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The fourth cohort of DBA students visited the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) lab On 22 October 2022, the fourth cohort of students in the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme of the University of Macau (UM), led by Prof. Maggie FU, Director of the DBA programme and Prof. Raymond LOI, instructor’s representative, and Kevin WONG, the staff of the General Office Administration, visited the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) at the University of Macau (UM). During the visit, Prof. Liang GAO gave a thorough overview of the laboratory. After listening [...]

UM holds opening ceremony for students in DBA and EMBA programmes The Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) of the University of Macau (UM) recently held an opening ceremony to welcome the third and fourth cohort of students in the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme and the second and third cohort of students in the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programme. This year, the DBA and EMBA programmes have admitted a total of 60 students from well-known companies in the business sector in Macao and mainland China. In his speech at the ceremony, UM Rector Yonghua [...]

UM DBA Programme Sharing Session The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) held a Zoom sharing session titled 'UM's DBA Programme (2019-2022): Retrospect and Prospect' on 1 August 2022 at 2:30 pm. Prof. Michael Hui, Vice Rector of Academic Affairs, gave a welcome speech and emphasized the importance of the research component of the DBA programme, and wished the students a successful degree completion with a high quality dissertation, as well as expressed his full support for the programme development. Then Prof. Raymond Loi and Prof. Maggie Fu, the former and the current DBA programme [...]

DBA Students Visit Local Resort to Learn About Key to Success A group of University of Macau (UM) Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) students visited the Londoner Macao on April 1. The stduents was warmly welcomed by Dr. Wilfred Wong, President of Sands China. The visit included a tour of the resort property and an in-depth introduction of Sands China, including recent developments of integrated resort and leisure tourism in Macau, investment profiles over the years, employees career development, operation of non-gaming facilities (including hotels, conventions and exhibitions, retail, food & beverage, entertainment, etc.), Sands China’s corporate [...]

Garrick Wong: Management Is Easy to Learn but Difficult to Master After graduating with a master of business administration degree (MBA) from the University of Macau (UM) in 2012, Garrick Wong Kar Hou spent many years in the business world and felt the need to improve himself in order to keep up with the rapidly changing business environment. So in 2020, he returned to the university to pursue a doctor of business administration (DBA) degree. Leading by Example Wong is currently the vice president of the Macau Youth Entrepreneur Association and a board member of Macau Chinese Bank. [...]

UM’s 2nd DBA programme admits 20 senior business executives The Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Macau (UM) held an opening ceremony today (16 October) for the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree programme, which was launched last year. The DBA programme admitted 20 members of the business elite from the GBA. More than half of the students have a master of business administration (MBA) degree or an executive master of business administration (EMBA) degree, and 80 per cent of them are the highest decision makers at their companies, serving as president, general manager, partner, [...]

UM DBA programme attracts CEOs and senior executives The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) is dedicated to providing professional management courses. To keep pace with the needs of society, the faculty last year launched the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme, which has been very well received. Among the 83 applicants who are business executives of different nationalities, 20 of them were accepted by the doctoral programme. 95 per cent of the first cohort of students admitted last year are currently working in positions of CEO, director, general manager, business partner, or company [...]