The University of Macau (UM) was founded in 1981 as a private institution by the name of University of East Asia. Through the years of development, it has become a leading university in Macao. UM offers approximately 130 bachelor's, master's and PhD programmes—with English as the main medium of instruction—through various academic units, including Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, Institute of Collaborative Innovation and Honours College. Currently, UM has approximately 12,000 students and 650 teaching staff members. UM is committed to producing outstanding graduates for society, becoming a world-class university, providing elite undergraduate education, developing a high-calibre faculty team, enhancing the development of unique academic programmes, and building an efficient and environmentally friendly campus.