Founded in 1981, the University of Macau (UM) was formerly a private institution known as the University of East Asia. It was acquired by the local government in 1988 and renamed University of Macau in 1991, becoming the only public university in Macao. It currently offers approximately 130 degree programmes, including bachelor's programmes, master's programmes, PhD programmes, and other programmes, through the Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Honours College. English is the main medium of instruction. UM has an outstanding faculty team comprised of internationally recruited scholars with rich teaching experience and impressive academic backgrounds, many of whom graduated from well-known universities.