Xiamen University Xiamen University, or XMU for short, is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university directly under the Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China and under the direct control of the central government. It is a national "double first-class" world-class university construction University (Class A), a national "2011 plan" leading university, a national "211 Project" and "985 Project" key construction university, and an independent degree authorization audit unit, "Everest plan", "111 plan", excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent legal talent education and training plan, excellent doctor education and training plan, National College Students' innovative experiment plan, National College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, new engineering research and practice project, national construction of high-level university public postgraduate project, national innovative talent training demonstration medium The National University Students' cultural quality education base, the Chinese government scholarship receiving institutions for international students in China, the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration universities, the National University Students' innovation and entrepreneurship practice alliance leading universities, the Sino EU business school alliance, the founding member of China Artificial Intelligence Education Association, the members of UniveFounded in 1921 by the patriotic overseas Chinese leader, Mr. Tan Kah Kee, Xiamen University is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern Chinese education. It is one of the earliest universities in China to recruit graduate students. It is the first university to build an independent campus overseas. Its early architecture was selected as the national key cultural heritage protection unit and the "first batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage" list, and is known as the "strength of the South" "The most beautiful university in China".As of November 2019, the four campuses of the University cover an area of more than 9700 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 40000 students in the University, and the ratio of undergraduate to postgraduate is about 1:1.