On November 29, Prof. Zhao Wei, Rector of University of Macau (UM), and Ms. Wang Qi, Director of the Global Affairs Office, paid a visit to USTB. Chancellor Luo Weidong and Prof. Wang Ge, Director of the International Office, held a meeting with the guests and the two universities then signed an agreement on future cooperation.
In the meeting, Chancellor Luo Weidong talked about the teaching and research developments and the employment rate of graduates of USTB, and he also discussed with Rector Zhao about the challenges encountered in higher education in both universities. Rector Zhao introduced the basic information of UM, its educational visions and measures, achievements and blueprint of becoming a university with excellent faculties, teaching content, teaching methods, teaching materials and teaching administration. To meet the demand of higher education internationalization, Rector Zhao and Chancellor Luo discussed in detail on how to produce more talents and scientific research fruits.
After the meeting, USTB and UM signed an agreement on cooperation, aiming to further tangible collaboration in the fields of students exchange and academic symposiums. It is said that the UM delegation will attend the Green Home Technology Forum for University Students of Beijing and Macau held in USTB during December 18 to 22.
About University of Macau:
The University of Macau (UM) is a comprehensive public university. Since its establishment in1981, UM has been dedicated to quality education and the nurturing of students' all-round development in accordance with the University Motto: Humanity, Integrity, Propriety, Wisdom and Sincerity.
Over 25 years of steady development has enabled the University of Macau to boast an integrated teaching system organized through five faculties, namely, the Faculty of Business Administration, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, and the Faculty of Science and Technology and, the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences and the Honors College. These academic units offer Doctoral, Master's, Bachelor's and Bacharelato (Higher Diploma) degree programs.
The University has more than 400 faculty members, from countries all over the world and including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Japan, the mainland of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. The teaching faculty has rich teaching experience and strong expertise, and some hold PhD degrees awarded by world-famous universities.
