UNESCO CONFERENCE: September, 2008 MACAU: COUNTRY REPORT UNESCO CONFERENCE: September, 2008

The old . . .

27 million tourists each year . . . and the new 27 million tourists each year

Item 2005 2006 2007 2008 GDP (patacas) (billions) 92,95 115,28 153,61 90,439 (Jan.-Jun.) Real GDP growth 6.9% 17.0% 27.3% 26.8% Gross gaming receipts (billions) (patacas) 47,134 57,521 83,847 30,085 (1st quarter) Year on year increase in gross gaming revenue 8.3% 22.0% 45.8% 61.8%

June 2008 Local Non-local Total 222,495 (69.3%) 98,505 (30.7%) 321,000

HE IN MACAU: STRATEGIC GOALS Expand and diversify provision (public and private); Enhance partnerships: public and private sectors; Quality development; Recruit and retain international expertise; Internationalize student population: China & beyond; Increase research and research funding; Respond to needs of Macau society & community; Upgrade local workforce; Ensure equality of opportunity in and through HE; Promote social identity and economic development;

HE IN MACAU: STRATEGIC GOALS Create new generation of professionals and experts; Enhance Macau’s competitiveness; Promote academic and cultural interchange; Promote regional cooperation and links with the EU and the Portuguese-speaking countries; Increase English; Encourage institutional autonomy and identity; Support students financially; Meet the challenges of globalization.

RESPONDING TO STRATEGIC GOALS Diversification: Provision (public and private); Specialist and multi-disciplinary; Levels of awards; Kinds of awards; Programs and fields of study; Modes of study (day time, evening, part-time).

Higher Education Institutions in Macau Status Students (2008) University of Macau Public 6,069 Superior School for Public Security Forces 34 Macau Polytechnic Institute 2,678 Institute for Tourism Studies 926 Asia International Open University Private 8,003 Macau Inter-University Institute 610 Kiang Wu Nursing College 270 Macau University of Science &Technology 8,034 Macau Institute of Management 446 Macau Millennium College 304 Total 27,374

Students registered Doctorate: Master’s: Bachelor’s: Bacharelato: More non-local than local students; More males than females; Master’s: More local females than local males; More non-local males than non-local females; Bachelor’s: More local than non-local students; More females than males; Bacharelato: More local and non-local females than males.

Imbalance in numbers of registrations Status (local and non-local ): by sex, level, field and mode of study; Local students: by sex, level, field, mode of study; Non-local students: by sex, level, field, mode of study; Mode of study (daytime, evening, part-time): by sex, level, status and field of study; Sex of students: by level, field of study and status; Level of study: by sex, field, mode and status; Field of study: by sex, level, mode of study, and field.

STUDENT ENROLMENTS, 2007-8 Local Non-local Male Female Doctorate 68 51 356 98 Master’s 605 698 4,437 1,737 Postgraduate Diploma 88 66 1,237 485 Bachelor’s 3,426 5,117 2,735 2,987 Bacharelato 1,076 1,718 146 242 Diploma 46 45

ACADEMIC STAFF, 2006-8 2006-7 2007-8 Local Non-local Sub-total 809 916 940 886 % 46.90 53.10 51.48 48.52 Total 1,725 1,826

Broad Groups Areas of Study Education Teacher training, Education science, Physical Ed. Humanities & Arts Humanities, Languages & Literature, Translation, Design and Arts, Religion and Theology Social Science, Business & Law Social & Behavioural Science, Cultural Heritage, Journalism & Communication, Business & Management, Gaming Management, Public Administration, Law Science Physical Sciences/Natural Science, Mathematics, Computing & IT Architecture/ Engineering/ Construction Engineering, Architecture & Town Planning Health & Social Welfare Medical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing & Health, Pharmacy, Social Services Services Tourism, Tourism & Entertainment, Transport, Logistic & Transportation, Security

MAIN REGISTRATIONS Very large numbers in Business and Management courses at nearly all levels of award; Moderately high numbers in Law and Public Administration, and at several levels of award; Decline in overall number of Master’s students in several areas but an increase in Law, Languages and Literature, Religion and Theology, Pharmacy and Tourism/Entertainment; Large numbers in tourism/entertainment and gaming management; Many students in initial teacher training; Low numbers in Humanities and Arts, apart from Languages and Literature.

UNIT COSTS (PUBLIC HE INSTITUTIONS) Unit cost per student (patacas) 2005/6 2006/7 University of Macau 74,124.74 82,295.60 Macau Polytechnic Institute 75,162.00 80,713.50 Institute for Tourism Studies 54,870.00 57,072.01 Notes: (a) The cost of the University of Macau does not include the cost of the programs and students of the Centre for Pre-University Studies and the Centre for Continuing Education and Special Programs; (b) The cost of the Macau Polytechnic Institute does not include the facilities investment.

DROPOUT FROM HE INSTITUTIONS IN MACAU, 2006/7 Dropouts Dropout rate University of Macau 449 7.69% Superior School for Public Security Forces 0% Macau Polytechnic Institute 71 2.61% Institute for Tourism Studies 21* 2.5% Asia International Open University 1 0.014% Macau Inter-University Institute 76* 21.52% Kiang Wu Nursing College 3 1.1% Macau Univ. of Science and Technology 337* 4.04% Macau Institute of Management 18* 5.16% Macau Millennium College * Includes students who have suspended their studies

Internal and external mechanisms for QA need to be developed and applied more and more consistently; increasing requirements are needed for external accreditation of institutions and programs; further steps need to be taken for academic audit and institutional self-review, with greater monitoring of institutional QA and evidence of action taken as a result of QA. Only one HE institution has external accreditation (though some institutions adopt procedures from outside bodies, without accreditation), few institutions use external quality assurance mechanisms and most use internal mechanisms either solely or largely.