After more than three years of construction, the University of Macau’s (UM) new campus became fully operational in September 2014. Relocating to the new campus was an arduous task that presented an unprecedented challenge for the university, but with the concerted effort of all UM members, it was completed successfully. On 20 December 2014, which marked the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR), Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to the new campus.
From the standpoint of long-term development, the new campus provides an excellent platform for UM to improve its local and international standing, and it has already helped attract a number of top-notch scholars from around the world to join the university. These scholars bring with them new managerial and educational ideas, which are expected to help UM progress towards the goal of becoming a world-class institution. In this issue of umagazine, we interview four of these recently recruited scholars and ask how they plan to lead the university in their respective areas of expertise.
Over the past three decades, UM has produced a large number of exemplary graduates who have gone on to leave their marks in different professions and in different parts of the world. This is literally true of UM Alumna Rebecca Lee Lok Sze, who has made four visits to the Mount Everest region. In this issue’s exclusive interview, Lee recounts how travelling around the world has meant realising her childhood dream.
One of the core missions of a university is to promote scientific progress, advance social development, and improve people’s lives and wellbeing through innovative research, thereby making a positive impact on the world. This issue discusses UM ‘s significant progress in this respect through recent research discoveries in computer and information technology, microelectronics, and traditional Chinese medicine.Click here to read the e-version.
