Huaqiao University
Encyclopedia
Huaqiao University is a national university
located in Xiamen
and Quanzhou
, Fujian
province, China
.
Huaqiao University was founded in 1960, with support from the late Chinese premier and historical figure Zhou Enlai
, for students of overseas Chinese backgrounds (Hong Kong
, Taiwan
, Macau
, Singapore
) to pursue tertiary education in their ancestral homelands. This university is situated in a famous overseas Chinese hometown - Quanzhou
city, in Fujian province. The university has two campuses, one is the main campus in Quanzhou and the other one is the new campus in Xiamen
.
The university won the last three national Challenge Cup contest. Students competed in many areas such as academic, scientific and the technology field. The university won 10 prizes and the group scores were in the 13th, 16th, and 10th places respectively, which ranked the first among the universities and colleges in Fujian province.
The men’s basketball team of the University won the national championship in the 2nd, 5th and 7th and runner-up in the 4th CUBA (China University Basketball Association) tournaments.
, Macau
, and Taiwan
. It currently has more than 700 postgraduates.
s to a total of 30 students from Macau
in 2002.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Xiamen
Xiamen
Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million...
and Quanzhou
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two and faces the Taiwan Strait...
, Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
province, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
Huaqiao University was founded in 1960, with support from the late Chinese premier and historical figure Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...
, for students of overseas Chinese backgrounds (Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
) to pursue tertiary education in their ancestral homelands. This university is situated in a famous overseas Chinese hometown - Quanzhou
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two and faces the Taiwan Strait...
city, in Fujian province. The university has two campuses, one is the main campus in Quanzhou and the other one is the new campus in Xiamen
Xiamen
Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million...
.
University History
Since its founding, the University has graduated more than 76,000 students, of which 36,000 are from overseas. The University has 24,000 full-time on-campus students, including 3,000 overseas students from 29 countries and regions including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, United States and Argentina.The university won the last three national Challenge Cup contest. Students competed in many areas such as academic, scientific and the technology field. The university won 10 prizes and the group scores were in the 13th, 16th, and 10th places respectively, which ranked the first among the universities and colleges in Fujian province.
The men’s basketball team of the University won the national championship in the 2nd, 5th and 7th and runner-up in the 4th CUBA (China University Basketball Association) tournaments.
Xiamen Campus
The new campus in Xiamen covering 1,320,000m2 is currently in use. The library has a total collection of 2,040,000 volumes of 1,030,000 titles.Quanzhou Campus
The main campus covers an area of 740,000 m2with a total floor space of 550,000 square metres.Chinese Language and Culture College
Chinese Language and Culture College is subordinate to Huaqiao University, which used to be Remedial School of Jimei's overseas students (Jimei Chinese Language School), a special school to provide overseas students with Chinese language and cultural knowledge. There are already 320,000 graduates from over 30 countries and areas. Chinese Language and Culture College is the base of the national Chinese education, and the only place for HSK in Fujian Province instituted by the nation’s HSK committee. There are the short-term Chinese study course, training course of the Chinese teachers, overseas students’ summer/winter camp, the symposium of the Chinese culture and the preparatory course for the overseas Chinese and the youth students from Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It currently has more than 700 postgraduates.
Faculty
The University has more than 1,700 faculty members, with over 500 holding senior professional titles. There are 900 full time teachers, 400 professors and associate professors, over 141 PhD degrees holders and 38 government funded researchers.Faculties and Departments
The University comprises 19 colleges or departments of science, engineering, economics, management, law, liberal arts, philosophy, and history. It offers 9 PHD programs, 64 masters programs, 6 engineering masters programs, 52 undergraduate programs, with 11 provincial or ministerial key disciplines.Courses
Since 1997, the university has enrolled a total of 216 postgraduates from Macau, who pursued such fields as economy, enterprise management, computer science and philosophy. The university has also offered Master's degreeMaster's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
s to a total of 30 students from Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
in 2002.