South Gate in the north is the main entrance of Xiamen University. Students of Xiamen University call it the South Gate for short, but it is not in the south or facing south, but facing west. Nanputuo Temple is in its west and very close.

Simon, go out to Ximen Village of Xiamen University. The gate is granite stone, with symmetrical structure and relief on it, which is very modern and solemn.

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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".

By the end of 2065438+March 2009, the four campuses of the school occupied more than 9,700 mu, including about 900 mu in Malaysia, with a total construction area of more than 2.2 million square meters. There are graduate schools, 6 departments, 29 colleges and 15 research institutes; 16 before the discipline entered the ESI world1%; 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.

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