The University of Macau’s (UM) PhD programmes, master’s programmes, and postgraduate certificate programmes for the 2015/2016 academic year are now open for applications. In the new academic year, UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences will collectively offer more than 80 postgraduate degree programmes and postgraduate certificate programmes.
As the best public university in Macao, UM adopts a governance and management system in line with international practice and standards. It has been ranked among the top in Asia in terms of the degree of internationalisation of the faculty body and research management. UM has also gained increasing international recognition for its achievements in teaching, research, and community service. In 2014, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked UM among the world’s top 300 universities. In recent years, UM has stepped up efforts to globally recruit top scholars, and so far it has hired more than 20 chair professors and distinguished professors. UM has established two state-key laboratories, namely the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI and the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine. With the new campus becoming operational, UM is now able to offer more academic programmes, explore new research frontiers, and provide more lab facilities for students and faculty.
In addition to pursuing the goal of becoming a world-class university, UM is also committed to promoting the development of Macao. In recent years, UM has produced a large number of exemplary graduates in various fields to promote the moderate economic diversification of Macao and to support Macao in developing into an international leisure and tourism destination, as well as a trading service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. In view of the Macao SAR government’s policy on talent development, which aims to encourage young people to pursue further education and to provide opportunities for upward mobility, UM has revised the course requirements for most of its master’s degree programmes. Students enrolled in the master’s degree programmes can choose to write either an academic thesis or an applied thesis to fulfill graduation requirements.
The deadline for postgraduate applications is 31 March 2015. Those who are interested should complete online registration at http://www.umac.mo/grs. For enquiries, please call 8822 4898 or email to gradschool@umac.mo.
