According to the scores of Xiamen University's college entrance examination in previous years, liberal arts candidates want to go to Xiamen University with a score of about 600, while science candidates want to go to Xiamen University with a score of about 590.

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".