According to the website of Xiamen University, Xiamen University is located in Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), a world-class university construction university (Class A), a national "21Project" and "985 Project" key construction university, and the first batch of independent degree-authorized audit institutions.

It has been selected as one of the national "20 1 1 Plan", "Everest Plan", "Strong Foundation Plan", "11Plan", the Ministry of Education, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Fujian Province and Xiamen City.