The Department of Economics at the University of Macau is a growing academic unit and renowned for its dedication to teaching and research in economics. The department offers a wide range of courses leading to B.Soc.Sc, M.Soc.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees with about 240 undergraduate students and 50 postgraduate students. All our faculty members obtained PhD degrees from internationally renowned universities, such as the University of Cambridge, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, and Yale University.

Our faculty members actively engage in research with particular focus on policy-relevant areas (e.g., macroeconomic policy, applied microeconomic theory, public economics, applied econometrics, and economic growth) and have published in internationally reputable journals (such as the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Theory, Economica, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, Nature Sustainability, and the Review of Economic Dynamics). Our aspiration is to become one of the top economics departments in the Greater China region.

Head of Department of Economics
Distinguished Professor of Economics