The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) of the University of Macau (UM), in collaboration with the Business Research and Training Center (BRTC) of Faculty of Business Administration’s (FBA), hosted a “Training Course on Cross-Cultural Communication and Leadership” for 40 outstanding students from various majors at Inner Mongolia University (IMU) from January 19 to 21, 2026.
Two leading teachers from the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange at IMU delivered speeches at the opening and closing ceremonies. They expressed gratitude for UM’s meticulous arrangements and hoped that students would cherish this rare learning opportunity to broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge. Prof. Matthew Liu, Director of CCE, expressed his hope that the teachers and students from IMU would learn more about UM and Macao, and welcomed them to visit UM for exchange and study again in the future.
The program featured two specialized lectures delivered entirely in English by senior UM professors, with topics including “Cross-Cultural Communication and Global Perspective” and “Global Leadership and Strategic Management”. Students experienced the high-quality teaching of UM’s international faculty and were left with a deep impression of the university’s beautiful campus. The enriching training and campus tour received unanimous praise from the participants.
Inner Mongolia University is located in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is the first comprehensive university established by the Party and the state in a border minority region after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Founded in 1957, IMU was designated as one of the 88 key national universities in 1978. It was approved as a key construction institution under the national “211 Project” in 1997 and became a university co-sponsored by the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Education in 2004. In 2012, it was selected for the national “Project to Enhance the Comprehensive Strength of Universities in Central and Western China” (One University per Province). In 2017, it was selected as a national “Double First-Class” discipline construction university. In 2018, it became a university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2022, it was selected for the second round of the national “Double First-Class” construction universities.
To strengthen cooperation and exchange between UM and key universities in the Chinese mainland, CCE and BRTC plan to continue providing high-quality training programs in the future.