UMacau’s new Hengqin campus is home to initiatives aimed at sustained growth
[Sponsored Article] With experience of world-class universities in various countries and regions, Rector of the University of Macau (UMacau), Professor Wei Zhao maintains that a top-notch comprehensive academic institution can’t sustain an organic growth, if it only focuses on medical and natural sciences, plus engineering and technology disciplines.
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With experience of world-class universities in various countries and regions, Rector of the University of Macau (UMacau), Professor Wei Zhao maintains that a top-notch comprehensive academic institution can’t sustain an organic growth, if it only focuses on medical and natural sciences, plus engineering and technology disciplines. It also needs strong faculties of humanities and language arts to strike a balance.
With that in mind, UMacau has formed an academic alliance with National Taiwan University, The University of Hong Kong and Peking University to offer a joint educational platform where PhD students of Chinese Studies can study at any of the institutions.
As the enclave’s flagship university with a 34-year history, UMacau is tasked to help Macau diversify its economy and industries.
Unfazed by the small size of the territory, UMacau has a big mission aimed at educating students for various professions. For example, plans are underway to develop a design institute to offer courses such as landscape design and environmental design that will nurture talent for the Macau’s creative industries.
The University has also leveraged its expertise and state-of-the-art facilities to focus on research in Chinese medicine sciences, culminating in the establishment of a state key laboratory that is highly regarded by the Macau SAR Government Professor Zhao points out.
Macau’s small economic scale with a rather narrow base of industries means talented people may find it difficult to get a good job in the professions they aspire to, but Professor Zhao is hopeful that Macau’s challenges will become opportunities for his students.
“Academic training at UMacau prepares our students for global opportunities and transformation, rather than local ones, and we equip our graduates with the required knowledge and skills to assist them to think globally and aim higher than ever for their career development,” Professor Zhao says. “It is a challenge for our students, but also their opportunity.”