According to the soft science query, in 2023, China University ranked in soft science, and Xiamen University ranked 24th. Xiamen University was founded by Mr. Chen Jiageng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader. It is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern education in China, and one of the earliest universities in China to recruit graduate students. Xiamen University Malaysian Branch was established. It became the first university in China to build an independent campus overseas. Its early buildings were selected as national key cultural relics protection units and the first batch of 20th century architectural heritages in China, and it was praised as "the strong in the south" and "the most beautiful university in China".

Xiamen University (XMU), located in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Fujian Province and Xiamen City, and ranks among the national "double-class", "21kloc-0/project" and "985".