CityU is Establishing Master and Doctoral Degree of “Urban Planning and Design” and “Portuguese-Speaking Countries Studies”

The Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR has recently permitted the establishment of the Master and Doctoral Degree of “Urban Planning and Design” and “Portuguese-Speaking Countries Studies”. The enrollment of the four courses has commenced immediately and the courses will began in September 2017.

This is the first Urban Planning and Design course in Macau. With the aim to advocate scientific research and serving the society, the course aims to meet the strategy of urban renewal in Macau and cultivate talents in three areas, namely waterfront urban planning and methodology, landscape planning and design, as well as big data and smart city. The courses are constructed by the team of scholars from the Faculty of Urban Management and Studies along with professors from renowned tertiary institutions such as University of Cincinnati in the United States, University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, University of New Lisbon and University of Minho in Portugal, Tsinghua University, Southeast University, Tongji University in China. Combining theory and practice, professional and quality education, basic skills and innovation, students will have the opportunity to visit universities in the United Kingdom, the United States and Portugal for research and studies.

The doctoral and master degree of Portuguese-Speaking Countries Studies are designed to forester practical and research elites with international horizons, global perceptions and creative spirits through researching on Luso-China relationships and Portuguese-speaking countries’ social and economic development. The major contents of this programme are Comparative Studies on the Development of Portuguese-speaking Countries, Studies on Portuguese-speaking Countries and Global Governance, Studies on Relations between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries and Research on Development and Governance of Portuguese-speaking Countries. The significance of Macau as the ‘trade cooperation platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries’ has been growing under the nation’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy. Thus, CityU has established the Institute for Research on Portuguese-speaking Countries and the Macao ‘One Belt, One Road’ Research Center, which are the first of its kind in Macau. With the support of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR, our university has established the first research doctoral and master degree of Portuguese-Speaking Countries Studies in the Greater China Region. This program is equipped with strong instructors who come from a professional academic background with ample teaching experiences. The Academic Advisory Board is consisted of scholars from New Lisbon University and University of Minho in Portugal, Yale University, China Academy of Social Sciences and Sun Yat-sen University. With the combination of theory and practice, the course values both studies and research and aims to nurture students’ research skills, integrated ability and international vision.

For more information:

Enrollment: //faculty.cityu.edu.mo/ado/

Scholarship: //faculty.cityu.edu.mo/ado/list-53

Trial for graduate admission without entrance exam for alumni of Macau tertiary institutions 2017: //www.cityu.edu.mo/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/REE.pdf

Applying for admission by recommendation for postgraduate students: //www.cityu.edu.mo/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/RRP.pdf

Details for doctoral and master degree of Urban Planning and Design: //www.cityu.edu.mo/fums/mup

Details for doctoral and master degree of Portuguese-Speaking Countries Studies: //faculty.cityu.edu.mo/iropc/page-47