Education in Macau
Encyclopedia
Most of the schools in Macau
are private or subsidized schools. There are only a few government or public schools, in which Portuguese
is used as a medium of instruction or taken as a compulsory subject in Macau. A basic ten-year compulsory, free education
, is offered to those students who have been enrolled in the schools which have met certain requirements stipulated by the government.
Moreover, the majority of the schools in Macau are so-called grammar school
s, which offer language learning, mathematics
, science
subjects, social studies
, etc. to the students. There are only a few vocational school
s in Macau, offering technical subjects such as car repairing, electronics
, electrical engineering
, etc.
As prescribed by the Basic Law of Macau
Chapter VI Article 121, the Government of Macau
shall, on its own, formulate policies on education
, including policies regarding the educational system and its administration, the language
of instruction, the allocation of funds, the examination system, the recognition of educational qualifications and the system of academic awards so as to promote educational development. The government shall also in accordance with law, gradually institute a compulsory education
system. Community organisations and individuals may, in accordance with law, run educational undertakings of various kinds.
education, and three years for senior high school
education up to Form 6. In their senior secondary school years, students are usually required to stream in science, commerce, or arts.
Students who plan to study further would usually sit for the exam organized by the higher education institutes ,or international assessment bodies like Edexcel
, CIE
and College Board
, or the related government bodies in mainland China and Taiwan.
and English
are offered in most of the schools. Portuguese
is also taught as a subject in some schools in Macau. As Macau has become a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
in 1999, Mandarin
or Putonghua is widely taught in most schools in Macau. Some other languages such as French
may also be offered in a few schools.
The Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA) is a triennial worldwide test of 15-year-old schoolchildren's scholastic performance, the implementation of which is coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD). PISA was first mooted in 1997 . Macau was being rated the 6th and 5th in the part of problem solving
and science
. The results of each period of assessment normally take at least a year to be analysed. The first results for PISA 2000 came out in 2001 (OECD, 2001a) and 2003 (OECD, 2003c), and were followed by thematic reports studying particular aspects of the results. The evaluation of PISA 2003 was published in two volumes: Learning for Tomorrow’s World: First Results from PISA 2003 (OECD, 2004) and Problem Solving for Tomorrow’s World – First Measures of Cross-Curricular Competencies from PISA 2003 (OECD, 2004d)
Here is an overview of the six places with the highest scores in 2003 (the tables for maths and reading literacy excluded):
The most recent PISA
results from the 2006 survey were released in 2007. Macau
is one of the top 10 performing countries or regions in the field of mathematics
.
Higher-learning institutions of Macau include:
There are more than ten higher-learning institutions in Macau. Some students choose to further their studies in the local universities or polytechnics whereas some others choose to further their studies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, or some other places.
In 1978, when the economy of South East Asia was in rapid growth and the Open Door Policy of China was initially confirmed, Dr. Peter Eng, Dr. Edward P. H. Woo and Dr. K. K. Wong, founders of the University, recognized the desirability of having an international university in Macau. They negotiated with the Macau Government for permission to set up an international university in the territory. Consent was promptly given and the first university in Macau, the University of East Asia
commenced operation in September 1981.
In February 1988, the University of East Asia
was restructured to become a public university, renamed as University of Macau
. Programs previously offered by the Open College and Graduate Collage of the University of East Asia
were handled by a new East Asia Open Institute. To cope with the ever increasing and changing needs in the territory, the East Asia Open Institute entered into a joint venture with Universidade Aberta (Open University) of Portugal to form a new university - the Asia International Open University (Macau), with the approval of the Macau Government in 1992. Dr Hsueh Shou Sheng was appointed as the Founding Rector and the current Rector is Professor Yan Zexian.
Over the past 28 years, thousands of students from Macau, Hong Kong, China and the Asia Pacific region had been attending courses offered by the University. Most of them graduated from the Master of Business Administration
program and many of them are engaged in important positions in political, economic and commercial fields.
The University consists of School of Undergraduate Studies, School of Graduate Studies, School of Professional Studies and School of Portuguese Studies, offering a variety of programs covering business administration, international law, Chinese literature, social science and computer science, etc. In accordance with the Macau Government Decree Law 196/92/M, the university was approved to award Bachelor, Master and Doctor degrees.
The University is a member of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) and the Associacao das Universidades de Lingua Portuguese (AULP). The University has been actively organizing and participating in different international academic conferences. Seminars like the “Chinese Distance Learning Seminar”, “International Information Education Seminar”, “Investment Strategy Seminar”, “E-Government” and “Assessing Sovereign and Corporate Credit Risk in Greater China“ were hosted by the University in Macau.
The University always maintains close cooperation with institutions of higher education in China. In 1993, the University established the East Asia International Institute in Shanghai offering a wide range of high level business studies programs that were highly valued by both the community and the authorities. In 1997, an agreement was signed with Shanghai Television University
(the pioneer of distance learning in China) to establish a sister-institution relationship. At the same time, in response to the demand in Hong Kong and Macau on the knowledge of China trade and Chinese law, the University has launched various Diploma programs on Chinese law, China finance/ banking, China trade and China public administration to the community.
Macau has been a unique meeting place between the Eastern and Western cultures from its earliest history and has been a gateway of the trade between China and Europe. It can be seen that the hand-over of Macau to China in December 1999 and the implementation of “One country, two systems” have brought significant impact to Macau and China, especially the ties between China and European Community. The University will endeavour to establish closer ties in the trade and cultural exchange amongst Macau, China and Europe. It will make full use of its close relations with higher education institutions in China and will continue to develop quality professional programs including business administration, public administration and international commercial law programs to be offered in Macau, Hong Kong and China. The University will continue to strive to strengthen academic programs and research and to provide lifelong learning opportunities to train and cultivate distinguished professionals in Macau, Hong Kong and China.
The University has been renamed as City University of Macau since 2011.
application is now possible to make in the University of Macau
http://www.umac.mo/
Gaming
Management is a unique program newly offered under the umbrella of the faculty of business administration. Besides, there are many other traditional options for students to choose namely accounting, business information systems
, economics
and international finance
, finance
, international business
, management
, marketing
. For English studies
, teaching areas cover English literature
, linguistics
and translation
, etc. For communication
, it basically includes journalism
, public relations
, advertising
, video production
.
Entrance examination
is a must for the admission of undergraduate/graduate
programs in the University of Macau
and sometimes, personal interview may also be required. Candidates may check their results/marks of the entrance examination online although results will be sent to individual applicants by mail at the beginning of June. As quotas are set every year and competition is keen, one who meets the minimum score of entrance examination or other requirements of admission may NOT automatically be offered a place.
Established on September 16, 1991, Macao Polytechnic Institute is a public and forward-looking institute, which was formerly a part of the University of East Asia
, Macau. For just 10 years since its inception, the Institute has grown and prospered into a modern and fully equipped teaching and research facility with a team of experienced and dedicated academic staff.
Macao Polytechnic Institute comprises several academic, training and research units. The academic units include: the School of Languages and Translation, School of Business, School of Public Administration, School of Arts
, School of Physical Education and Sports and the School of Health Sciences. The training and research units include: the Senior Academy, MPI–Bell Centre of English (also an English Testing Centre which is the only provider of IELTS
and BULATS certification in Macao), Macao Tourism and Casino Career Centre ( managed jointly by the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the Institute for Tourism Studies), Centre of Continuing Education and Special Projects, Social Economic and Public Policy Research Centre, the Centre of Sino-Western Culture Studies and MPI-QMUL Information Systems Research Centre.
, Australia
, New Zealand
and other countries signed agreements of co-operation that attempted to use the model of 2+2 or 3+1 in which students may get double degree
s after graduation in Macau and abroad, but the Macau government ruled that students may not earn dual degrees.
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
are private or subsidized schools. There are only a few government or public schools, in which Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
is used as a medium of instruction or taken as a compulsory subject in Macau. A basic ten-year compulsory, free education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, is offered to those students who have been enrolled in the schools which have met certain requirements stipulated by the government.
Moreover, the majority of the schools in Macau are so-called grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
s, which offer language learning, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
subjects, social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, etc. to the students. There are only a few vocational school
Vocational school
A vocational school , providing vocational education, is a school in which students are taught the skills needed to perform a particular job...
s in Macau, offering technical subjects such as car repairing, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
, etc.
As prescribed by the Basic Law of Macau
Macau Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the constitution of Macau, replacing the Estatuto Orgânico de Macau, which was effective since 1976, on 20 December 1999....
Chapter VI Article 121, the Government of Macau
Government of Macau
The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the Chief Executive of Macau. The affairs of the Government are decided by secretaries, who are appointed by the Chief Executive and...
shall, on its own, formulate policies on education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, including policies regarding the educational system and its administration, the language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
of instruction, the allocation of funds, the examination system, the recognition of educational qualifications and the system of academic awards so as to promote educational development. The government shall also in accordance with law, gradually institute a compulsory education
Compulsory education
Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all persons.-Antiquity to Medieval Era:Although Plato's The Republic is credited with having popularized the concept of compulsory education in Western intellectual thought, every parent in Judea since Moses's Covenant with...
system. Community organisations and individuals may, in accordance with law, run educational undertakings of various kinds.
System of education
At present ,most schools in Macau follow a so-called ″local education system″ .That is , six years primary school education, three years for junior secondary schoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
education, and three years for senior high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
education up to Form 6. In their senior secondary school years, students are usually required to stream in science, commerce, or arts.
Students who plan to study further would usually sit for the exam organized by the higher education institutes ,or international assessment bodies like Edexcel
Edexcel
Edexcel, a UK company, is one of England, Wales and Northern Ireland's five main examination boards, and is wholly owned by the private-sector Pearson PLC, a UK-based media and publishing conglomerate. Its name is a portmanteau word derived from the words "educational" and "excellence"...
, CIE
Cambridge International Examinations
University of Cambridge International Examinations is a provider of international qualifications for students between the ages of 14 and 19, offering examinations and qualifications in more than 150 countries. It is an Examination Board under Cambridge Assessment, founded in 1858 as a department...
and College Board
College Board
The College Board is a membership association in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It is composed of more than 5,900 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. It sells standardized tests used by academically oriented...
, or the related government bodies in mainland China and Taiwan.
Mediums of instruction
Regarding language learning in Macau, ChineseChinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
are offered in most of the schools. Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
is also taught as a subject in some schools in Macau. As Macau has become a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
in 1999, Mandarin
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
or Putonghua is widely taught in most schools in Macau. Some other languages such as French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
may also be offered in a few schools.
Result of PISA
Programme for International Student Assessment
The Programme for International Student Assessment is a worldwide evaluation in OECD member countries of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance, performed first in 2000 and repeated every three years...
(PISA) is a triennial worldwide test of 15-year-old schoolchildren's scholastic performance, the implementation of which is coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade...
(OECD). PISA was first mooted in 1997 . Macau was being rated the 6th and 5th in the part of problem solving
Problem solving
Problem solving is a mental process and is part of the larger problem process that includes problem finding and problem shaping. Consideredthe most complex of all intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as higher-order cognitive process that requires the modulation and control of...
and science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
. The results of each period of assessment normally take at least a year to be analysed. The first results for PISA 2000 came out in 2001 (OECD, 2001a) and 2003 (OECD, 2003c), and were followed by thematic reports studying particular aspects of the results. The evaluation of PISA 2003 was published in two volumes: Learning for Tomorrow’s World: First Results from PISA 2003 (OECD, 2004) and Problem Solving for Tomorrow’s World – First Measures of Cross-Curricular Competencies from PISA 2003 (OECD, 2004d)
Here is an overview of the six places with the highest scores in 2003 (the tables for maths and reading literacy excluded):
| Science | Problem solving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
The most recent PISA
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
results from the 2006 survey were released in 2007. Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
is one of the top 10 performing countries or regions in the field of mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
.
| Mathematics | |
|---|---|
| 1. |  Republic of China |
| 2. |  Finland |
| 3. |  Hong Kong |
| 4. |  South Korea |
| 5. |  Netherlands |
| 6. |  Switzerland |
| 7. |  Canada |
| 8. |  Macau |
| 9. |  Liechtenstein |
| 10. |  Japan |
| ... | |
The  United States ranked 35th out of a total of 57 countries in the math survey |
Higher education
Higher-learning institutions of Macau include:
- City University of Macau
- Institute for Tourism StudiesInstitute for Tourism StudiesInstitute for Tourism Studies （，） is a public institution of higher education which is administered by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government...
- University of Saint JosephUniversity of Saint JosephUniversity of Saint Joseph was founded in 1996, previously known as Macau Inter-University Institute . It was jointly organized by the Catholic University of Portugal and the Diocese of Macau...
- Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau
- Macau University of Science and TechnologyMacau University of Science and TechnologyThe Macau University of Science and Technology （Portuguese： Universidade de Ciência e Tecnologia de Macau； Traditional Chinese： 澳門科技大學; Simplified Chinese： 澳门科技大学） is located in the Macau S.A.R. on the Cotai Strip opposite the Venetian Macau on Taipa Island, next to the Macau International Airport...
- Macau Polytechnic Institute
- Macau Millennium College
- University of MacauUniversity of MacauThe University of Macau, ;, established in 1981, was the first and currently the largest university in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It was formerly known as University of East Asia , and was renamed the University of Macau in 1991. The university offers about 100 Doctoral, Master's and...
- Macau Security Forces Training College
- Macau Institute of Management
- United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology
- Institute of European Studies of Macau
There are more than ten higher-learning institutions in Macau. Some students choose to further their studies in the local universities or polytechnics whereas some others choose to further their studies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, or some other places.
City University of Macau
City University of Macauhttp://www.aiou.edu/In 1978, when the economy of South East Asia was in rapid growth and the Open Door Policy of China was initially confirmed, Dr. Peter Eng, Dr. Edward P. H. Woo and Dr. K. K. Wong, founders of the University, recognized the desirability of having an international university in Macau. They negotiated with the Macau Government for permission to set up an international university in the territory. Consent was promptly given and the first university in Macau, the University of East Asia
University of East Asia
The is a private university in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, established in 1974.-Faculty of Human Sciences:*Department of Humanities and Social Sciences**Psychology Course**Child Development Course**Culture and Tourism Course...
commenced operation in September 1981.
In February 1988, the University of East Asia
University of East Asia
The is a private university in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, established in 1974.-Faculty of Human Sciences:*Department of Humanities and Social Sciences**Psychology Course**Child Development Course**Culture and Tourism Course...
was restructured to become a public university, renamed as University of Macau
University of Macau
The University of Macau, ;, established in 1981, was the first and currently the largest university in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It was formerly known as University of East Asia , and was renamed the University of Macau in 1991. The university offers about 100 Doctoral, Master's and...
. Programs previously offered by the Open College and Graduate Collage of the University of East Asia
University of East Asia
The is a private university in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, established in 1974.-Faculty of Human Sciences:*Department of Humanities and Social Sciences**Psychology Course**Child Development Course**Culture and Tourism Course...
were handled by a new East Asia Open Institute. To cope with the ever increasing and changing needs in the territory, the East Asia Open Institute entered into a joint venture with Universidade Aberta (Open University) of Portugal to form a new university - the Asia International Open University (Macau), with the approval of the Macau Government in 1992. Dr Hsueh Shou Sheng was appointed as the Founding Rector and the current Rector is Professor Yan Zexian.
Over the past 28 years, thousands of students from Macau, Hong Kong, China and the Asia Pacific region had been attending courses offered by the University. Most of them graduated from the Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
program and many of them are engaged in important positions in political, economic and commercial fields.
The University consists of School of Undergraduate Studies, School of Graduate Studies, School of Professional Studies and School of Portuguese Studies, offering a variety of programs covering business administration, international law, Chinese literature, social science and computer science, etc. In accordance with the Macau Government Decree Law 196/92/M, the university was approved to award Bachelor, Master and Doctor degrees.
The University is a member of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) and the Associacao das Universidades de Lingua Portuguese (AULP). The University has been actively organizing and participating in different international academic conferences. Seminars like the “Chinese Distance Learning Seminar”, “International Information Education Seminar”, “Investment Strategy Seminar”, “E-Government” and “Assessing Sovereign and Corporate Credit Risk in Greater China“ were hosted by the University in Macau.
The University always maintains close cooperation with institutions of higher education in China. In 1993, the University established the East Asia International Institute in Shanghai offering a wide range of high level business studies programs that were highly valued by both the community and the authorities. In 1997, an agreement was signed with Shanghai Television University
Shanghai Television University
Shanghai Television University is an open university conducting distance education based on telecommunication, broadcasting & television, and computer and other technology based subject courses.-History:...
(the pioneer of distance learning in China) to establish a sister-institution relationship. At the same time, in response to the demand in Hong Kong and Macau on the knowledge of China trade and Chinese law, the University has launched various Diploma programs on Chinese law, China finance/ banking, China trade and China public administration to the community.
Macau has been a unique meeting place between the Eastern and Western cultures from its earliest history and has been a gateway of the trade between China and Europe. It can be seen that the hand-over of Macau to China in December 1999 and the implementation of “One country, two systems” have brought significant impact to Macau and China, especially the ties between China and European Community. The University will endeavour to establish closer ties in the trade and cultural exchange amongst Macau, China and Europe. It will make full use of its close relations with higher education institutions in China and will continue to develop quality professional programs including business administration, public administration and international commercial law programs to be offered in Macau, Hong Kong and China. The University will continue to strive to strengthen academic programs and research and to provide lifelong learning opportunities to train and cultivate distinguished professionals in Macau, Hong Kong and China.
The University has been renamed as City University of Macau since 2011.
University of Macau
OnlineONLINE
ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc....
application is now possible to make in the University of Macau
University of Macau
The University of Macau, ;, established in 1981, was the first and currently the largest university in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It was formerly known as University of East Asia , and was renamed the University of Macau in 1991. The university offers about 100 Doctoral, Master's and...
http://www.umac.mo/
Gaming
Gambling
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
Management is a unique program newly offered under the umbrella of the faculty of business administration. Besides, there are many other traditional options for students to choose namely accounting, business information systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
, economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and international finance
International finance
International finance is the branch of economics that studies the dynamics of exchange rates, foreign investment, global financial system, and how these affect international trade. It also studies international projects, international investments and capital flows, and trade deficits. It includes...
, finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
, international business
International Business
International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
, management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
. For English studies
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, teaching areas cover English literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, etc. For communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
, it basically includes journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
, advertising
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
, video production
Video production
Video production is videography, the process of capturing moving images on electronic media even streaming media. The term includes methods of production and post-production...
.
Entrance examination
Entrance examination
An entrance examination is an examination that many educational institutions use to select students for admission. These exams may be administered at any level of education, from primary to higher education, although they are more common at higher levels....
is a must for the admission of undergraduate/graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
programs in the University of Macau
University of Macau
The University of Macau, ;, established in 1981, was the first and currently the largest university in Macau, a former Portuguese colony. It was formerly known as University of East Asia , and was renamed the University of Macau in 1991. The university offers about 100 Doctoral, Master's and...
and sometimes, personal interview may also be required. Candidates may check their results/marks of the entrance examination online although results will be sent to individual applicants by mail at the beginning of June. As quotas are set every year and competition is keen, one who meets the minimum score of entrance examination or other requirements of admission may NOT automatically be offered a place.
Macau Polytechnic Institute
Macau Polytechnic Institute http://www.ipm.edu.mo/Established on September 16, 1991, Macao Polytechnic Institute is a public and forward-looking institute, which was formerly a part of the University of East Asia
University of East Asia
The is a private university in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, established in 1974.-Faculty of Human Sciences:*Department of Humanities and Social Sciences**Psychology Course**Child Development Course**Culture and Tourism Course...
, Macau. For just 10 years since its inception, the Institute has grown and prospered into a modern and fully equipped teaching and research facility with a team of experienced and dedicated academic staff.
Macao Polytechnic Institute comprises several academic, training and research units. The academic units include: the School of Languages and Translation, School of Business, School of Public Administration, School of Arts
School of Arts
School of Arts may refer to:*Art school*Mechanics' Institutes...
, School of Physical Education and Sports and the School of Health Sciences. The training and research units include: the Senior Academy, MPI–Bell Centre of English (also an English Testing Centre which is the only provider of IELTS
IELTS
IELTS , or 'International English Language Testing System', is an international standardised test of English language proficiency. It is jointly managed by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, the British Council and IDP Education Pty Ltd, and was established in 1989.There are two versions of...
and BULATS certification in Macao), Macao Tourism and Casino Career Centre ( managed jointly by the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the Institute for Tourism Studies), Centre of Continuing Education and Special Projects, Social Economic and Public Policy Research Centre, the Centre of Sino-Western Culture Studies and MPI-QMUL Information Systems Research Centre.
Macau University of Science and Technology
Recently Macau University of Science and Technology http://www.must.edu.mo/0000E.jsp (MUST) together with colleges/universities from EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and other countries signed agreements of co-operation that attempted to use the model of 2+2 or 3+1 in which students may get double degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
s after graduation in Macau and abroad, but the Macau government ruled that students may not earn dual degrees.
See also
- Education in the People's Republic of ChinaEducation in the People's Republic of ChinaEducation in the People's Republic of China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years. The government provides primary education for six years, starting at age six or seven, followed by six years of secondary...
- Education by country
- UNU-IISTUNU-IISTThe United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology is a United Nations University Research Training Centre based in Macau.-History:...
- Macau Child Development Association
- List of Canada-accredited schools abroad (includes schools in Macau)
Further reading
- Bray, M. et al. (2001). Higher Education in Macau: Strategic Development for the New Era. Consultation document prepared for the Macau SAR government. January.
- Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Census. http://www.dsec.gov.mo/
- Morrison, K. R. B. (2007). Structural Inequality in Macau’s Workplaces and Schools. Macau Business, September, 60.
- Tang, H.H. (2010). "Higher Education Governance and Academic Entrepreneurialism in East Asia: The Two Episodes of Hong Kong and Macau". Research Studies in Education 8: 106-124. (ISBN 9789881982018).