The University of Macau (UM) will hold its 2021 Congregation on 19 June (Saturday) at 4:00pm in its Sports Complex (N8) to present graduation certificates to this year’s undergraduate graduates. In response to the epidemic, this year's graduation ceremony will continue to be held in a format that combines online and in-person elements, in order to allow graduates and their families and friends from around the world to participate in the event.
This year, more than 1,500 students from bachelor’s degree programmes will receive graduation certificates. They come from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science and Technology, and Faculty of Social Sciences. Out of these graduates, 117 have completed programmes offered by the Honours College.
To comply with the epidemic prevention measures implemented by the Macao SAR government, only graduates will be admitted to the main stadium for the ceremony, and friends and relatives with admission tickets will be arranged to watch live broadcast of the ceremony in three areas on campus (the Training Hall in the UM Sports Complex (N8), the University Hall (N2), and the Multi-function Room in the UM Guest House (N1)). Graduates and their relatives and friends who are unable to attend the ceremony in person can watch the livestreaming of the ceremony on UM’s official website at www.um.edu.mo, on its official Weibo account at https://weibo.com/universityofmacau, or on its official YouTube account at https://youtube.com/universityofmacau.
Those attending the ceremony can reach the UM campus by (A) taxi, bus route No 71 or 73 from Macao, or bus route No 72 from Taipa; or (B) driving (an outdoor parking area at UM Stadium (N9), as well as Car Parks P3, P5, and P6 will be open to the public). For more details, please visit the UM Registry’s webpage for graduates at https://go.um.edu.mo/dr959a4e.