Master of Arts in English Studies
Macau, Macau
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
13 Mar 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2026
TUITION FEES
MOP 174,000 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 3 January 2026 – 13 March 2026 (2nd batch application period)
** non-local students | local students: MOP 97,800
The Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau offers a two-year MA in English Studies that is designed to develop your knowledge of the language and literatures of the English-speaking world.
You will expand your knowledge of English linguistics and literature and develop your skills in reading, writing, speaking and critical analysis.
After the course you will be better equipped for further academic study, or for a professional career in a world where a deep knowledge of English is increasingly a passport to success.
The programme benefits from the presence of staff members who can all draw on international experience of research and teaching.
Features
All students are required to write a project report (6000-8000 words) on a topic of their choice in either Linguistics or Literature. Students will be guided in this project by a supervisor, usually during the second year of study.
In order to welcome more outstanding international students to pursue their studies at UM, the University has established the International Student Scholarship, which provides tuition and accommodation fee waivers for the awardees during their normal period of study (subject to annual continuation).
Students who have studied in an elementary/primary school, high/secondary school or higher institution outside China (i.e. outside mainland China, Macao SAR, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan region) will be prioritised.
International Student Scholarship (admitted in AY26/27 and onward)
Eligibility
International applicants of full-time Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes (excluding executive degree programmes) of UM who meet the following requirements are eligible to apply for the Scholarship.
- valid foreign passport holders; and
- fulfil the admission requirements of the respective degree programme.
Eligibility excludes those admitted through the Joint Admission Examination for Macao's Four Higher Education Institutions.
Bachelor’s Degree Scholarship Package
Full Scholarship:
- 100% waiver of Bachelor’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 100% waiver of Residential College accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
Half Scholarship:
- 50% waiver of Bachelor’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 50% waiver of Residential College accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
Master’s Degree Scholarship Package
Type A Scholarship:
- 100% waiver of Master’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 100% waiver of on-campus accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
- Half teaching assistantship (MOP 4,000/month)
Type B Scholarship:
- 100% waiver of Master’s Degree Programme tuition fee
Type C Scholarship:
- International tuition differential waiver (awardees pay the local student tuition rate)
Duration of Scholarship (Bachelor’s and Master’s Scholarship)
The Scholarship is granted for the normal period of study, with its continuation from year to year subject to a successful annual review of the awardee’s satisfactory academic performance.
International Student Scholarship (admitted in or before AY25/26)
Eligibility
International applicants of full-time Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes (excluding executive degree programmes) of UM who meet the following requirements are eligible to apply for the Scholarship.
- valid foreign passport holders; and
- fulfill the admission requirements of the respective degree programme.
Eligibility excludes those admitted through the Joint Admission Examination for Macao's Four Higher Education Institutions.
Bachelor’s Degree Scholarship Package
Full Scholarship:
- 100% waiver of Bachelor’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 100% waiver of Honours College certificate programme fee (if applicable)
- 100% waiver of Minor Programme tuition fee (if applicable)
- 100% waiver of Residential College accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
Half Scholarship:
- 50% waiver of Bachelor’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 50% waiver of Honours College certificate programme fee (if applicable)
- 50% waiver of Minor Programme tuition fee (if applicable)
- 50% waiver of Residential College accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
Master’s Degree Scholarship Package
Full Scholarship:
- 100% waiver of Master’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 100% waiver of on-campus accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
Half Scholarship:
- 50% waiver of Master’s Degree Programme tuition fee
- 50% waiver of on-campus accommodation fee (shared bedroom)
Duration of Scholarship (Bachelor’s and Master’s Scholarship)
The Scholarship is granted for the normal period of study, with its continuation from year to year subject to a successful annual review of the awardee’s satisfactory academic performance.
UM PhD Scholarship (for applicants of PhD degree programmes)
UM provides the UM PhD Scholarship to attract excellent students from around the world to pursue their PhD studies at UM. This scholarship is managed by the Graduate School.
- Knowledge and Comprehension: Students will be able to identify the given texts and interpret their content in a written format.
- Application: Students will be able to develop and formulate a practicable research topic.
- Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation: Students should be able to compose a reasoned discussion on their chosen text, supporting their arguments with textual evidence and help from secondary material.
- Appreciation of the symbiotic role played by art, film, and music in relation to literature.
- General enhanced reading and writing skills.
Postgraduate study at the MA level is the gateway to the PhD, which is essential to those seeking to enter the academic profession. A high-level understanding of the English language, and of language and mediation more generally, contributes to success in many administrative and business pursuits.
Year 1
Choose 1 from the following 2 courses:
- ENGL7001 Linguistics Research Methods 3 Credits
- ENGL7024 Critical Reading
- 7 courses from Required Elective Course List (see below)
21 Credits
Total Credits: 24
Year 2
- ENGL7998 Project Report 6 Credits
Total Credits: 6
Important Notes
- Students should choose courses from the Required Elective Course List in Linguistics or the Required Elective Course List in Literature, but are allowed to take up to two courses (6 credits) from any other Master level courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, with the permission of the programme coordinator. Students concentrating on Linguistics must take ENGL7001, and students concentrating on Literature must take ENGL7024. Students in either area are expected to take the courses on offer in their field of concentration as a priority.
- Not all of these course can be offered in each academic year. The actual list of available REs will be provided to students during the enrolment period.
Required Elective Courses in Linguistics
- ENGL7001 Linguistics Research Methods
- ENGL7002 Comparative Chinese–English Structure
- ENGL7504 Course Design for English Language Learning
- ENGL7505 Current Trends and Issues in Language Learning
- ENGL7003 Descriptive Linguistics
- ENGL7508 Materials Design and Evaluation
- ENGL7509 Phonology
- ENGL7004 Psycholinguistics
- ENGL7005 Sociolinguistics
- ENGL7006 Syntax – The Structure of English
- ENGL7013 Discourse Analysis
- ENGL7014 History of English
- ENGL7015 Special Topics in Linguistics
- ENGL7019 World Englishes
- ENGL7020 Bilingualism
- ENGL7021 Cognitive Linguistics
- ENGL7022 Corpus Linguistics
- ENGL7023 Media Discourse
- ENGL7025 Language and Popular Culture
- Required Elective Courses in Literature
- ENGL7007 Cinema Studies
- ENGL7008 Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENGL7009 Drama & Theatre Studies
- ENGL7010 Modernity in English Literature
- ENGL7011 Romanticism
- ENGL7012 Victorian Novels and Poetry (1840 – 1870)
- ENGL7016 Genre Studies
- ENGL7017 Shakespeare
- ENGL7018 Special Topics in Literature
- ENGL7026 Advanced Cinema Studies
- ENGL7027 Asian Diaspora Literature in English
- ENGL7024 Critical Reading
- ENGL7028 Representing the Shoah: The Holocaust in Literature, Memoir and Film
- ENGL7029 Ecology and Apocalypse
- ENGL7030 Nineteenth Century Gothic Fiction