Research

Natural Science Research
Research of Social Sciences and Humanities
State Key Laboratories

State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of the Solid Surface

State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science
 National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in infectious diseases
Key Laboratories and Research Centers at the Provincial and Ministerial Levels
Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Cell Biology & Tumor Cell Engineering
Key Laboratory of Analytical Sciences of the Ministry of Education
Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology
Key Laboratory of Sub-tropical Wetland Ecology of the Ministry of Education
Fujian Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology
Fujian IC R&D Center
Fujian Research Center for Medical Molecular Virology

State Key Research Bases in Humanties and Social Science
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
The Research Center for Higher Education Development
Center for Accounting Studies
Center for Taiwan Studies
Center for Macroeconomic Research

Post-Doctoral Research Centers
Chemistry, Biology, Oceanography, Applied Economics, Business Administration, Theoretical Economics, Physics, Mathematics, Higher Education, International Economic Law, History, Environmental Science & Engineering, Public Management, Philosophy, Chinese Language and Literature.

Scientific Research

In recent years, Xiamen University has insisted on aiming for the cutting-edge of international scientific research and those areas of high demand to the country. It takes advantage of its strong potentiality in foundational research and actively develops applied foundational research and applied research. Its ability to do research in cutting-edge scientific fields and to take on significant research projects has improved to a great extent. It also contributes greatly to economic construction and social development on both a local and national scope. Prominent achievements have also been made in scientific research, result transfer, and industrialization.

In the past five years, Xiamen University has carried out 742 research projects, applied for 228 patents, and received 91 patents. In 2006, 2 scientific research findings won the Second Class Prize of National Natural Science Award. In 2004 and 2006, four articles were published in the prestigious journal Science and Nature. 46 research prizes at both provincial and state levels were issued, including Second Class Prize of National Natural Science Award and a Second Prize in the State Scientific and Technology Progress Prize.

Programs and Disciplines:

With its 22 schools containing 60 departments and more than 80 research institutes, Xiamen University has become a comprehensive university providing a fairly complete range of education programs in humanities, social science, natural science, engineering and technology, management, art education, and medical science.

• State Key Disciplines

Political Economics, Finance, Banking, Statistics, Accounting, Higher Education, History of Special Topics (Economic History), International Law, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Zoology, Marine Biology, Marine Chemistry

• Key Construction Disciplines in "211 Project" for Ninth Five-Year plan

Physical Chemistry & Applied Chemistry, Modern Animal and Plant Biology, Marine Resources & Environment, Information Photo-electronic Materials & Information Technology, Higher Education Science, Southeast Asian Studies and Taiwan Studies, Economic Theory & Management, International Economic Law & the Laws of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao

• Key Construction Disciplines in “211project” for Tenth Five-Year Plan
  
  Economic Theory & Applications, Business Administration, Higher Education Research, International Economic Law and Marine Law, Fujian, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian Studies, Physical Chemistry & Analytical Science, Marine Resources & Environment, Biological Science and Technology on the Tropical Seashore Area, Electronic Information Technology, Photoelectronic Information Materials, Device and Applications, Materials and Chemical Energy
• Provincial Key Disciplines
  
  Marine Resources & Environment, Condensed State Physics & Information Photoelectronic Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Micro Electro-mechanical Systems, Bio-Chemistry & Molecular Biology, Taiwan Studies and Fujian-Taiwan Relationship Studies, Civil & Commercial Law, Business Administration, Political Economics, Journalism
• National Educational Centers for Talents by Disciplines

Chemistry, Biology (including Marine Biology), History, Economics, Life Science and Technology

• Innovation research bases in the second phase of the “985 Project”