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XMUM’s biggest foreign intake

王瑞芳(右一)特别来到机场迎接即将在大马展开留学旅程的中国留学生。(图:星洲日报)

(雪邦20日讯)厦门大学马来西亚分校首批266名中国学生今晚抵马,校长王瑞芳亲自来到吉隆坡国际机场迎接。

王瑞芳说,厦大分校开校已有半年多,目前招收了逾800位本地学生,首批来马的中国学生有440人,今日首批266名学生将在傍晚6时和晚上10时抵马,其余的中国学生则分批在这几天内来到我国。

他说,厦大分校这次也得到了马来西亚教育全球服务中心(EMGS)、我国移民局、马来西亚广州总领事馆、首相对华特使丹斯里黄家定,以及马中商务理事会的全力支持和协助。

“这是马来西亚高校第一次如此大规模的招收中国学生,生源之好、规模之大、办理速度且是马来西亚各大学前所未见。”

王瑞芳今日在吉隆坡国际机场,出席厦门大学马来西亚分校迎接首批来马中国学生欢迎仪式上,向媒体发表上述谈话。

另外,厦门大学马来西亚分校今日也发文告指出,分校是使用高考成绩在中国的14个省招生,440名学生的成绩均在本一批次重点线以上,有的甚至高出一本线125分。

文告指出,随着这批440名中国学生到来,以及同期入学的200名大马新生,分校的学生人数将从8月的700名左右,增至1350名。”

明年拟招收100国际学生

文告指出,厦门大学马来西亚分校在2016年实际招生人数远高于原订计划的500人,其中外国学生占三分之一,该校未来重点拓展周边国家市场,争取在明年从中国以外的国家招收100名国际学生。

分校今年2月开设新能源科学与工程、中医学、中文、新闻学、会计学、金融学、国际商务共7门学士学位课程,4月增设2门预科课程,9月新增海洋生物技术、化学工程、计算机科学与技术、软件工程、数字媒体技术共5门学士学位课程。计划明年2月增设电气电子工程学士学位课程。

分校将秉持教学与科研并重的办学理念,尊重学生个性,挖掘学生潜能,通过课堂教学、各种学术和实践活动以及丰富的校园文化生活,注重培养学生的专业能力和综合能力。

教育层次包括本科、硕士、博士。分校的毕业生将获颁厦门大学学位,受马来西亚政府和中国政府的双重认证。毕业生将拥有在两国就业或升学的机会。

只为教育不为钱

文告强调,厦大分校将秉承中国厦大创办人兼著名华侨领袖陈嘉庚崇尚教育、无私奉献的精神,不以营利为目的,不带走一分钱的原则和精神来办学。

“办学过程中若有结余,将全部用于分校的学术研究和学生奖学金。”

文告讲述,中国厦大由陈嘉庚在1921年创办,是中国近代教育史上首所华侨创办的大学,享誉“南方之强”。

目前,厦大是国家“211工程”和“985工程”重点建设的高水平大学。根据《美国新闻》(US NEWS)的世界大学排名,厦大名列第275位,《时代杂志》(The Times)和《美国新闻》的中国大学排名,各居第9名和第12名。

对于厦大分校的建立,厦门大学校长朱崇实曾言,厦大是陈嘉庚事业上巨大成功,马来西亚创办分校是历史的回馈。

(摘自星洲日报、中国报,2016年9月21日)

XMUM president Wang Ruifang (Right) receiving arrival of students from China at KLIA. (photo: Sinchew Daily)

KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time ever 440 students from China arrived to be admitted to the Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM).

This is believed to be the largest foreign student intake to a university in Malaysia.

The students arrived on Tuesday and yesterday to start their degree programmes from next week at the campus located near Putrajaya.

Xiamen University Malaysia is the first higher education institution in Malaysia which has taken such a large batch of students from China.

XMUM is the first overseas campus fully established by a renowned Chinese university with a campus of her own.

XMUM president Wang Ruifang praised the Malaysian Government for the speed with which the student visas were processed.

“During the student visa application and arrival process, XMUM received good cooperation from Education Malaysia Global Service (EMGS), Immigration Department and the Consulate-General of Malaysia, Guangzhou. We also got good support from Airport Manage­ment Centre (AMC) KLIA and Malaysia-China Business Council (MCBC) headed by Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to China,” he said.

With this batch of 440 Chinese students and 220 incoming Malaysian students, the student number of XMUM will increase from 700 in August 2016 to 1,350 in September 2016.

This is higher than the original target of 500 students set by the university for this year.

Wang said XMUM would focus on recruiting international students from neighbouring countries and had targeted to recruit 100 international students next year from countries other than China.

In January, XMUM offered seven bachelor’s degree programmes, i.e. New Energy Science and Engi­neering, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Studies, Journa­lism, Accounting, Finance and International Business.

In April, two foundation programmes were added while this month, five additional bachelor’s degree programmes – Marine Biotechnology, Chemical Enginee­ring, Computer Science and Tech­no­logy, Software Engineering, Digital Media Technology – were offered.

Another bachelor’s degree programme, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, will be offered in January 2017.

(Source: The Star, 22 September 2016)

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