In line with the Second Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Macao Special Administrative Region (2021-2025) and the Plan for the Moderate Economic Diversification of the Macao Special Administrative Region (2024-2028), the Macao Special Administrative Region** has been supporting and encouraging Macao's higher education institutions to develop key and advantageous disciplines in response to social development trends and industrial development needs, and to deploy the development of disciplines related to key industries such as comprehensive tourism and leisure, traditional Chinese medicine and health, modern finance, high-tech, convention and exhibition, commerce and trade, culture and sports.
In recent years, Macao's higher education institutions have launched degree programmes in global public health, pharmaceutical science and technology, Internet of Things, and tourism smart technology, and at the same time, they have actively carried out joint training programs with famous universities in other places, formed various forms of higher education alliances with universities in different regions, and established cooperative relations with leading departments, educational institutions and enterprises in other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to deepen cooperation in scientific research and innovation, academic exchanges and talent training.
The University of Macau (UM) responds to the trend of industrial development.
Continue to improve the discipline and curriculum system.
The University of Macau (UM) continues to optimize the setting and layout of cutting-edge disciplines, and offers degree programs in various fields and at all levels to meet the needs of the development of the country and Macao's industries. For example, with the rapid development of the Chinese medicine and biomedical technology industries, degree programs covering biomedicine, global public health, Chinese medicine, pharmaceutical management, data science and precision medicine, pharmaceutical science and technology are offered to cultivate international scientific and technological and management talents in related fields. In view of the emergence of new business formats and models, such as smart banking, unmanned banking, and virtual banking, UM offers degree programmes in FinTech, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, and co-offers a Bachelor of Finance degree program with Fudan University"25+2.5" Dual degree program to cultivate interdisciplinary talents with information technology, business knowledge, and data analysis skills. In addition, technological innovation is leading the future development of society, and UM offers degree programs in a number of key high-tech fields, covering the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems, innovative materials, microelectronics, construction project management, smart ocean technology, etc., to promote the transformation of industrial achievements and the construction of talent pipelines. UM also continues to offer degree programmes in multilingualism, cultural studies, arts, business analytics, physical education and sports, and e-commerce technology, with a view to providing business and cultural talents for Macao's long-term economic development.
Macao Polytechnic University and world-renowned universities.
Carry out joint training programs for high-quality talents.
Interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary talent training is the path for Macao Polytechnic University to explore high-quality talent training. Focusing on the development of Macao's "1+4" industry, the new curriculum offered by Macao Polytechnic University also implements the concept of interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary talent training. For example, the Ph.D. program in Artificial Intelligence Drug Discovery, the Ph.D. program in Educational Technology and Innovation, the Master of Science degree program in Finance and Data Analytics, etc. In addition to integrating faculty to launch new courses, MPU also cooperates with world-renowned universities to launch joint training programs for high-quality talents to cultivate more high-end talents, including co-hosting double doctoral programs in information technology with the University of Coimbra in Portugal and the University of Bologna in Italy, with a view to cultivating scientific and technological talents with outstanding international scientific research standards. Partnered with Peking University Health Science Center to organise a bachelor's degree programme in nursing to reserve outstanding nursing talents for Macao and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; In cooperation with Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, we will launch the first interdisciplinary double bachelor's degree programme in arts and sciences jointly run by Guangdong and Macao universities, cultivating high-quality interdisciplinary and innovative talents. While introducing high-quality educational resources from around the world, Macao Polytechnic University continues to improve its own connotative development and improve the level of running the school.
Macao Institute for Tourism Studies.
Closely follow the development of the tourism industry.
Cultivating interdisciplinary talents.
IFTM actively explores the talent training model that combines industry, academia and research to provide talents and research services for enterprises, cultivate interdisciplinary talents that meet the needs of the industry, and promote the high-quality development of the integrated tourism and leisure industry. In response to the development of the tourism and leisure industry and the cultivation of talents, the Master of Science in Digital Marketing and Analytics programme has been launched, focusing on cultivating students' skills in digital communication and data analysis, and cultivating "tourism + technology" interdisciplinary talents. In addition, a Doctor of Business Administration degree, a master's degree programme in MICE and Events, and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business and Innovation Communication will be added in the 2024 and 2025 academic years. IFTM has also been actively expanding international cooperation projects, including the 3+1 dual bachelor's degree programme with Swiss Education Group and Senmei Education Group, and the 1+1 dual master's degree programme with the University of Queensland in Australia and the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom respectively, with a view to nurturing high-quality professionals with a global perspective.
The SAR** is committed to promoting the improvement of the quality of education and scientific research of Macao's higher education institutions, and continues to promote cooperation among higher education institutions through platforms such as the Regularized Education Committee, the Higher Education Task Force and the Higher Education Leaders Conference, so as to combine the resources and different advantages of various higher education institutions to jointly cultivate high-quality talents for the diversified development of Macao's industries.