Chemistry. Xiamen University, referred to as Xiamen University for short, 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. There are four campuses, and the 07 specialty group has chemistry specialty, which was formally established in 2008, but its development history can be traced back to 2003, 202 1.