All courses are taught in small seminar groups and small lectures, giving close attention to academic progress of each student.

Our Department of Economics consists of economists with long experience in teaching, research and practice in the field of economics.

The degree aims at attracting students from local and other regions, permitting comparative perspectives on economic ideas and experience among students.

Students are encouraged to attend the Seminar on Economics, a long-established forum for idea exchange in our Programme, in order to come into contact with sizeable academics and research students, working in a variety of fields of economic inquiry.

High-quality IT computing facilities are available to all graduate students of economics, providing full access to the software and hardware commonly used by professional economists.

Our growing Library is particularly well-endowed with e-based research journals – more than 120 economic journals with full text available to our students.

The Centre of Macao Studies and the Social Science Research Center on Contemporary China are two specialized research centers where research on the economies of Macao and China are concentrated.