Xiamen University of Technology (XMUT; ) is a provincial public university located in

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History

Founded in 1981, at around the same time as the

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, when he was Governor of Fujian Province. It is a public university which since 2013 has been jointly administered by Xiamen City Government and Fujian Provincial Government, at which time it was also designated a "key provincial university". The university has created a joint-venture called Digital Innovation College with partnering universities;

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Campuses

The university's main campus is located in

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, although it continues to maintain a smaller campus in downtown Xiamen's

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. The combined campus area is more than 120 hectares. ().

Students

XMUT has a total enrollment of 21,000 domestic students. In addition, since the 1990s it has hosted international students from all over the world. The university currently offers 63 undergraduate and graduate programs.english.xmut.edu.cn
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Faculty

It currently has around 1000 faculty members, including approximately 50 overseas teachers.

International cooperation

XMUT currently has cooperation agreements with more than 30 universities and corporations in over 20 countries. It offers more than 20 programs which allow credit transfer in partnership with 10 overseas universities, and offers joint degrees at undergraduate and graduate level in cooperation with universities in

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Research

In 2012 XMUT received 63% of its annual research funds from major university-industry collaborative projects as well as research endowments, and was awarded grants for 11 new research projects by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation.

Awards

In 2008 XMUT was named as one of the "Top Ten Fastest Growing Universities in China". Since 2010 it has been one of only three universities in Fujian to be part of the Ministry of Education-sponsored "Outstanding Engineers' Training Program, and the only university in Fujian to be part of the Ministry of Science and Technology's "Innovation Engineering Program". In 2011 it also became the only university in Fujian to win the "National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Award".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xiamen University of Technology Universities and colleges in Xiamen Universities and colleges in Fujian Educational institutions established in 1981