thousand computers and more than a hundred workstations and servers with powerful computing capabilities on the campus, and has established the largest wireless campus network in Macau. More than 40 laboratories on campus are set up according to curriculum needs to coordinate teaching and research. The International Library of the University of Macau is determined to develop electronically. Although the current collection of books only exceeds 180,000 volumes, the number of electronic materials is constantly increasing. The library houses the international organization documentation center with the largest collection of materials in Southeast Asia.
The University of Macau is a member of several international university organizations, such as the Association of International Universities, the Association of International University Presidents, the Association of Asia-Pacific Universities, etc. It began international exchanges in 1991 and currently has partnerships with China, Europe, Japan, and New York. More than 90 universities in more than 20 countries and regions, including Zealand and the United States, have signed academic cooperation or student exchange agreements. Every year, more than 100 foreign exchange students come to UM to study. In addition to recruiting students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, UM has been able to recruit students in 14 provinces and cities in mainland China since 2001. The University of Macau is a pioneer in higher education in Macau, with the goal of providing high-quality higher education in Macau. In order to respond to future social development requirements, UM will expand teaching buildings, laboratories, offices, research centers, student activity centers and dormitories, and set up courses to adapt to social development.
The University of Macau attaches equal importance to teaching and scientific research. It will continue to move towards these two goals in the future and be fully prepared to meet all challenges, making the University of Macau an important international level institution in the region. Institutions of higher learning.