厦门大学 | |||||||||||
Former name | Amoy University | ||||||||||
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Motto | 自强不息,止于至善[1] Chū-kiông put-sek, chí u chì-siān | ||||||||||
Motto in English | Pursue Excellence, Strive for Perfection[1] | ||||||||||
Type | Public university | ||||||||||
Established | 1921 | ||||||||||
President | Zhang Rong | ||||||||||
Academic staff | 4,600+ | ||||||||||
Students | 28,133 | ||||||||||
Undergraduates | 20,277 | ||||||||||
Postgraduates | 16,562 | ||||||||||
4,297 | |||||||||||
Location | , , China | ||||||||||
Campus | urban, 524.3 ha | ||||||||||
Affiliations | Project 985 Project 211 Double First-Class Construction GU8 | ||||||||||
Website | xmu.edu.cn en.xmu.edu.cn | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 厦门大学 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廈門大學 | ||||||||||
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Xiamen University (XMU; 厦门大学) is a public university in Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic expatriate businessman in Singapore, the university has been perennially regarded as one of the top academic institutions in Southern China, with strengths in mathematics, chemistry, oceanography, economics, management, law, communication and political science.
As of April 2023,[update] over 45,000 students are enrolled at Xiamen University, including more than 21,000 undergraduates, over 19,000 master's students, and over 5,000 doctoral candidates.[2]
Xiamen University is proactive in international exchanges and collaboration. It has forged partnerships with 263 universities abroad and engages in substantial exchanges with 53 institutions. In July 2014, the groundwork for the Xiamen University Malaysia campus was initiated, marking it as the first Chinese university to pioneer an independent campus overseas.[2]