Huaqiao University (1960) was founded in Quanzhou, Fujian, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Approved by Premier Zhou Enlai personally, it is the first institution of higher learning named "Overseas Chinese" in China. 1in the middle of 983, the central government designated Huaqiao University as a "national key university".
1997, the former Jimei Overseas Chinese Tutorial School located in Jimei School Village, Xiamen, Fujian Province was merged into Huaqiao University and renamed as the Chinese College of Huaqiao University. In 2003, the school was rated as excellent in the first batch of undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education. In 2006, Xiamen Campus officially opened. On 20 17, the school was selected as a "double-class" construction university in Fujian Province.
Huaqiao University, directly under the leadership of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, is one of the earliest universities in New China to implement the board system, and is also a comprehensive university founded by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council in cooperation with Fujian, Quanzhou and Xiamen.