Xiamen University

Xiamen University is a comprehensive university directly under administration of the PRC ministry of education. It was founded in 1921 by Chen Jiageng, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese. After years of development, now it is one of China’s higher-level universities. It has a graduate school and 21 undergraduate schools. With a massive team of learned and hardworking faculty and staff, Xiamen University provides students with a wide range of education covering both social science and natural science. Since its founding, Xiamen University has brought up more than 140,000 undergraduates and graduates for the country.

About Xiamen University

The university now has more than 35,000 students including 20,195 undergraduates, 12,213 postgraduates, 2,023 doctoral students, and over 1200 international students. In 2005, Xiamen University received a straight-A score in the undergraduate-level Teaching Appraisal organized by the Ministry of Education. Xiamen University has inter-university cooperation with over 100 higher-education institutions both at home and abroad. It formally established multi-lateral cooperation with seven universities around the world in 2004. In 2005, there were another 8 universities added into the group. Because of its golden location and advantageous human resources, it has become one of the key universities most actively engaged in cross-straits educational, scientific and cultural exchanges. Xiamen University is now making great strides towards its goal of "building a high-level university well-known both at home and abroad."