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Macau University of Science and Technology

comprehensive university located in Taipa, Macau

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ847993
Source-derived summary

The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) is a private university in Taipa, Macau, China.

History

The Macau University of Science and Technology is founded in 2000 at Taipa with a campus size of 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi). The campus's Block K is the International School of Macao.

The Ministry of Science and Technology of China approved the university's application to use the name State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine on January 25, 2011.

The Ministry of Science and Technology of China approved the university's application to use the name State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Science on October 8, 2018.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Macau University of Science and Technology” as comprehensive university located in Taipa, Macau. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2011, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000. The account is most persuasive where Macau, University and Science can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as comprehensive university located in Taipa, Macau. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q847993. VIAF identifies the subject as 130395446. The Library of Congress control number is n2005083992. Authority coordinates are 22.153, 113.568. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2011 and 2018.

Critical limits

Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Compare institutional narratives with records created by participants and affected communities. Dates and formal titles are useful anchors, but not substitutes for context.

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  • Event chronology
  • Institutional context
  • Locating named record creators
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Macau University of Science and Technology”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Macau University of Science and Technology primary sources, Macau University of Science and Technology archive and Macau research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Macau University of Science and Technology”?
  2. What chronology connects this entry to wider political or social change?
  3. Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
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This entry incorporates text from Macau University of Science and Technology” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.