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Xiamen University

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Xiamen University in China

Xiamen University (XMU), established in 1921, was the first university to be founded by an overseas Chinese Leader in the history of modern Chinese education – the renowned Mr Tan Kah Kee. XMU is listed among China’s leading universities on the national 211 Project, the 985 Project and the Double First-Class Initiative, which were launched by the Chinese government to support selected universities in achieving world-class standing. Watch the Xiamen University video on YouTube.

With a graduate school, six academic divisions consisting of 33 schools and colleges, and 16 research institutes, XMU boasts a total enrolment of nearly 44,000 full-time students with over 20,000 undergraduates, 18,000 postgraduates and 5,000 doctoral candidates. XMU currently has a faculty of over 3,000 full-time teachers and researchers, of whom 32 are the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

XMU has forged partnerships with 259 universities in countries and regions, including the UK, the US, Japan, France, Russia, etc., as well as Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan, China. It has established 15 Confucius Institutes in collaboration with universities and institutes overseas, one of which being the Cardiff Confucius Institute in partnership with Cardiff University.

Established in 2014, Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) is the first overseas campus set up by a renowned Chinese university and the first Chinese university branch campus in Malaysia. XMUM is acclaimed as a brilliant pearl on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. With its first intake of students in February 2016, XMUM now has a student enrolment of over 6,000 students from 33 countries and regions.

Nestled snugly between green hills and the blue sea, XMU is renowned as China’s most beautiful university for its excellent education facilities and beautiful environment.

Forever inspired by the motto “Pursue Excellence, Strive for Perfection”, XMU has been dedicated to producing high-caliber talents with integrity, thereby making great contributions to the prosperity of the country, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the progress of mankind in general. XMU is increasingly becoming an internationally acclaimed world-class university.