澳門大學 Universidade de Macau | |
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| Motto | Humanity, Integrity, Propriety, Wisdom, Sincerity[1] |
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| Type | PublicResearchCoeducational Higher education institution |
| Established | 1991 |
Academic affiliations | UMAP,IAU,IAUP,CRUP,AULP,GHMUA,UASR |
| Chairman | Peter Lam Kam Seng |
| Chancellor | Sam Hou Fai[a] |
| Rector | Yonghua Song |
| Vice Rectors | Michael King Man HUI (Academic Affairs) Rui Paulo da Silva Martins (Global Affairs) Wei GE (Research) Mok Kai Meng (Student Affairs)[2] Xu Jian (Administration) |
Academic staff | 650 |
| Students | 15,000+ (2024)[3] |
| Location | Avenida da Universidade, Taipa ,22°07′48″N113°32′45″E / 22.13004°N 113.54579°E /22.13004; 113.54579 |
| Campus | Suburb andconcession 109hectares (1.09 km2) |
| Medium of Instruction | English (main),Portuguese,Chinese |
| Colours | BlueRedGold |
| Website | um umac |
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| University of Macau | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 澳門大學 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 澳门大学 | ||||||||||
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| University of East Asia | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 私立東亞大學 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 私立东亚大学 | ||||||||||
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| Portuguese | Universidade de Macau | ||||||||||
TheUniversity of Macau (UMAC orUM)[b] is a Macau public university located onHengqin Island,Zhuhai,Guangdong, China. It was established by theMacau legislature in 1991 and has been funded by theGovernment of Macau since then.
In March 1981, the privateUniversity of East Asia was established. In the beginning, the majority of the students came fromHong Kong.[citation needed]
With the signing of the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration in 1987, in order to meet the manpower needs during the transitional period before the return of Macao, the Macao Foundation under the Government ofPortuguese Macau purchased the private University of East Asia in 1988 for 130 millionpatacas.[citation needed]
In 1991, theLegislative Assembly of Macau promulgatedDecree-Law No. 50/91/M to establish the University of Macau as a new institution of higher education, and transfer all rights of the University of East Asia to the University of Macau without any formalities. All higher education courses, teachers and administrative staff of the University of East Asia, except for polytechnic higher education programmes, were also transferred to the University of Macau.[4] The then Polytechnic Institute of the University of East Asia became independent as the public Macau Polytechnic Institute (nowMacau Polytechnic University). The graduate school and the open college of the University of East Asia that were not purchased by the Macau government, were merged to form the private East Asia Open College (nowCity University of Macau).[citation needed]
In 1999, thehandover of Macau to China took place. The new Judicial Regime of the University of Macau and the new Charter of the University of Macau were officially passed at theLegislative Assembly of Macau and came into effect in September 2006.[citation needed]
In 2009, theCentral People's Government of China authorised the Government of Macao to exercise jurisdiction over the new campus of the university located onHengqin Island,Guangdong province.[5] On 20 December 2009, thenPresident of China andGeneral Secretary of the Communist PartyHu Jintao officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus. In early 2013 the Macau Legislative Assembly passed Law 3/2013 providing for the application of Macau Law on campus effective on opening day.[6] On 5 November, thenVice Premier of the State CouncilWang Yang officiated for the new campus inauguration ceremony. In the 2014–2015 academic year, the University of Macau began to conduct all classes on the new and modern campus.[citation needed]
Faculty students and Macau residents can enter and exit the campus through an underwater tunnel. This means there are no border controls between the university and Macau.[7]
With the approval of theMinistry of Science and Technology of China, the University of Macau has established three state key laboratories, namely State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, and State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City.[8]
In 2016, the University of Macau established aresidential college system similar to that ofOxbridge in the United Kingdom.[9]
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[10] | 301–400 (2025) |
| QS World[11] | =285 (2026) |
| THE World[12] | 145 (2026) |
| USNWR Global[13] | 230 (2025) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Asia[14] | 99 (2025) |
| THE Asia[15] | 34 (2025) |
| USNWR Asia[13] | 56 (2025) |
The University of Macau is ranked No. 145 in 2025Times Higher Education World University Rankings, No 34. in the THE Asia University Rankings, No 14 in the THE Young University Rankings,[16] No 36 in the THE Asia University Rankings, and No 1 in the Association of Portuguese Speaking Universities.[17] It is ranked #285 in 2026QS World University Rankings. In the U.S. News & World Report's Best Global Universities Rankings, it is ranked No. 230.[18]
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