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University of Macau

 Add: University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China
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The University of Macau is a public university in Macau. University of Macau is a public research university located in Macau and the leading tertiary institution in the city. After more than thirty years of growth the university moved to the Hengqin new campus in 2014.

Founded in 1981 as the University of East Asia, 18 years before the transfer of Macau from Portugal to China, the University of Macau is the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) first modern university and the largest university in terms of faculty size and programmes offered. Its predecessor, the University of East Asia (UEA) was a private university founded by a group of University of Hong Kong alumni and most students were from Hong Kong, then under British rule. Prior to the transfer of sovereignty, it was acquired by the Portuguese administration and reformed as a public university following Portuguese university structure.

University level education in Macau goes back to the establishment of Saint Paul's College, in the 16th century. However, the University of Macau's predecessor is the privately owned University of East Asia which was established in 1981. The university started with undergraduate programmes which followed the academic structure of British universities with three years of study. English was the main medium of instruction and the majority of the students were from Hong Kong.The students who came from Hong Kong came from wealthy families and had not been admitted to other universities; the school initially was known for educating such students.