Education | UM’s Honours College welcomes 48 new students

The University of Macau (UM) Honours College (HC) recently held a ceremony to welcome 48 new students, all of whom are top student leaders selected from 18 academic programs offered by seven faculties. The students will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skill-set and leadership abilities through various training courses and activities offered by HC.
At the ceremony, UM University Council Chair Lam Kam Seng and Rector Wei Zhao presented admission certificates to the students. In his speech, HC Dean Mok Kai Meng noted that UM’s multicultural campus offers many experiences, and he encouraged the students to take advantage of the opportunities available, work hard and try different things.
According to a statement issued by UM, in the second semester of their second year, the new cohort of students will have the opportunity to study at overseas universities, namely Boston College, the University of Notre Dame du Lac, the University of Rochester, George Washington University, the University of Michigan, Washington University in St Louis, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Coimbra.
UM highlighted in the statement that “most HC graduates from the previous cohorts have either found a job [in] multinational companies or chosen to pursue further studies.” Some members of the Class of 2016 have been employed by companies like JBA Consulting Engineers (Asia) Limited and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Beijing. Others chose to pursue further studies at renowned universities.
Established in 2009, HC is dedicated to nurturing outstanding undergraduate students into future leaders. The three-year Honours Program provides the students with leadership training courses and offers them access to research programs and creative activities. Students also have the opportunity to study abroad at esteemed universities for one semester to gain a comparative perspective on the disciplines they study, and to develop international awareness and cultural fluency.