News Express: UM holds student orientation for DPA programme
新聞快訊：澳大公共行政博士學位課程開課
許敬文
Michael Hui
澳大公共行政博士學位課程開課
澳門大學社會科學學院舉行第三屆公共行政博士（DPA）學位課程開學禮。今屆課程招收30名來自不同行業的精英，包括立法會議員、奧運國家隊金牌運動員、企業領導、國有企業管理人員、橫琴粵澳深度合作區和澳門特區政府公務員等。
澳大副校長許敬文代表校長宋永華致歡迎辭。許敬文表示，澳大一直致力共建大灣區，將自身融入國家發展，同時積極培養具有國際影響力的優秀行政人才，為此開設了多個針對高端人才培育的應用型博士課程，其中包括公共行政博士課程，致力培養具有理論基礎和實踐能力的公共管理人才。許敬文同時寄語社會科學學院根據澳門高等教育發展趨勢和社會發展需求，培養及提升公務人員的學術素養和行政管理水平；並期望學生能夠把握澳大的師資優勢，在課程中不斷學習、探索和創新，促進公共行政領域的學術研究和智庫建設。
澳大社會科學學院院長胡偉星介紹了公共行政博士課程內容，並表示課程致力培養理論與實踐相結合的應用型人才，期望學生能夠把所學理論知識運用於實踐，解決現有公共政策的難題。
此外，澳大政府與行政學系一眾教授及該課程第一、二屆的學生亦出席開學禮。其中博士生高田、謝許陽和施劍華亦在開學禮上分享了學習收穫。他們表示，該課程提供詳細的專業理論和研究方法，包括公共行政與管理的基本概念、原理、分析工具和研究方法，為學生打下理論聯繫實際的堅實基礎。他們還強調，在課程中通過互動交流獲得了許多專業領域知識和學術意見，結交了很多良師益友，期望將來能攜手共建美好大灣區。
澳大公共行政博士課程是全國第一個中文授課的公共管理領域的專業型博士課程，旨在為澳門、粵港澳大灣區乃至全國培養出符合時代要求的公共事務管理高端人才。自2021年開辦以來，一直廣受歡迎，報讀人數每年益增。
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UM holds student orientation for DPA programme
The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) of the University of Macau (UM) held an orientation for the students of the third cohort of the Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) programme. This year’s programme admitted 30 elites from various sectors, including a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR, a former Olympic gold medallist, corporate executives, managers of state-owned enterprises, and civil servants from the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and the Macao SAR government. Michael Hui, vice rector of UM, said that the university offers several applied PhD programmes for high-end talent development, among which the DPA programme is designed to cultivate public administration talent who possess both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. He expressed hope that the students will seize the learning opportunity at UM and promote academic research and the creation of think tanks in the field of public administration. Hu Weixing, dean of the FSS, introduced the content of the DPA programme and expressed hope that the students can apply their theoretical knowledge to practice and solve the problems existing in current public policies. The event was also attended by professors in the Department of Government and Public Administration and students from the first and second cohorts of the DPA programme.
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https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/56517/