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UM to hold Congregation 2013 on new campus this Saturday

The University of Macau (UM) will hold the Congregation 2013 in the Sports Complex on the new campus on 7 December (Saturday) at 10:00am. It will be UM’s first graduation ceremony held on the new campus. Chui Sai On, chief executive of Macao SAR and chancellor of UM, will preside at the ceremony. In addition to PhD degrees, master’s degrees, and bachelor’s degrees to UM graduates, honorary doctorates will be presented at the ceremony to Prof. Jiang Shusheng, Prof. Sérgio Machado dos Santos, and Prof. Yu Kwang Chung.

Over 1,700 students from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, among whom 45 are Honours College students, are expected to graduate from UM this year. Apart from degrees for UM graduates, honorary doctorates will also be conferred at the ceremony. This year UM is going to confer the Doctor of Education honoris causa degree on Prof. Jiang Shusheng, Doctor of Science honoris causa degree on Prof. Sérgio Machado dos Santos, Doctor of Law honoris causa degree on Dr. Xue Hanqin, and Doctor of Letters honoris causa degree on Prof. Yu Kwang Chung, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in their areas of expertise as well as their contributions to UM.  

As the new campus is not yet fully open to the public and therefore only authorised vehicles will be allowed to enter the new campus, students and their parents attending the ceremony are advised to use the public transport (Route 37U bus or Route MT 3U bus), taxi, or free shuttle bus service provided by the university (pick-up point: Taipa Central Park, from 8:00am through 9:00pm, last bus departing from the Taipa Central Park at 8:30pm),. For details, please visit http://www.umac.mo/reg/graduate_congregation_info.php.



Should you have any enquiries about the press release, please feel free to contact Ms. Albee Lei or Ms. Kristy Fok at(853)8397 4325 or prs.media@um.edu.mo or visit UM webpage www.umac.mo.




29/11/2013