Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST; Chinese: 澳門科技大學; Portuguese: Universidade de Ciência e Tecnologia de Macau) is a university located in Taipa, Macau, China, on the Cotai Strip opposite the Venetian Macau on Taipa Island, next to the Macau International Airport. The University sits on Taipa with a campus size of 21 hectares. M.U.S.T. is a private institution managed by the M.U.S.T. Foundation and the first college established after the handover of Macau to the People’s Republic of China.