Macao Polytechnic University
Macao Polytechnic University is a public university in Sé, Macau. It was established in 1981.
History
Macao Polytechnic University was formerly known as the Polytechnic Institute of the University of East Asia. Following the splitting of the University of East Asia into three, the Macao Polytechnic Institute was established in 1991, comprising a number of schools with a long history of public education operation, including the Technical School of the Chinese Affairs Bureau, the Public Administration Training Centre, the Academy of Visual Arts and the Technical School of the Health Bureau.Prior to 1998 the school's central building used to house the Liceu de Macau, a public Portuguese-curriculum secondary school.
On 16 November 2021, the Chief Executive of MSAR, Ho Iat-seng, delivered the Policy Address of the Government of the MSAR for the financial year 2022, announcing that the institute will be renamed the Macao Polytechnic University. On 1 March 2022, the Macao Polytechnic Institute was officially renamed as Macao Polytechnic University.
General information
There are about 6,000 full-time degree programme students at MPU. Every year, MPU offers various types of training programmes with attendance of over 10,000 people at all levels. Moreover, MPU offers Master's and Doctorate degree programmes in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, Queen Mary University of London, University of Lisbon, University of Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Monash University, University of Bologna, Peking University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing Sport University, Chinese Academy of Governance, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University of Sport, Sun Yat-sen University, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan University of Arts, Chinese Culture University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Baptist University, and others.Faculties and programmes offered
Academic units and research centres
- "One Country Two Systems" Research Centre
- Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies
- Centre for Portuguese Studies
- Engineering Research Centre of Applied Technology on Machine Translation and Artificial Intelligence
- Teaching and Learning Centre
- Centre for Continuing Education
- Seniors Academy
- Peking University Health Science Center - Macao Polytechnic University Nursing Academy
- Chinese-Portuguese-English Machine Translation Laboratory
- MPU-BELL Centre of English
- Language and Culture Research Centre of Macao
- Cultural and Creative Industries Teaching and Research Centre
- MPU-UCLA Joint Research Center in Ubiquitous Computing
- MPU-Melco Gaming & Entertainment Information Technology Research & Development Centre
- MPU-UC Joint Research Laboratory in Advanced Technologies for Smart Cities
- Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies
- Social, Economic and Public Policy Research Centre
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence Driven Drug Discovery
- International Portuguese Training Centre
Ranking
The university is ranked 301-400th globally in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Impact Rankings.
International recognition
Accreditation
On 13 February 2014, the university achieved the rating of "confidence", as a judgement of its Institutional Review conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK. The judgement is equivalent to an excellent level, as awarded similarly to University of Oxford, Queen Mary University of London, etc.On 29 July 2022, the university was accredited for International Quality Review and Institutional Accreditation by QAA, met ten standards of the European Higher Education Area, including two good practices were recognised.
Programme reviews and professional recognition
Most of the programmes offered by the university have gained international recognition from various review and accreditation agencies/institutions:| Programme | Institution Recognised |
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Other recognition and honors
The university is the only higher education institution in the country to receive the "APQN Quality Awards" by the Asia-Pacific Quality Network four times:- Best/Model Internal QA Award
- Best Practice of QA during COVID pandemic
Chinese Universities Alumni Association released the annual "Evaluation and Study Report of Universities in China". The university was rated as a four-star university from 2017 to 2022 consecutively, ranking among China's high-level universities.
The university is finalist in the Times Higher Education Awards Asia 2024.