Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, City University of Macao recently held an exchange session for graduates of the BA in English Program, in a hybrid format on campus (HG02) and online via Tencent Meeting. Graduates of the Class of 2022, now studying at Oxford, Cambridge, HKU, UPenn, UCL and NUS, shared their experiences with current students.

▲Students attending the session on campus

The Program Coordinator, Associate Professor William Wei Xu, opened the session with an overview of last year’s graduate destinations. Of the 119 graduates, 91 (76.5%) pursued further study, 18 (15.1%) entered employment, 3 (2.5%) took a gap year, 1 (0.8%) started a business and 6 (5.0%) chose other paths. Further study was clearly the main destination.

▲Associate Professor William Wei Xu presenting the graduate destination statistics

Among the 91 graduates who continued their studies, 16 (17.6%) entered universities ranked in the QS 2027 top 10, 41 (45.1%) in the top 50, and 57 (62.6%) in the top 100 (cumulative figures). Notably, this is the first time that undergraduate graduates of the University have received master's program offers from Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard.

Seven alumni then joined the session on site and online to share their application experience, postgraduate life and advice. Students in the lecture hall and online participants engaged actively, asking questions and exchanging ideas throughout.

▲Participating alumni