Xiamen University - Campus

Campus

Xiamen University's main campus is located in Siming District, southwestern Xiamen. Located at the foot of the green mountains, facing the blue ocean and surrounded by Xiamen bay. The main campus is picturesque with beautiful scenery and parks, and is one of the main tourist attractions in the heavily-touristed Xiamen. The university also has campuses at Jimei and Zhangzhou.

A new campus will be built in the mainland district of Xiamen, Xiang'an District. It will cover 243 hectares and the first phase will be completed in 2013. It is expected to cater for 30 000 students in the new campus.

Xiamen University has a built area of 2.6 million square meters and its libraries (the Xiamen University Libraries) hold 3.5 million volumes. The scope and level of its high-speed information network on campus is rated at the top of all universities in China and has become one of the main nodes of CERNET2.

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