The General Education (GE) curriculum is meant to provide students with a foundation that promotes successful behaviour leading to lifelong learning. It prepares students to do well in their chosen career in the future. It can also expand the horizon of learning to help developing a well-rounded student. As is known, FAH has been providing a variety of GE courses in the humanities in each semester. It brings a wide breadth of learning opportunities and knowledge to students that can be applied ...

UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities holds the Macao Humanities Forum João Costa The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Macao Humanities Forum. The event featured João Costa, minister of education of Portugal and chair professor of linguistics at NOVA University Lisbon, who delivered a lecture titled ‘Arts and Humanities Education in the 21st Century—The Portugal Experience’. Involving both online and in-person elements, the lecture attracted many fac ...

Liu Chan presents a certificate of honorary advisor to Zhu Shoutong The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) and the Liu Haisu International Art Research Association recently co-organised the Liu Haisu Art Education Symposium and the first general meeting of the association to shed light on Liu’s artistic life. During the event, Zhu Shoutong, director of CCHC, gave a brief introduction to Liu’s achievements in art. Liu Chan, a renowned painter and the daughter o ...

Su Tong, a renowned author, will give a talk titled ‘Ways into Creative Writing’ at the University of Macau (UM) on Tuesday 18 April to share his writing experience and skills. Su Tong is an acclaimed author in China who holds several prestigious positions, including member of the Presidium of the Chinese Writers Association and distinguished professor at Beijing Normal University. He began his literary career during his university years, after graduating from the Chinese Department of Beijing N ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2lTDnN0X4 The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Fourth UM Language and Culture Day to promote language and cultural diversity. With the theme ‘Cherish Mother Tongues, Embrace All Cultures’, the event featured various cultural performances presented by academic staff and students from different countries and regions. More than 200 UM students, faculty members, and staff participated in the event. The Language and Cul ...

The Macao edition of a Chinese classics recitation and exchange activity for university students from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao was recently held at the University of Macau (UM). The event was co-organised by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of UM, the School of Linguistics Sciences and Arts of Jiangsu Normal University (JSNU), and the Faculty of Humanities of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). At the opening ceremony, Yuan Yulin, head of the Department of Chinese L ...

UM and BFSU co-organise the Second Chinese-Portuguese Translation Contest for Higher Education Institutions in China   The Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre of the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the School of Hispanic and Portuguese Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) recently jointly held the Second Chinese-Portuguese Translation Contest for Higher Education Institutions in China. The contest aimed to promote exchanges i ...

Guests officiate at the groundbreaking ceremony for ‘Suao Pavilion’ To promote outstanding traditional Chinese culture and strengthen the cultural connections between Jiangsu province, particularly Suzhou, and Macao, including the University of Macau (UM), the Suzhou Overseas Friendship Association and the Jiangsu Overseas Friendship Association have donated to UM for the construction of ‘Suao Pavilion’ and the groundbreaking ceremony for the pavilion was recently held on the campus. Yonghua Son ...