News Express: UM welcomes 76 outstanding international scholars for new academic year
新聞快訊：澳大新學年迎76名國際優秀學者
澳大舉辦教學人員迎新會
UM holds the Welcome Reception and Orientation for New Academic Staff
澳大新學年迎76名國際優秀學者
澳門大學舉辦“2025／2026學年教學人員迎新會”，迎接新一批學術精英加盟。隨著國際聲譽和影響力不斷提升，澳大於新學年從全球各地延攬了76名優秀學者。
新教員中既有年輕有為的青年才俊，也有享譽國際的資深學者。他們的文化背景多元，既有土生土長的澳門人才，也有來自世界各地的專家學者。他們致力於不同領域的前沿研究，包括物聯網、生成式人工智能、計算地質力學、藥物經濟學、功能基因組學、行為金融學、人文和社會科學等範疇，當中更不乏相關學科領域的頂尖人才，如教育學院副院長張東波教授、社會科學學院政府與行政學系主任吳永紅教授、協同創新研究院副院長Christian Montag特聘教授等。
新教員來自不同國際知名學府，包括史丹福大學、清華大學、北京大學、新加坡國立大學、倫敦大學學院、卡內基美隆大學、慕尼黑工業大學、東京大學、香港大學、復旦大學、香港中文大學、伊利諾大學香檳分校、海德堡大學、威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校、阿姆斯特丹大學等。他們多元化和國際化的視野及經驗，將有助提升澳大的教學質量，推動澳大科研續創佳績。
迎新會上，澳大校長宋永華表示，澳大將秉持“立足澳門、共建灣區、融入國家、走向世界”的發展定位，繼續致力提供優質教育和發展具國際影響力的重點研究。他祝願新教員在澳大迎接燦爛而富有成果的學術人生，同時享受幸福美好的生活。
分享環節由澳大副校長及代表主講，新教員藉此了解到澳大在學術、全球事務、學生事務、研究和行政事務上的最新發展。
未來，澳大將繼續致力培養和引進高端人才，並為教員創造優渥的工作條件，以激發他們的潛能，突破學術生涯上的挑戰，打造出一支具國際影響力的教研團隊。
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UM welcomes 76 outstanding international scholars for new academic year
The University of Macau (UM) held the Welcome Reception and Orientation for New Academic Staff 2025/2026 to welcome a new batch of outstanding scholars. With its growing international reputation and influence, UM has recruited 76 outstanding scholars from around the world for the new academic year.
The new academic staff include promising young scholars as well as internationally renowned academics. They come from diverse cultural backgrounds, some of whom were born and raised in Macao, while others come from other parts of the world. They are dedicated to cutting-edge research in various fields, including the Internet of Things, generative artificial intelligence, computational geomechanics, pharmacoeconomics, functional genomics, behavioural finance, as well as the humanities and social sciences. Leading figures among them include Zhang Dongbo, professor and associate dean of the Faculty of Education (FED); Wu Yonghong, professor and head of the Department of Government and Public Administration in the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS); and Christian Montag, Distinguished Professor and associate director of the Institute of Collaborative Innovation (ICI).
The new academic staff come from various world-renowned universities, including Stanford University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, the National University of Singapore, University College London, Carnegie Mellon University, the Technical University of Munich, The University of Tokyo, The University of Hong Kong, Fudan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Heidelberg University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Amsterdam. Their diverse and international perspectives and experiences will enhance the teaching quality at UM and enrich the university’s research output.
At the event, Rector Yonghua Song highlighted UM’s commitment to its development focus of ‘being rooted in Macao, taking part in the development of the Greater Bay Area, integrating into the nation, and going global’, adding that the university will continue to provide high-quality education and advance key research initiatives with international influence. He also wished the new academic staff a fruitful academic career and happiness at UM.
The event also included a sharing session, where vice rectors of UM and other representatives helped the new academic staff gain a better understanding of UM’s latest developments in academic affairs, global affairs, student affairs, research, and administration.
Going forward, UM will continue to cultivate and recruit high-calibre talent, and create a favourable working environment for its academic staff to enable them to reach their full potential and overcome challenges in their academic careers, thereby building teaching and research teams with international influence.
To read the news on UM’s official website, please visit the following link:
https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/61868/