The School of Arts at Macao Polytechnic
Institute aims to establish a distinctive design programme,
not only answering the needs of the society, but to pursue
an international standard and to present a unique quality
of Macao. Macao is a small city that merges East and West,
tradition and yet modern. The diversity in livelihood forms
a unique style in terms of cultural feature, economic structure
and humanity development. Macao cultural heritage and the
liberalization of the gaming industry lead to a rapid change
and growth in the creative industry despite the small demand
of local market. The proportion of cultural design and
promotion is high compare with other regions, and the economy
is moving on a fast lane. To cope with the change, design
education needs to be tailored to the needs of local industry,
to explore its path in programme structure and to be adjusted
for better direction and strategy positioning. The structure
of the design programme needs to be broad and flexible,
well balanced on commercial and cultural feature, and to
present the uniqueness mingled from Chinese and Portuguese
art and culture. With the training in design education
we offer, our mission is to create a unique programme for
students to assist the creative industry, and to make the
metamorphosis of Macao a new city and a better community
in terms of cultural, environmental and spiritual.
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