The 2016/2017 Congregation of CityU: CityU is Making Great Achievements

City University of Macau held its Congregation of academic year 2016/2017 in Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion at June 24. Attending this ceremony included Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR; Mr. Li Xiaoquan, Representative of the Office of the Commissioner; Ms. Xu Ting, Director General of Department of Education and Culture of LOCPG, Mr. Sou Chio Fai, Director of Tertiary Education Services Office of Macau SAR; and Ms. Leong Lai, Director of Education and Youth Affairs Bureau of Macau SAR, etc.

Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in his speech, ‘Macau government has always been attaching great importance to tertiary education and talent cultivation. Thereby, the government will continue to trace out guidelines on "promoting Macao's prosperity through education" and "building Macau through talent training" to reinforce the education system, and give support to CityU and other tertiary educational institutions’. He also stated that CityU had played a significant role in the advancement of tertiary educational development. It is hoped that CityU will keep aligning its development orientation with that of Macau and the region, nurturing more talents to better serve the community as well as contribute to the sustainable development of Macau and the region.

In the speech of Rector Shu Guang Zhang during the ceremony, he is pleased with great achievements CityU has made in this academic year as the number of graduates is the greatest amount ever recorded and has produced its first batch of graduates majoring in Arts in Design (Faculty of Urban Management and Studies) and in Applied Economics (Faculty of Business). He emphasized that CityU advocated the philosophies of “student-centered teaching” and “learning experience stimulation”. A series of pedagogies focusing on “global-learning”, “cross-cultural learning”, “experiential-learning”, “peer-learning”, “value-added learning” have been carried out, and diverse activities have been provided to students in order to ensure their all-rounded development and facilitate their enjoyment of learning. At last, he gave his blessings to the graduates. It is hoped that graduates can drive their lives with the university motto “Virtue, knowledge and practice”, carving their own career niches and contributing to the society with wisdom and knowledge. CityU wishes them every success in their future career.

The representative of graduates, Ms. Ding Xiaohe shared her life at CityU in the past four years. She was glad to live in Macau – a multicultural and cosmopolitan city. She also expressed her gratitude to the university for providing opportunities and resources to enhance students’ learning effectiveness and personal development.

There are around 1100 graduates during the academic year 2016/2017 in total, including 46 of Doctoral Degree Programs, 266 of Master’s Degree Programs and 771 of Bachelor’s Degree Programs, from Faculty of Business, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of International Tourism and Management, and Faculty of Urban Management and Studies.