The University of Macau (UM) today (27 May) awarded academic prizes to 62 outstanding graduates at the Congregation 2017. In this academic year, the university gave out a total of MOP 4 million in over 60 kinds of academic prizes and scholarships to more than 350 students.
16 kinds of academic prizes were awarded to 62 graduates at the ceremony: Macau Foundation Academic Prize, Henry Fok Foundation Academic Prize, Bank of China Academic Prize, FED Academic Prize, ICBC Macau Academic Prize, Wu’s Group Academic Prize, Choi Kai Yau Academic Prize, Lou Tou Vo Mathematics Academic Prize, Jorge Alvares Foundation Academic Prize, BNU Academic Prize, CEM Academic Prize, Synopsys Academic Prize, EasyTone Academic Prize, Macau Civil Engineering Laboratory (LECM) Academic Prize, ERS Academic Prize, and MIL Law Office Academic Prize.
Wan Weng San from the Department of Portuguese, who was admitted to UM on the recommendation of her secondary school principal, received the Wu’s Group Academic Prize. ‘Although UM does not offer a bachelor’s degree programme in translation studies, it still gave me exposure to knowledge in different fields. In the first year, our professors already gave us a lot of opportunities to participate in Portuguese language activities,’ says Wan. ‘Through these activities, we were able to meet people from Portuguese-speaking countries and learn more about the Portuguese culture. The activities were very helpful to my studies.’
This year, UM awarded more than 60 kinds of scholarships and academic prizes on various occasions, including the convocation, the scholarship presentation ceremony, the ceremony for the conferment of honorary degrees and higher degrees, and the high table dinners in the various residential colleges.
