Tuition fees for postgraduate international students at the University of Macau (UM) in the upcoming 2021/2022 academic year will be similar to what students from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong will pay, according to a dispatch of the Official Gazette.
This means that students coming in from Greater China will have to pay higher tuition fees compared to the former fee amount.
Currently, academic fees at the university is divided into three: local students; students from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; and international students – meaning those students from outside Greater China.
In the new academic year of 2021/2022, the fees will only be divided into two, a local BIR holder and a student visa holder.
The change means that tuition fees for master degree students will not be lower for international students, but students coming in from Greater China will have to pay a higher amount.
Fees for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education and for Macau Law will remain the same at MOP39,600 and MOP58,600 for foreign students, but higher for those coming in from Greater China.
International students applying for doctorate degrees at the UM will now benefit from the alteration as they will be required to pay MOP111,760 – a similar fee amount for students from China, Hong Kong or Taiwan – and a lot lower than the usual MOP141,520.
Speaking to TDM Radio, UM’s vice rector Rui Martins said that these were “balanced and well-thought-out changes.”
The master degrees’ fee update for international students takes into account “the university’s reputation and the costs of courses, as well as the equipment and facilities, which are of an international level and comparable to universities, namely in Hong Kong – and in this case, the fees [in Macau] are even lower.”
Commenting on the lowered fees for doctorate degrees, the vice-rector remarked, “The value is significantly lower than Hong Kong because we are interested in increasing research and the number of quality PhD students.”
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