After the joint construction of the Heritage Science Laboratory by our school and the University of Évora in Portugal, on Portugal local time 9th April, Chairman of Council Chan Meng Kam led a team of leaders to visit the University of Évora. Rector Shu Guang Zhang and Rector of the University of Évora Ana Costa Freitas signed a cooperation agreement once again to jointly launch the projects of Elder Intelligence Health and Medical Care and Sino-Portuguese Language Intelligence Translation Research, and build a long-term research and development platform together.
On the basis of the Master's and Doctor's Degrees Programme of Studies for Portuguese-speaking Countries, we plan to establish the first Sino-Portuguese Joint Graduate School in Macau, and embark on inviting Portuguese universities and colleges, including the University of Évora, to participate in cooperative running, academic research and research and development, in an effort to train mid- and high-end professionals and promote knowledge innovation and transformation for the Portuguese-speaking countries along the Belt and Road.
Our school is the first university offering Master and Ph.D. Program in Portuguese-Speaking Countries Studies in the Asia-Pacific region and the first university to establish a joint laboratory with Portuguese universities in Macau. We also cooperates with the Institute of Heritage Scientific Analysis of the European Union Key Laboratory at the University of Évora to carry out research on the analysis and conservation of cultural heritage in Macao and southern China, and to fully promote the development of heritage study in China.
The purpose of signing this cooperation agreement is to launch two cooperative research projects, Elder Intelligence Health and Medical Care and Sino-Portuguese Language Intelligence Translation Research, on the basis of the aforementioned cooperation. At present, our school has conducted a summer student exchange with two Portuguese universities and will hold a summer seminar on landscape design with the University of Évora for the first time. We will continue to strengthen the academic and scientific cooperation and interaction between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, so as to meet the urgent demand of talents for the Portuguese-speaking countries along the Belt and Road.
The signing ceremony was also attended by: Director of the Macau Tertiary Education Bureau Sou Chio Fai and Deputy Director Ho Siya, Vice Chairman of Council Yan Zexian, as well as Pro-Rector Cintia Chan.
