The graduation ceremony of the City University of Macao for the academic year 2017/2018 was held on June 8 at the Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion. Tam Chon Weng, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR government, Xu Ting, Minister of Education and Youth Work Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR, Zheng Xinyou, Director of the Public Diplomacy and Information Department of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR, Sou Chio Fai, Director of Tertiary Education Services Office, Leong Vai Kei, Deputy Director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Chan Meng Kam, Chairman of the Council of the City University of Macau, and Rector Shu Guang Zhang attended the ceremony. Secretary Tam Chon Weng and Rector Shu Guang Zhang delivered speeches for the graduation ceremony.

In his speech, Secretary Tam said that the SAR government has always been staying true to its mission, striving to advance, focusing on the development of higher education, training talents hand in hand with Macao tertiary institutions, and promoting the idea of "Education-driven Prosperity for Macao and Building Macao by Capable Talents". The SAR government continues to increase input in educational resources, deepen system construction, continuously optimize the educational resources through policy guidance, improve education quality, boost professional development of teachers, strengthen exchanges between universities in Macao and well-known universities at home and abroad, and open up broad space for the healthy development and internationalization of higher education in Macao. Secretary Tam commended the achievements made by the City University of Macau in teaching, scientific research, academic, educational, administrative and talent reserve development. He mentioned the gradual improvement of CityU's social reputation and academic influence, which played an important role in promoting the steady development and overall improvement of higher education in Macao. He emphasized that the SAR government would continue to support the development of the education cause of CityU and other tertiary institutions in Macao and encourage graduates to continue to be ambitious, enterprising to serve society with what they have learned.

In his speech, Rector Zhang pointed out that the number of graduates in this year hit record high, with more than 3300 students graduating from the university with bachelor's, master, and Ph.D. degrees in the past three years. In recent years, the City University of Macau has continuously clarified the orientation of operations, pursued survival with quality and sought development with characteristics, and regarded "student-oriented" and "learning-centered" development as the core values of university education. CityU implemented the talent development model of "generalists and professionals" in parallel, actively explored the five in one" learning model featuring experiential-learning, global-learning, cross-cultural learning, peer-learning and value-added learning, and sought to cultivate the social backbone of sound personality, noble moral character, professional knowledge and solid humanistic quality for Macao and China. Meanwhile, Rector Zhang encouraged graduates to remember the motto of "Virtue, Knowledge, Practice", to find an ideal development platform with the acquired professional knowledge and accomplishment, and to continue to pursue excellence and contribute to social development with humbleness and gratitude. CityU sincerely wishes them a bright future.

Later, Liu Haoyi, the graduate representative, shared the journey of learning in the City University of Macao. He was very proud of his original choice and his efforts and self-development during college. Also, he gave great gratitude to his alma mater that brought him infinite good memories. His growth and transformation cannot be separated from the good learning environment and broad development platform carefully built by the alma mater, nor can it be separated from the careful teaching of teachers and the companionship and encouragement of classmates and friends. Finally, he wished the graduates all the best, and harbor gratitude and enthusiasm towards the future.

This year, there are 1365 graduates from CityU, among which 903 students received a bachelor's degree, 383 students received a master's degree and 79 students received a Ph.D.

Group Photo of the Guests

Secretary, Mr. Tam delivered a speech.

Rector, Prof. Zhang delivered a speech.

Liu Haoyi, the graduate representative, gave a speech.