Catholic university in Macau allowed to recruit students in mainland China

The University of Saint Joseph has been given, for the first time, “carte blanche” to recruit students from the mainland

A Catholic university in Macau has been given the green light to recruit students from mainland China, although in an “experimental basis” and only for four graduate programs.

A report in Jornal O-Clarim, a publication of Macau Diocese, said the University of Saint Joseph has been given, for the first time, “carte blanche” to recruit students from the mainland.

Dean Stephen Morgan was quoted as saying that the move is “a valuable opportunity for the to demonstrate that it is ‘a university in, from and to Macau; and in, to and from China.”

The University of Saint Joseph, which is affiliated with the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon, is being run by the Diocese of Macau.

Morgan expressed his gratitude to Macau’s officials for “the constant advocacy of our case.”