UM and Macao over the Past 20 Years • ᰎ૭ ݶ ᰎ㟑ⅰ20 2019 UMAGAZINE 21 • ᰎ૭ᑓゆ 8 Fast Development Since Macao’s Handover to China Macao’s handover to China ushered in a new era for UM, where the university experienced rapid development. At the time, Macao needed a modern and internationalised university, not only to meet the needs of a rapidly developing economy, but also to bring Macao in line with the global trends of higher education. In view of this, UM revised its Charter. In 2006, the Legislative Assembly of Macao passed the new Judicial Regime of the University of Macau and the new Charter of the University of Macau. The revised versions of these two documents enabled UM to implement a modern governance model in line with international practices. The year 2009 marked the tenth anniversary of Macao’s return to China. It also represented an important milestone in UM’s history, because it was in this year that the central government approved the construction of a new UM campus on Hengqin Island, Guangdong province, and authorised Macao to exercise jurisdiction over the new campus. This unprecedented bill turned UM’s ‘new campus dream’ into a reality and allowed the university to pursue its educational ideals on a much larger campus. In the same year, the University of Macau Development Foundation (UMDF) was established, with the aim of enhancing UM’s global competitiveness. The UMDF represented a new endeavour on the part of the local government to support higher education development, and demonstrates the unreserved support of UM felt by people from all walks of society. It took a little over three years for the new campus design, construction, and relocation to be completed. The new campus was inaugurated on 5 November 2013. An unprecedented project in Macao’s higher education history, the new campus provides an excellent environment for learning and teaching. Upon relocation to the new campus, the university built Asia’s largest residential college system to facilitate the implementation of whole-person education. 20 years ago, UM only had 2,865 students. Now, the number exceeds 10,000. UM alumni have become valuable members of society in different parts of the world. Most judicial officers, judges, prosecutors, attorneys, secondary school principals and teachers in Macao, as well as over one third of the members of the Legislative Assembly, are UM alumni.् ᢷྯ 大學㏟㐣Ⅼൢ ᰎ㟑ोᢵ́ྭ 䢬ᒴᰎ૭㏝㐡Ⅺൠⅰᑓ㡷 ᣡǎᰎ㟑㣍⾾ᕔˍᆳέ͜ ٨ ݶ २㢂٨ⅰ ૭ಾ䢬˗ӄ᭶㉘ᰎ㟑ⅰⅪൠ㣍⾾䢬ᕅ⾾ ⦾२㢂㭗⓺ᐑ⢺ⅰⅪൠឹ ཕ㌸ǎᕔ⿇۠ ᢪ䢬ᰎ૭㟘ୣ ⊛С⒭䢬⒢ᧈᕐ̏ ᑜ 200 㐜㐿ᑓⅰǕᰎ㟑૭ಾᧈྫྷ ב ༀǖ۠ Ǖᰎ㟑૭ಾ⒭␗ǖ䢬ㅐᰎ૭ ͞۽ ᑝ २㢂٨έ͜ ૭ಾ┷ύឹ ཕǎ 2009䢬ᰎ㟑ोᢵ10䢬ᒴᰎ૭Ⅺൠ 㕲␗⋱ⅰ㕳⾾ˍǎ㐛䢬२೮ᇝփᰎ ૭ॺ༴ᖣ⇆៶ᾣཅ〲ᑓᘪ چ 䢬˧እᡨ ᰎ㟑ḿ چ ϭᵦᰎ㟑ḿ چ ᧈྫྷ ᑝ┷㎛䢬 ㅐᰎ૭ᕔᕅԖ㈹ⅰ③㟠㊢㏅ಾύǎ ܒ 䢬ᰎ૭Ⅺൠ㕷ᕐᆑ⒢䢬͞ ઌ૭ ಾॺ२㢂˔ⅰⒺḇ؛䢬㐛ᒴᰎ㟑ḿ ᐀چ Ᏻቆ㭗⓺ᐑ⢺Ⅺൠⅰ۵ˍᑓࢰず䢬㭓 έ⍹ᕐ܋₅ഭᰎ૭ ݶ ᰎ㟑㭗⓺ᐑ⢺Ⅺൠ ⅰ૭؛Ᏻቆǎ 2009䢨˔९䢩 ݶ 2019䢨˕९䢩ⅰᰎ૭ᑓᘪ५ UM's new campus in 2009 (upper) and 2019 (lower)
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