Xiamen University Malaysia

Since its founding, in 1921, Xiamen University has produced more than 400,000 undergraduates and graduates. Over 60 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) have studied or worked at Xiamen University.

The university offers 37 doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines, and 46 Master degrees in first-class disciplines. It offers 90 undergraduate programs, 279 graduate programs, and 187 PhD programs in total.

Xiamen University has near 3,000 full-time faculty and professional researchers, including 74.5% professors and associate professors of whom 32 are academicians of CAS and CAE.

The university now has a total enrolment of over 44,000 full-time students on campus, including over 20,000 undergraduates, over 18,000 master’s degree students, and over 5,000 doctoral students.

In the past 5 years, XMU students and faculty have published over 110 research articles in international top journals such as Science, Nature and Cell and their sub journals. Since 2020, 366 and 80 research projects at Xiamen University have been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Social Science Foundation of China respectively. 

Southeast Asian studies, Taiwan studies, Higher Education research, Economic studies, and Accounting studies are highly ranked programs in China.

Xiamen University has inter-university cooperative ties with 259 institutions of higher education at home and abroad.

Xiamen University promotes teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

Xiamen University has become a first-class comprehensive university in China. It has co-established 14 Confucius Institutes with universities in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.