About the Organisers

Macao Polytechnic University

Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) is a public, multidisciplinary university distinguished by high standard of scholarship in both teaching and applied research. The University offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes in various fields of study. In pursuance of excellence, the University has been proactive in optimising educational quality through academic accreditation. Being the pioneer in higher education quality assurance in Macao, the University is the first higher education institution (HEI) in Asia having a successful institutional review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK. Its education provision has been widely acclaimed in academic reviews by authoritative quality assurance bodies and professional institutions at home and abroad. As recognitions of its commitment to quality teaching and learning, the University is the first and only HEI in Macao winning the National Teaching Achievement Award twice, which is the highest award for teaching excellence in China. It is also the only HEI in China receiving the Asia-Pacific Quality Awards three times from the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN).

Asia-Pacific Quality Network

Founded in 2003, the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) is a non-governmental and non-profit network who has been striving for “Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region” and "Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region". After 19-year development, APQN has 253 members from 45 countries and territories, becoming the largest and the most influential international organization on higher education in this Region. APQN has played a crucial and unique role in improving the QA mechanism, exchanging theory and practice experiences, promoting substantive co-operations, establishing Consultant Bank, reviewing Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR) and Asia-Pacific Quality Label (APQL) in this Region.

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