The birth of the University of Macau can be traced back to March 198 1. At that time, RicciIslandWestLimited was granted land by the Macao government and founded the first university in Macao, the private University of East Asia, the predecessor of the University of Macau. The establishment of the University of East Asia marks the beginning of modern higher education in Macao.
In the early years of East Asia University, most students came from Hong Kong. Subsequently, in order to meet the needs of human resources in the transition period of Macao's political power transfer, the Macao Foundation acquired and reorganized East Asia University in 1988, and established the Faculty of Arts, the School of Business Administration, the School of Social Humanities and the College of Science and Technology, and changed the three-year course to a four-year course. Subsequently, a law school and an education college were established. English is still the main teaching language.
199 1 year, the constitution of the new university was formulated, and the university of east Asia was officially renamed as the public university of macau, with the goal of cultivating Macao talents. After the reorganization of the university, the number of students has greatly increased, from the initial hundreds to more than 5,000 at present, and the proportion of local students in Macao has also increased from 39% at the time of its establishment to 90% at present.
After more than 20 years' transformation, the University of Macau has established a perfect teaching system, and now has a school of business administration, a school of social humanities, a school of science and technology, a school of law, a school of education, a preparatory course and an off-campus curriculum and special planning center in course center. Awarded bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctor's degree and college degree. The University of Macau has more than 350 faculty members, all of whom have rich teaching and professional experience. Some of them graduated from famous universities in Canada, China, Europe, Hongkong, Japan, Taiwan Province Province and Britain. They have published hundreds of papers in many international seminars and international academic journals, and three scientific research achievements have been patented. At present, 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 R&D projects organized by the European Union.
There are more than 1000 computers and 100 workstations and servers with strong computing power in the campus of the University of Macau, and the largest wireless campus network in Macau has been established. The school has more than 40 laboratories to meet the needs of courses and to cooperate with teaching and research. The International Library of the University of Macau is determined to develop electronically. Although there are only 6.5438+0.8 million volumes, the number of electronic materials is increasing. The library has the largest literature collection of international organizations in Southeast Asia.
The University of Macau is a member of several international university organizations, such as the International Association of Universities, the International Association of University Presidents and the Asia-Pacific University Association. Start international exchange on 199 1 At present, it has signed academic cooperation or exchange agreements with more than 90 universities in more than 20 countries and regions, such as China, Europe, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. Every year, more than 100 foreign exchange students come to the University of Macau to study. In addition to students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Australian universities can also recruit students from China 14 provinces and cities from 200 1. The University of Macau is a pioneer of higher education in Macao, aiming at providing high-quality higher education in Macao. In order to meet the requirements of future social development, the University of Australia will expand teaching buildings, laboratories, offices, research centers, student activity centers and dormitories, and offer courses adapted to social development.
The University of Macau pays equal attention to teaching and scientific research, and will continue to advance towards these two goals in the future, making full preparations to meet all challenges and making the University of Macau an important institution of higher learning with international standards in the region.