Established as an administrative public utility person in 2009, the University of Macau Development Foundation (hereinafter the UMDF or the Foundation) aims at supporting and facilitating the University of Macau (hereinafter UM or the University) to attain its academic and educational goals; making it competitive locally and internationally and achieve sustainable development. Donations to the UMDF are classed according to the donor’s wishes as general endowment or designated endowment/fund for specific uses including research, scholarship, project or campus development, etc.

UM is the sole beneficiary of the UMDF. After a good number of years of operation, the UMDF revised its Charter in 2016 to ensure that its functioning and activities are closely related to UM.

For more information on the Foundation, please visit UMDF website: www.umdf.org.mo.