USJ Macao attends the UKEC Malaysia Education Fair

USJ Macao attends the UKEC Malaysia Education Fair
27
Jan
27/01/2025
USJ representatives engage in conversation with prospective students and their families at the Kuala Lumpur Connexion Conference & Event Centre.
A delegation from the USJ Macao International Affairs Office embarked on a 5-day student recruitment trip to Kuala Lumpur from January 18 to 22, 2025. Supported by the Macao SAR Education Fund as one of the key cooperative development and international outreach projects for the Southeast Asia region, the trip provided opportune educational activities for the delegation to meet with hundreds of local prospective students and their families. The tour kicked off with the large-scale public education fair co-organised by the UK Education Centre and DongZong Malaysia in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, followed by visits to the different International Schools of Malaysia, bringing in more than 30 university representatives across the UK, Europe, Hong Kong and Macao to engage with the high school graduates and their families.
With the start of the new year semester and ongoing admission season, attendees came prepared with questions and eager to learn about the universities and their offerings. USJ Macao’s distinctive degree programmes across the arts, sciences and business fields, valuable scholarship opportunities and relative novelty of Macao as a study abroad destination attracted various inquiries and interest from the visitors. Since the offset of the pandemic, some parents also shared their concerns on the distance and costs of studying abroad, turning to alternative emerging universities in Asia that are closer to home. USJ Master of Community Development student, Sreypov Phoum, was able to share insights on her journey as an international student living in Macao, encouraging fellow students to reach out proactively and make use of the available campus resources and close-knit community of USJ Macao to pursue personal development opportunities that are unique to the study abroad experience.