XIAMEN UNIVERSITY

The Xiamen Medical University of China was established on October 11, 1996, with the joint effort of Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and the Xiamen University and by the approval of the State Education Commission. It is situated in Xiamen, Fujian province of China. It is one of the high-level research medical schools of China.The motto of the university  says ‘self-improvement, perfection to perfection’. The QS Global World Ranking 2020 of the university is 451. 

Xiamen University (XMU), established in 1921 by renowned patriotic overseas Chinese leader Mr. Tan Kah Kee, is the first university founded by an overseas Chinese in the history of modern Chinese education. XMU has long been listed among China’s leading universities on the national 211 Project, 985 Project and Double First-class initiative, which have been launched by the Chinese government to support selected universities in achieving world-class standing.

With a graduate school, 6 academic divisions consisting of 33 schools and colleges, and 16 research institutes, XMU boasts a total enrollment of nearly 44,000 full-time students with 20,000 undergraduates, 18,000 graduate students toward a master’s degree 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 including the UK, the US, Japan, France, Russia, etc., as well as China’s special administrative regions like Hong Kong and Macao and the Province of Taiwan; it has established 14 Confucius Institutes in collaboration with local universities in 12 countries. 

Established in 2014, Xiamen University Malaysia 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. Admitted 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.