According to official website, Tan Kah Kee College of Xiamen University, which was founded in 2003 and co-sponsored by Xiamen University and Xiamen Tan Kah Kee Education Development Co., Ltd. with the approval of the Ministry of Education, is an independent college operating according to the new mechanism and mode.

The enrollment batches of each province may be different, including one batch of undergraduates, two batches of undergraduates, one section of ordinary classes, one section of parallel enrollment and two sections of parallel enrollment. The enrollment of Jiangxi, Guangxi, Ningxia and other provinces belongs to the second batch of undergraduate courses, so it is considered as two institutions.