Huaqiao University
| 华侨大学 | |
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| Motto | 会通中外 并育德才 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1960 |
| President | Jia Yimin (贾益民) |
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Academic staff
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1700 |
| Students | 24,000 |
| Location | Quanzhou and Xiamen,, Fujian, People's Republic of China |
| Campus |
Quanzhou campus 740000 m2 Xiamen campus 1320000 m2 |
| Website | www.hqu.edu.cn/ |
Huaqiao University (Chinese: 华侨大学; pinyin: Huáqiáo Dàxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Huâ-kiâu-tāi-ha̍k; literally: "Overseas Chinese 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. The university has two campuses in the cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou, known for their large numbers of overseas Chinese who have roots in these cities.
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.
The main campus covers an area of 740,000 m2with a total floor space of 550,000 square metres.
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.
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