On August 26, the School of Education held the 2026-2027 Academic Year Orientation for New Students. All faculty members attended, along with more than 160 of the 228 new students. Through sessions including school introduction, programme presentations, academic affairs guidelines, current student experience sharing, and the "Alumni Collaboration·Academic Excellence" Postgraduate High-Level Achievement Scholarship Award Ceremony, the orientation provided new students with clear guidance to quickly integrate into the School and clarify their academic planning.
At the beginning of the orientation, Professor Cheng Liying, Dean of the School of Education, gave a comprehensive introduction covering disciplinary rankings, research platforms, and faculty team, among other aspects. The School of Education ranked 251st–300th globally in the 2025 THE subject rankings, was included in the THE 2026 World University Rankings by Subject, appeared on the QS rankings for the first time, and ranked 23rd domestically. The School relies on the Macau Institute for Global Education Research and Innovation and the Artificial Intelligence Education Research and Innovation Laboratory, focusing on research directions such as educational testing and assessment, educational big data and artificial intelligence, and educational psychology. The School currently has 23 full-time professors, all holding Ph.D. degrees from world-renowned universities, forming a highly cohesive academic community dedicated to ensuring the quality of student learning and cultivating outstanding master's and doctoral students.
During the programme introduction session, Associate Professor Dai Yi, Director of the Doctoral Programmes, introduced the training plans and teaching emphases of four degree programmes: Master of Education, Master of Teaching and Research, Doctor of Education (PhD in Education), and Doctor of Education (EdD). With the philosophy of "teaching and nurturing, with emphasis on nurturing," the School advocates the core values of Respect, Responsibility, and Resilience, and has planned a postgraduate study path of "Start—Focus—Research—Completion." It also introduced the supervisor dual-selection mechanism and important academic milestones such as thesis proposal, ethical review, mid-term assessment, and graduation defense. The School also emphasized academic integrity, requiring new students to strictly abide by academic norms and eliminate academic misconduct such as plagiarism and piracy.
During the academic affairs guidelines session, the School's administrative team provided detailed explanations on administrative matters including Graduate School regulations, class attendance and leave policies, academic calendar arrangements, changes in student status, payment matters, use of traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and signature norms. In addition, the School introduced student mental health surveys, student assistant (AA/RA) positions, and channels for publishing academic activity information, helping new students comprehensively understand various matters during their time at the university.
At the end of the orientation, current student representatives from the School of Education shared their past learning experiences, encouraging new students to actively engage in university activities, make the most of their graduate study life, and take the initiative to participate, which will surely bring gains and growth. Subsequently, the School held the "Alumni Collaboration · Academic Excellence" Postgraduate High-Level Achievement Scholarship Award Ceremony to commend students who have achieved outstanding results in academic research. Zhang Qing, a 2022 doctoral student in Education, Li Yueyi, a 2023 doctoral student in Education, and Liu Xiaoyu, a 2024 doctoral student in Education, respectively received this honor for their high-level papers published in CSSCI journals and JCR Q1 journals, setting excellent academic examples for new students.
This orientation comprehensively covered key information on the
School's situation, programme offerings, academic affairs management, and academic planning, and established academic role models through the scholarship award ceremony, helping new students quickly build awareness, integrate into School life, and lay a solid foundation for subsequent study and research.
