Macao Polytechnic University

Established in 1981, Macao Polytechnic University is a public multidisciplinary university located in Macao, featuring academic excellence with an emphasis on both quality higher education and significant applied research that contributes to the sustainable development of society. The University is:

• The first university in Asia having a successful institutional review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), UK
• The sole university in China having won APQN Quality Awards issued by the Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) thrice
• The first university in Macao having received the state-level award “National Teaching Achievement Award” twice
• The first university in Hong Kong and Macao housing a Ministry of Education Engineering Research Centre in machine translation and artificial intelligence

Quality Education

Macao Polytechnic University is the pioneer in higher education quality assurance in Macao. Quality assurance is an integral part of its educational culture. Its education provision has been widely acclaimed in academic review exercises by authoritative quality assurance bodies and professional institutions from various countries and regions such as the UK, the US, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This accreditation benchmarks the education provided by the University against international standards, an example being the Bachelor of Science in Computing that is accredited by the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology meaning it is of exactly the same standard as any similar programme in the UK.

Interdisciplinary Research

The University excels in interdisciplinary research and innovation as a means to make its contributions to the sustainable development of humanities and societies. Such research studies focus on artificial intelligence, machine translation, environmental technologies, Chinese-Portuguese bilingual studies, intangible cultural heritage, gaming and leisure management, arts and creativity, which are powered through an array of research centres and laboratories. Its Chinese-Portuguese Neural Network Machine Translation Platform achieves the highest translation accuracy worldwide. The University established numerous research centres in recent years to further foster AI-driven interdisciplinary innovation, including the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Driven Drug Discovery and the Engineering Research Centre of Applied Technology on Machine Translation and Artificial Intelligence.

Global Networks

MPU boasts a robust network of international partnerships fostering academic exchange and collaboration. Sustainable partnerships have been established with renowned universities, organisations and corporations based in countries or regions such as the US, the UK, Portugal, Australia, Brazil, the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan with scopes of collaborations ranging from academic exchange, research collaboration, joint laboratories to dual degree and joint programmes. The University features nine collaborative laboratories to facilitate the effective transformation of academic-research into outcome, including The Research Centre in Ubiquitous Computing (in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles), Research Laboratory in Advanced Technologies for Smart Cities (in partnership with the University of Coimbra, Portugal), and Chinese-Portuguese-English Machine Translation Laboratory (in partnership with GuangDong University of Foreign Studies and Global Tone Communication Technology).

Setting off from Macao Polytechnic University, students, alumni and staff are realising their prowess in different walks of life, creating opportunities for the betterment of the local community and afar.