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The
School of Health Sciences was established in 1997. As one
of the academic units of the Macao Polytechnic Institute,
it continues the mission of the former Technical School
of the Health Bureau of the Macao Government, founded 40
years ago. The School trains students to be qualified nurses
and laboratory and pharmacy technicians by offering a variety
of programmes.
The School has a team of experienced and internationally
trained health care professionals and academics as its
full-time
teaching staff. It is fully equipped with its own nursing
practice laboratories, science laboratories and a computer
laboratory, which provide the students with the best practice
environment for learning academic and research
activities.
The School emphasizes quality of education. In order for
graduates to become qualified health care professionals
as well as productive members of society, the programmes
offered by the School do not only facilitate the students’
mastering of professional knowledge and technical skills,
but also put a lot of effort into enhancing students’
personal development.
The School offers a 3-year Higher Diploma and two 1-year
supplementary Bachelor’s degree programmes in nursing
and biomedical sciences. The biomedical sciences programmes
are further divided into the two specialties of medical
laboratory science and pharmacy. All programmes are taught
bilingually, i.e. Chinese and English. These programmes
are so designed that graduates become qualified health
care
professionals in Macao.They can then pursue further studies
locally and overseas. Currently, the Higher Diploma programmes
are accredited by RMIT University in Australia which means
that Higher Diploma graduates can go on to study at the
RMIT University once they have the required language competence.
For graduates from the bachelor degree programmes, they
are also accepted by some Australian universities to study
on masters programmes. |
