Funding for Higher Education Student Activities

Introduction

In accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the Higher Education Fund of the Administrative Regulation No. 16/2018, the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region Education and Youth Development Bureau is responsible for providing administrative and technical assistance to the Higher Education Fund.

In order to fund higher education student activities, the Higher Education Fund has prepared guidelines and specifications for the “Funding for Higher Education Student Activities”, in accordance with the Regulamento de Financiamento e Apoios Financeiros a conceder pelo Fundo do Ensino Superior approved by the Despacho do Secretario para os Assuntos Sociais e Cultura n.o 48/2019. Eligible entities or individuals will be funded to organize and participated in activities (excluding those for accumulating course credits or for fulfilling class requirements) through “Funding Scheme for Annual Activities of Higher Education Student Associations”, “Funding for Projects on Specific Themes”, or “Individual Funding for Higher Education Student Activities”.

In brief, the target applicants of “Funding Scheme for Annual Activities of Higher Education Student Associations” are higher education student associations; “Funding for Projects on Specific Themes” funds activities of specific directions (i.e., Volunteering work, Application of expertise, Expansion of horizons, Understanding and promotion of legal knowledge); “Individual Funding for Higher Education Student Activities” funds activities according to their nature and significance. For details, please refer to the application guidelines and the concerned funding specifications.