Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by the famous patriotic overseas Chinese Mr. Tan Kah Kee. It is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern education in China.

It is a well-known university with a long history and the same age as the party, and is known as the "Strongness of the South".

Xiamen University is one of the "985" and "211" projects, a world-class university construction university (category A). Since its establishment, it has trained more than 400,000 undergraduates and graduate students for the country. The two colleges that have studied and worked at Xiamen University

There are more than 60 academicians.

Xiamen University is a comprehensive university integrating humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, management sciences, medical sciences and other disciplines.

The school currently has 19 subjects in the top 1% of ESI globally, and the number of selected subjects is tied for fourth in the country.

The school has 5 first-level national key disciplines, 9 second-level national key disciplines, 32 postdoctoral mobile stations, and 33 doctoral degree-granting first-level disciplines.

In 2017, five disciplines including chemistry, marine science, biology, ecology, and statistics were selected into the national list of world-class disciplines.

The school currently has more than 40,000 students (the size is below average among comprehensive colleges and universities). The school-to-research ratio is 1:1. The school’s internal quality assurance system IQA was selected into the “Excellent Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education” initiated by UNESCO.

"Typical Cases of Principles and Innovative Practice Research" is the only selected university in China and East Asia.

(Niubi plus) 3 majors of the school were selected into the national “Experimental Plan for Training Top-notch Students in Basic Subjects”, and 11 majors (13 projects) were selected into the National Excellence in Education Plan.

29 courses have been selected as national quality courses, and there are currently 6 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, and 6 national off-campus practical education bases for college students.

46 teachers were selected for the 2018-2022 Ministry of Education Higher Education Teaching Steering Committee.

Xiamen University graduates are one of the most popular groups in society, with an average annual employment rate of over 95%.

(The employment rate is really not low) The school insists on deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education and promotes the close integration of ideological and political education and innovation and entrepreneurship education. It was selected into the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform by the Ministry of Education and the first batch of China-US Youth Maker Exchange by the Ministry of Education.

The center took the lead in initiating the establishment of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice Alliance for College Students, and won the Best Organization Award for the "10th Anniversary of the National Entrepreneurship Plan" and the National Outstanding Organization Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Practice for College Students.

In 2018, the school successfully hosted the 4th China "Internet +" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and achieved 6 gold and 2 silver results in the competition, won the runner-up in the national finals of the competition, and was awarded the "Advanced Collective Award", the number of gold medals and the total number of awards

No. 1 in the country.

The school has more than 200 research institutions, including 3 national collaborative innovation centers (lead units), 4 national key laboratories, 1 national engineering technology research center, 1 national engineering laboratory, and national and local joint engineering research centers.

2, 3 national and local joint engineering laboratories, 1 national research institute, 5 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 3 engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, and 5 key research bases of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education.

Xiamen University National University Science and Technology Park is one of the only two national university science and technology parks in Fujian Province recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education.

In the past five years, the school's natural science research strength has been greatly improved, with 117 papers published in high-level international academic journals such as Science, Nature, Cell and its sub-journals (CNS ranks 8th among universities nationwide in terms of the number of publications in its main journals)

; Won 3 second-class National Natural Science Awards, 1 Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award; 3 people won the "National Innovation Award", 2 people won the "China Youth Science and Technology Award", and 3 achievements won the China Patent Excellence Award

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The school has strong research strength in humanities and social sciences. In the past five years, it has undertaken 15 major projects of the National Social Science Fund and 10 major research projects of philosophy and social sciences of the Ministry of Education; 32 achievements have been awarded by the Ministry of Education’s sixth and seventh higher education institutions.

School Scientific Research Outstanding Achievements Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), including 3 first prizes; Xiamen University has formed its own characteristics in the fields of Taiwan Studies, Nanyang Studies, Higher Education Studies, Economic Research, Accounting Research, South China Sea Studies, etc., and its strength ranks first among domestic universities.

Forefront.

(Xiamen University Wise has developed rapidly in recent years, and its academic strength is definitely in the first echelon) In 2019, economics and business entered the top 1% of ESI globally.

The school has carried out in-depth external exchanges and cooperation, and has signed inter-school cooperation agreements with more than 240 overseas universities, and has carried out substantive exchanges and cooperation with nearly 50 of the world's top 200 universities.

Actively participating in the international promotion of Chinese language, Xiamen University has established 16 Confucius Institutes in 13 countries. It is the Chinese partner institution with the largest number and widest distribution of Confucius Institutes among the universities under the “Double First-Class” construction.

In 2013, the school was approved by the State Council to establish the Confucius Institute Dean’s College, which will become the home of Confucius Institutes in various countries in China and an important base for Chinese and foreign cultural gatherings and cultural exchanges.

At the same time, in terms of exchanges with Taiwan, due to its unique geographical conditions and cultural advantages, it has become an important center for Taiwan studies and the forefront of cross-strait academic and cultural exchanges.