Xiamen University (XMU), located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and Renmin University of China.
The key universities built by the Ministry of Education, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Fujian Province and Xiamen City rank among the national "double-class", "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project", and the first batch of independent institutions authorized to examine academic degrees have been selected into the national "201/Plan" and "Everest Plan".
Historical development:
Private Xiamen University:
1919 In August, Chen Jiageng hired Cai Yuanpei, Huang Yanpei, Wang Jingwei, Guo Bingwen, Hu Dunfu, Huang Wan, Deng and other 10 national education celebrities as organizers.
19 19 10 The first meeting of the preparatory committee for private Xiamen University was held in 10, and the outline of Xiamen University was drawn up. Deng was elected as the first president of Xiamen University, Zheng as the provost and He Gonggan as the general manager.
1949 10 June 17, Xiamen was liberated. 1October 20th 10, Xiamen Military Management Committee appointed military representatives Wu Qiang and Xiao Feng to take over Xiamen University and form a new Xiamen University Party branch.
1950 in may, the central people's government appointed the economist professor Wang Yanan as the president of Xiamen university.
195 1 The former provincial Fujian Agricultural College was merged into Xiamen University and changed to Xiamen University Agricultural College (the school is located in Fuzhou), and the former private Fujian College of Political Science, Law and Economics was merged into Xiamen University.
1952, the national university adjustment.
1952 before the adjustment of departments, Xiamen university had five colleges, 19 departments and five majors, namely, law school, economics college, science college, engineering college and agricultural college.