Xiamen University Malaysia (abbreviated as XMUM) is a private university and an international branch campus of Xiamen University located in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.[3] It is the first overseas campus set up by a Chinesepublic university, as well as the first Chinese university branch campus in Malaysia.
On 23 November, at the Malaysia-China High Level Economic Forum, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that the establishment of XMUM “not only demonstrates the depth of people-to-people exchange between China and Malaysia, but also the openness of the Malaysian government and its people”.
On 3 December, XMUM officially opened for enquiries as well as for receiving applications after announcing the launch of the university's student recruitment.
2016
On 22 February, the Malaysia Campus officially opened.[5]
Xiamen University Malaysia has been listed among China's leading universities on the national 211 Project since year 1995, 985 Project since year 2000, and selected into the national Double First-Class Construction since 2017, which have been launched by the Chinese government to support selected universities in achieving world-class standing.[10]
Xiamen University Malaysia also ranked 5th in Malaysia for Nature Index Institution Research Output[4]
Research
The construction of Malaysia's largest radio telescope is in progress in Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan. University Malaya was currently in collaboration with the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xiamen University Malaysia to build the telescope. Malaysia has moved forward in the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) and Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) for the acquisition and operation of a VGOS radio telescope which will be expected to start its construction in Jelebu in the near future.[13]
Higher education and universities in China Class A institutions in bold. Class B institutions in italics. The remaining institutions are Double First Class Discipline Universities.
