澳門聖保祿學院與明清之際西方大學教育體制的移植

Saint Paul’s College in Macau came into being under the historical background of the transformation of Western university education and the rise of colleges of the Society of Jesus from the 15th to the 17th century. During this period, in order to rectify specialties and expand enrollment, as well as absorb new subject knowledge and its teaching content, Western universities strengthened secondary education and pre-university preparatory education by establishing colleges. Colleges of the Society of Jesus thereupon rose in Europe and spread to India and East Asia with the wave of the eastward dissemination of Western culture. As the first Western university in East Asia, Saint Paul’s College in Macau integrated primary education, secondary education and higher education. It used the education models of University of Paris, University of Coimbra and Roman College for reference, and formed its curriculum system and teaching characteristics which covered both arts and science and gave priority to arts. Systematically investigating and analyzing the transplantation of the education system of Western universities to Saint Paul’s College in Macau and its characteristics is not only conducive to deepening the understanding of its historical significance, but also enlightening to the development of contemporary higher education.