Xiamen University is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a national "double-class" A-class world-class university construction university led by the national "201Plan" and the national "2 165438 Project" and "985 Project".

The school was founded in 1969 by Chen Jiageng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader. It is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern education in China, one of the earliest universities in China to recruit graduate students, and the first university to build an independent campus overseas. Early buildings were selected as national key cultural relics protection units and "the first batch of China 20th century architectural heritage".

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As of March 20 19, the school covers an area of more than 9,700 mu, of which Siming Campus is located at the southern tip of Xiamen Island, covering an area of nearly 2,600 mu, Zhangzhou Campus covers an area of more than 2,500 mu, Xiang 'an Campus covers an area of more than 3,600 mu, and Malaysia Campus covers an area of about 900 mu.

The school building covers a total area of more than 2.2 million square meters, and the library has 4.34 million paper books and 7.03 million electronic books. The total value of fixed assets11200 million yuan, and the total value of instruments and equipment is 3.8 billion yuan. Affiliated hospital 10. The construction scale and level of campus high-speed information network ranks among the top universities in China and becomes one of the core nodes of CERNET 2.

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