Xiamen University, referred to as Xiamen University for short, 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" world-class university construction university (Class A) led by the national "20 1 1 Plan" and the national "2 1 1 Project".
Xiamen University was founded on 192 1 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, one of the earliest universities in China to recruit graduate students, and the first university to build an independent campus overseas. Its early buildings were selected as the national key cultural relics protection units and the first batch of China 20th century architectural heritage, and were praised as "the strongest in the South" and "the most beautiful university in China".
As of 20 19, 1 1, the four campuses of the school cover more than 9,700 mu, including about 900 mu in Malaysia; There are graduate schools, 6 departments, 29 colleges and 15 research institutes; There are 2662 full-time teachers and 22 academicians of the two academies; There are more than 40,000 students in school, and the proportion of this study is about 1: 1.