UM rector attends events marking Fudan University’s 120th anniversary

Yonghua Song, rector of the University of Macau (UM), was invited to attend the 120th Anniversary Ceremony of Fudan University and the University and Sustainable Development Symposium on 27 May 2025. During the event, he joined presidents of leading universities from around the world to discuss the sustainable development of universities.

Speaking at the symposium, Song stressed that universities need to address their own sustainable development challenges as they reform their talent cultivation systems. He noted that against the backdrop of an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technologies, and demographic challenges including ageing populations and declining birth rates, society’s expectations and standards for universities continue to rise. Universities must therefore achieve sustainable development through systematic innovation. Song also shared how UM implements whole-person education at the undergraduate level alongside the residential college system, promotes interdisciplinary integration and innovation through its state key laboratories and the Institute of Collaborative Innovation, and fosters an international teaching, learning, and research environment by expanding global cooperation.