澳大新語 • 2024 UMAGAZINE 29 44 拓展全球合作網絡 • STRENGTHENING GLOBAL NETWORKS collaboration between the higher education institutions in mainland China and in the Portuguese-speaking world. A few weeks after moving to the Hengqin campus in 2014, UM hosted the 24th annual meeting of the Association of Portuguese-speaking Universities. During the meeting, UM was elected as president of the association (from 2014 to 2017), becoming the first institution from Macao to take on this role. In 2021, initiated by UM, the Academic Library Alliance between Macao Special Administrative Region and Portuguese-speaking Countries was established. The alliance seeks to enhance academic exchanges, promote resource sharing for Portuguese language teaching, and nurture Chinese-Portuguese bilingual professionals. In 2023, UM established strategic partnerships with the University of Lisbon, the University of Porto, and the University of Coimbra. The collaborations include dual PhD programmes, faculty and student exchanges, as well as the establishment of joint research centres and laboratories in fields such as microelectronics, robotics, marine science, cognitive aging, pharmacy, law, and Portuguese language studies. Prof João Veloso, former pro-rector of the University of Porto in Portugal, assumed the role of head of the Department of Portuguese at UM in 2022. He emphasises that UM plays an important role in the multilateral cooperation platform among Portuguese-speaking universities. This is due to UM’s strong emphasis on the Chinese, Portuguese, and English languages, as well as its extensive collaboration network that spans China, Portugal, Brazil, Africa, Timor-Leste, among other places. He believes that the shared language and historical connections greatly enhance the effectiveness of collaborations between UM and Portuguese-speaking universities. Enhancing Connections with Universities in English-Speaking and Neighbouring Countries UM has expanded its partnerships with universities in the English-speaking world and neighbouring countries. Its partners include more than 30 institutions in Australia, Canada, the US, the UK, and other English-speaking nations. In 2017, UM introduced its first batch of dual degree programmes with North American universities. In 2019, UM launched a ‘1+3’ master’s and PhD dual degree programme with Imperial College London, the University of Bristol, and the University of Edinburgh, 澳大舉辦眾多國際會議，吸引世界知名學者參加。 UM has held numerous international conferences, attracting the participation of many world-renowned scholars.
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