Doctoral School - News and Events
June 12, 2025
The USJ Doctoral School and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy hosted the 2nd Doctoral Forum in Religious Studies and Philosophy, on 6 June 2025 at the USJ Seminary Campus.
June 13, 2025
The “Doctoral Seminar on the Impact of AI on Research” will take place on 13 June, from 7PM – 9PM, at the Conference Room in USJ Ilha Verde Campus.
June 6, 2025
The USJ Doctoral School and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy are organising a Doctoral Forum in the study/research area of Religious Studies and Philosophy on 6 of June 2025, in the Conference Room of the Seminary Campus.
May 23, 2025
His presentation titled “City of Gastronomy’ – The Effectiveness of Gastronomy Tourism in Macao: Case Studies of the Macao Food Festival” offered a critical analysis of Macao’s gastronomic tourism development.
June 6, 2025
The USJ Doctoral School and the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy are organising a Doctoral Forum titled “Practical Theology and Religious Studies – Developing Imagination, Reflexivity and Wisdom for Research in the Field” on 6 June 2025 in the Conference Room of the Seminary Campus.
May 14, 2025
Macao welcomes a new voice in the academic and Lusophone universe! The web radio station “Radio.Me” is an innovative project aiming to connect Portuguese-speaking communities through biographical narratives and knowledge, formally inaugurated on 30 April during the International Symposium Tell.Me 2025 at USJ Macao.
May 14, 2025
USJ Hosts Successful Tell.Me 2025 – Second International Symposium on Biographical Narratives and Media and Information Literacy Cities, Macao, 30 April 2025
May 7, 2025
Wilson Jorge Gomes Caldeira, has successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Global Studies titled: “PIXELS OF PERCEPTION: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF AI-GENERATED IMAGERY”.
April 30, 2025
Join us on April 30 from 17:30 – 22:30 at the Don Bosco Auditorium, for the 2nd Tell.Me Symposium – a dynamic event exploring how personal stories can foster media-information-literacy and celebrate cultural diversity in modern cities.
March 11, 2025
His paper titled “Two Wings of The Same Bird: Landscapes Conservation and Cultural Tourism Development: A Case Study of The Historic Centre of Macao” examined two distinct types of landscapes in the Macao SAR – the enduring historic urban landscape and the ephemeral landscape that emerges at specific moments.
USJ Doctoral School holds its 2025 Doctoral Forum in Psychology - "From the Lab to the Jungle"
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March 7, 2025
The USJ Doctoral Forum in Psychology took place on the 11th of February 2025, in the Don Bosco Auditorium of the Ilha Verde Campus.
March 8, 2025
Through this MoU, both institutions signalled their interest in cooperating on student and teacher mobility, double degrees, and the creation of special doctoral programme classes taught in Portuguese.
USJ Macau and the University of Western São Paulo in Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding
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February 28, 2025
Through this MoU, both universities have signalled their interest in cooperation in terms of student and teacher mobility, double degrees, joint offers in blended mode, and e-learning in Portuguese and English.
February 18, 2025
A delegation from Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican) Ming Hua Theological College (Ming Hua) visited the University of Saint Joseph’s (USJ) Seminary and Ilha Verde campuses, as part of the developing partnership between Ming Hua and the USJ.
February 11, 2025
The USJ Doctoral School, and the Faculty of Health Sciences are organising a Doctoral Forum in the study/research area of Psychology on the 11th of February, 2025, in the Don Bosco Auditorium of the Ilha Verde Campus.
January 13, 2025
Mr Manuel Chau has successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Business Administration titled: “Short-Term Forecasting Gross Domestic Product and Gross Gaming Revenue of Macau Using Econometric and Machine Learning Approaches”.
February 15, 2025
Join us on the 15th of February, 2025, for the “USJ Doctoral School and HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College (Hong Kong) Open Day 2025” to visit USJ in Macao, learn about the Doctoral Programme in Religious Studies and meet the USJ Doctoral Programme Coordination Team.
December 13, 2024
Daniel Filipe Guerreiro Farinha, has successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Information Systems titled: “ARKIVO – An Information System for the Preservation of Networked Crypto Art”.
Prof. Paulo Teles of UNICAMP Brazil is completing a post-doctorate in Global Studies at USJ Macao
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December 9, 2024
“This post-doctoral programme is a unique opportunity to strengthen cooperation ties between the two universities’ and ‘pave the way for more Brazilian professors and researchers from the Portuguese-speaking world to choose USJ Macao as their post-doctoral destination”.
December 6, 2024
Cao Wei has successfully defended his doctoral thesis in Business Administration titled: “ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AREA – RESEARCH LANDSCAPE, STAKEHOLDERS PERCEPTION ANALYSIS AND FRAMEWORK PROPOSITION”.
December 6, 2024
The Honoris Causa Degrees will be conferred to His Eminence Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, and Mr. Anthony Kwok-Ki Yeung, JP.



