Xiamen University (XMU for short) is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), a national key university under the "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project", and a national key university under the "201Plan". Selected into "11plan", "Everest plan", "excellent engineer education and training plan", "excellent legal talent education and training plan" and the national postgraduate plan for building a high-level university.
The school was founded in 192 1 by Chen Jiageng, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader. It is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern education in China, and it is also one of the earliest universities in China to recruit graduate students. It is called the "Southern Power"? 20 17 Xiamen university was selected as a world-class university list.
Since its establishment, the school has been adhering to the motto of "self-improvement and perfection", accumulated rich experience in running a school, and formed a distinctive school-running feature. Become a comprehensive university with complete disciplines, strong faculty, first-class domestic and wide international influence. Since its establishment, it has trained more than 300,000 undergraduates and postgraduates for the country, and more than 60 academicians of the two academies have studied and worked in Xiamen University.
The motto of Xiamen University is "Never stop pursuing perfection".
"Self-improvement" is the spiritual discourse displayed by Mr. Chen Jiageng when he founded the school. 1921April 6, Xiamen university held the opening ceremony, and four Chinese characters designated by Chen Jiageng hung in the middle of the rostrum-"strive for self-improvement".
"self-improvement"
From Zhouyi? Gan's "Heaven is powerful, and gentlemen strive for self-improvement" is the pursuit of never stopping, which contains the spirit of heroism and embodies the spirit and boldness of the nation's self-reliance in the world.
"Stop at perfection" is the motto established by Lin Wenqing, president of Xiamen University, in his private life.
"Stop at the best" originated from The Book of Rites? "University", "The way of university, be virtuous, be close to the people, stop at perfection",
It is intended to show that Xiamen University should persistently and endlessly explore the "extreme of things", reach the highest state of scientific truth and personality spirit, achieve perfection and perfection in enlightenment and morality, embody the personality ideal of Chinese culture, and contain the pursuit and practice of the ideal of perfection and beauty in life.
199410.0810.8, decided by the administrative office meeting of the Party Committee of Xiamen University, "Strive for Excellence" was officially confirmed as the motto of Xiamen University.
The pattern of the school emblem was determined and used by Mr. Chen Jiageng when he founded Xiamen University. Its specific connotation is briefly described as follows: the traditional Chinese character "Xiamen University" is above the circle of the school emblem, and the Latin word "Xiamen University" is below it;
The three five-pointed star patterns on the shield represent the "three talents" in China's traditional philosophy, that is, the spirit, universe and human beings in nature; The gate pattern of the shield-shaped center symbolizes recruiting talents and starting schools; The word "stop at perfection" on the ribbon is the motto of the early school.