{"id":194315,"date":"2017-01-16T17:12:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/sem-categoria\/2017\/01\/40618-pt_pt\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T17:12:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:12:42","slug":"40618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/pt-pt\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/40618\/","title":{"rendered":"UM admits 59 top-scoring local students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, the University of Macau (UM) has\ninitiated a series of curriculum reforms with the aim of producing more\noutstanding graduates. The outcome has been very encouraging. UM has completed\nthe admission process for students under the Principals\u2019 Recommended Admission Scheme\nfor the 2017\/2018 academic year. This year, 450 outstanding students applied to\nUM through the scheme, up 10 per cent from last year. 398 of them have\nconfirmed their acceptance of the offers from UM, and among them 59 are ranked\nNo 1 in their secondary schools. All students admitted through the Principals\u2019\nRecommended Admission Scheme will receive scholarships.<\/p>\n\n<p>UM places great emphasis on providing special\ntraining for outstanding students. In the new academic year, the university\nplans to arrange for recipients of the University of Macau Grand Lotus\nScholarship and the University of Macau Golden Lotus Scholarship to enter the\nHonours College in their first year of study with exemption from exams. The\nstudents will receive special guidance and training from the deans and\nprofessors in their faculties. These opportunities aim to help outstanding\nstudents achieve their full potential so they can better serve Macao after\ngraduation. These students not only excel academically; they are also talented\nin different areas. They have won awards at various local and international\ncompetitions. Many of them are also actively involved in community service.<\/p>\n\n<p>In recent years, UM has made a great effort to\nbuild a strong faculty team and enhance its teaching and research. Having\nestablished a task force, the university has launched a series of curriculum\nand academic reforms and will continue to do so in order to attract more local\nstudents by offering more programmes that interest them. In terms of course\ndesign, UM adopts interactive techniques to increase students\u2019 interest and level\nof engagement. UM has also recruited many outstanding faculty members from\naround the world, in an effort to expand students\u2019 horizons and help them\ndevelop a new mindset. UM believes that admitting outstanding students will go\na long way towards improving its teaching and research.<\/p><div>Source:&nbsp;Communications Office&nbsp;<\/div><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><div><p>Media Contact Information:<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p>Albee Lei &nbsp;Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>Kelvin U &nbsp;Tel\uff1a(853) 88224322<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.mo<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;font-stretch: normal;line-height: 22px;\"\/>UM Website\uff1awww.umac.mo<\/p><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, the University of Macau (UM) has initiated a series of curriculum reforms with the aim of producing more outstanding graduates. 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