A Brief Introduction to Jimei University
Jimei University, one of the key universities in Fujian Province, is a multi-disciplined university with a history of 98 years. Jimei University is located in Jimei School Village, it was founded by the famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader. Mr. Tan Kah-Kee (Chen Jiageng). Now, it has a student population of more than 27,000 and a faculty of over 1500 among whom, 200 are professors and 570 associate professors.
Jimei University is one of the earlier universities of its kind in Fujian Province entitled to enroll international students, students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese students. It has 21 colleges with 69 undergraduate programs in nine disciplines, i.e. Engineering, Agriculture, Economics,Administration, Education, Science, Literature, Law and Fine Arts. The university also confers master and doctoral degree programs, forming a complete educational system from preparatory courses to degree programs including bachelor’s, master’s and doctor’s degrees. The hallmark and mainstay of these degrees are majors such as Nautical Navigation, Marine Engineering and Fisheries. In 2009, the Discipline of Fisheries was ranked No. 5 and the Marine Engineering, No. 9 in China, according to China Discipline Ranking (CDR) by China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center.
Jimei University puts much emphasis on its international communication and cooperation. It has carried out a wide range of academic exchange and research cooperation with more than 100 universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.
The University has an area of more than 153 hectares, with a floor space of over 1,000,000 square meters. In 2009, its new campus area was awarded as one of “China’s Top 100 Construction Projects” over the 60 years since the founding of the PRC, - the only awarded university building in China. What’s more, the natural scenery with unique architecture on campus and the pleasant climate attract numerous candidates at home and abroad.
The University’s motto of “Sincerity and Perseverance” is a precious spiritual heritage handed down by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, founder of Jimei Schools, which has undergone a long and glorious development process and it enjoys great fame far and wide.
The establishment of (the) Fujian’s free trade zone provides a new opportunity for further development of Jimei University. Being distinctive and armed with stronger international competitiveness and higher academic research level, the University will always strive itself to be a multi-university or “multiversity” that is open to the world.
I、College and Major
Bachelor Programmes Length of Study: 4 Years
| College | Major |
| Navigation Institute | Navigation Technology |
| traffic ﹠transportation | |
| Logistics Management | |
| Marine Engineering Institute | Marine Engineering |
| Marine Electrical and Electronic Engineering | |
| Shipping and Ocean Engineering | |
| Electrical Engineering and Automation | |
| Fisheries College | Animal Science |
| Aquaculture | |
| Fishery Science and Technology | |
| Food Science and Biological Engineering College | Food Science and Engineering(includes Food Science and Engineering、Bioengineering、Environmental Engineering) |
| Physical Education College | Physical Education |
| Social Sports | |
| Sports training | |
| Martial Art and Ethnic traditional Sports | |
| Finance and EconomicInstitute | Economics |
| International Economy & trade | |
| Public Finance | |
| Finance and Banking | |
| Investments | |
| Accounting | |
| Teachers Education College | Elementary Education (Pre-School) |
| Education of Primary School | |
| School of Business Administration | Business Administration (includes Business Administration, Auditing, Marketing) |
| Electronic commerce | |
| Tourism Management | |
| Music College | Musicology |
| Musical Performance | |
| Dance Performance | |
| Fine Arts College | Research of Fine Arts |
| Visual Communication Design | |
| Animation | |
| Environment Design | |
| Information Engineering College | Electronic Information Engineering |
| Electronics Science and Technology | |
| Telecommunication Engineering | |
| Computer Science & Engineering College | Computer Science and Technology |
| Net Engineering | |
| Software Engineering | |
| Information management and Information systems | |
| Mechanical Engineering College | Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation |
| Thermal Energy and Power Engineering | |
| Building Environment & Facilities Engineering | |
| Mechanical Electronics Engineering | |
| Material Forming and Control Engineering | |
| Vehicle Engineering | |
| Mechanical Design and Theory | |
| Science College | Mathematics and Applied Mathematics |
| Information and Computing Science | |
| Light Information Science and Engineering | |
| Geographical Information System | |
| Applied Physics | |
| School of Foreign Languages | English Language & Literature |
| Japanese Language & Literature | |
| translation and Interpreting | |
| Law School | Law |
| Social Work | |
| School of Chinese Language and Literature | Chinese Language & Literature |
| Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language | |
| Engineering Technology College | Project Management |
Master Programmes Length of Study: 3 Years
| College | Major |
| Finance and Economic Institute | Applied Economics |
| National Economics | |
| Public Finance (including Taxation) | |
| Finance (including Insurance) | |
| International trade | |
| Accounting | |
| Master of Taxation | |
| School of Ideological and Political Education | Chinese Marxism |
| Ideological and Political Education | |
| Physical Education College | Science of Physical Culture and Sports |
| Humane and Sociological Science of Sports | |
| Theory of Sports Pedagogy and training | |
| Physical Education | |
| School of Chinese Language and Literature | Chinese Literature |
| Ancient Chinese Literature | |
| Comparative Literature and World Literature | |
| Chinese Education | |
| Science College | Mathematics |
| Applied mathematics | |
| Maths Education | |
| Fisheries College | Biology |
| Hydrobiology | |
| Microbiology | |
| Fisheries Science | |
| Aquaculture Science | |
| Science of Fisheries Resources | |
| Fisheries | |
| Agricultural Mechanization | |
| Mechanical Engineering College | Mechanical Design and Theory |
| Navigation Institute | Communication and transportation Engineering |
| traffic Information Engineering and Control | |
| transportation communication and Internet of Things | |
| Marine Engineering Institute | Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering |
| Design and Construction of Naval Architecture and Ocean Structure | |
| Marine Engine Engineering | |
| Marine Electric Propulsion and Control | |
| Ships and Offshore Installations Energy Engineering | |
| Food Science and Biological Engineering College | Food Science and Engineering |
| Food Science | |
| Processing and Storage of Agriculture Products | |
| Food Safety Detection and Control | |
| Food Engineering | |
| Food Processing and Safety | |
| School of Business Administration | Accounting |
| School of Foreign Languages | English Education |
| Music College | Music Education |
| Fine Arts College | Fine Arts Education |
| Teachers Education College | Primary Education |
Doctoral Programmes Length of Study: 3 Years
| College | Major |
| Marine Engineering Institute | Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering |
| Fisheries College | Fisheries Science |
| Food Science and Biological Engineering College |
II、Categories of Students and Application Materials
| Categories | ApplicationTime | Start of the Programme | Application Documents | |
| Degree-conferringStudents | Under-graduates | Feb.1-Jun.30 | Mid-Sept. | 1. Application Form for International Students, JMU.2. Photocopy of passport.3. 2-inch color photo.4. High school diploma and transcript of records (Notarized Photocopy).5. New HSK 4 certificate or above.6.2 Letters of recommendation.7. Study plan in China. |
| Master’sCandidates | Feb.1-Jun.1 | Mid-Sept. | 1. Application Form for International Students, JMU.2. Photocopy of passport.3. 2-inch color photo.4. Bachelor’s degree certificate and transcript of records (Notarized Photocopy).5. New HSK 4 certificate or above.6 .Letters of recommendation from two professors (or associate professors).7. Research proposal. | |
| Ph.D.Candidates | Feb.1-Jun.1 | Mid-Sept. | 1. Application Form for International Students, JMU.2.Photocopy of passport.3.2-inch color photo.4. Master’s degree certificate and transcript of records (Notarized Photocopy). 4. Applicants for programmes taught in Chinese should hold HSK 4 certificate or above.5. Applicants for programmes taught in English should have a TOEFL score of 80 or above, or an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, or other equivalent certificate of English proficiency. Native English speakers are exempted.6. Letters of recommendation from two professors(or associate professors).7. Research proposal.8. Articles or papers (written or published). | |
| LanguageStudents | LanguageStudents | Oct.-Jan.10Mar.-Jul.3 | Mid-Feb.Mid-Sept. | 1, Application Form for International Students, JMU.2. Photocopy of the passport.3. 2-inch color photo.4. Certificate and transcript of records of the most advanced studies. |
| General Scholars | ||||
| Short-term Students | One month before arrival at JMU | Depending onindividualplans | Please contact the Overseas Education College for more information regarding short-term courses and summer camp programmes. | |
III、 Application Procedures
(1)Degree-conferring Students
a. Applicants should send the required application documents to the Admission Office of JMU via email (zsbbg@jmu.edu.cn)and by post before the deadline.
b. After the verification of qualifications by the Admissions Office, the application documents for master’s and doctoral programmes will be forwarded to the relevant college or school for academic review.
c. The University, after accepting the application documents, will reply to the applicant the admission decision in two weeks.
(2)Language Students
Applicants should send the required application documents to Overseas Education College JMU via email (oec@jmu.edu.cn)and by post before the deadline. The Overseas Education College, after accepting the application documents, replies to the applicant the admission decision in two weeks.
IV、Scholarships
(1) Fujian Provincial Government Scholarship for International Student
a. Maximum Scholarships for International Students includes: Undergraduate/Language Student (30,000RMB/per-person/per-year);
Master Candidate (40,000RMB/per-person /per-year);
Ph.D. Candidate (50,000RMB/per-person/per-year)
b. The scholarships can be used to pay for tuition, accommodation, insurance and textbooks.
c. Applicants should submit required documents directly to JMU Admission Office between Feb.1 and May.1 each year by email and post.
d. Please download and fill in The Application Form for Provincial Government Scholarship of Fujian.
(2) JMU Scholarship for International Student
a. JMU Full Scholarships for International Students includes: Master Candidate (25,000RMB/per-person/per-year);Ph.D.Candidate(30,000RMB/per-person/per-year)
b. The scholarships can be used to pay for tuition, accommodation, insurance and textbooks.
c. Applicants should submit required documents directly to JMU Admission Office between Feb.1 and May.1 each year via email and post.
d. Please download and fill in The Application Form for JMU International Student Scholarship.
(3)Applicants should not be awardees of National (Fujian Provincial) Government Scholarship and JMU Scholarship for International Student at the same time.
V、Tuition (RMB yuan /per-person/per-year)
| Type of Student | Tuition |
| Language Students | RMB13,500 |
| Undergraduate | RMB13,500 |
| Master Candidates | RMB20,000 |
| Ph.D .Candidates | RMB25,000 |
Accommodation and Charges
The dorm building for international student is in the main campus area with beautiful surroundings and easy access. The rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with furniture. There is a bathroom in every bedroom where hot water is available.
(1)Accommodation fee for students at degree-conferring programs：
(RMB yuan/per-person/per-year)
| Type of Room | Single Room | Twin Room | Quad Room |
| Charge | 9,600 | 4,800 | 2,400 |
(2)Students at non-degree programs (e.g. Language students) should pay the accommodation fee according to The Standard Table of Fees of the International Apartment Building JMU.
(3)Notes:
①Tuition and charges for accommodation are subjected to change and are published annually by the university authority.
②All expenses are payable in equivalent RMB, HK$ or US$.
Contact Information:
Admission Office JMU (Enrollment of International Students in Degree Programs)
Tel:0086-592- 6182393 6181301 Fax :0086-592-6185889
E-mail: zsbbg@jmu.edu.cn Website: http://zsb.jmu.edu.cn
Address:
Admissions Office, Jimei University, 185 Yinjiang Road, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, 361021,P.R.China
Overseas Education College JMU (Enrollment of Chinese Language Students)
Tel:0086-592-6185566 6182013 Fax:0086-592-6182928
Email: oec@jmu.edu.cn Website: http://oec.jmu.edu.cn
Address:
Overseas Education College, Jimei University, 185 Yinjiang Road, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, 361021,P.R.China