Xiamen · Fujian
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Xiamen University was founded by Tan Kah Kee in 1921. Its School of Medicine, established in 1996, delivers the six-year English-taught MBBS at Xiang’an. Medical learning includes laboratory work, simulation and hospital training. English-taught design and art programmes are based at Zhangzhou and have separate degree and accommodation arrangements.
The full-time English programme lasts six years, with a permitted study period of six to eight years. It develops scientific understanding, clinical reasoning, patient communication, ethics, teamwork and professional practice. HSK Level 4 is required before clinical practice.
Environmental Design, Visual Communication Design and Digital Media Art are four-year English-taught degrees at Zhangzhou. Their campus and accommodation fees differ from Xiang’an MBBS.
Medicine is taught through the School of Medicine and MBBS Center. The programme develops scientific understanding, clinical reasoning, patient communication and professional practice. Students must reach HSK 4 before clinical practice. The standard programme is six years; the permitted study period is six to eight years.
RMB 38,000 · about USD 5,642
RMB per student per academic year
Campus: Xiang'an.
Environmental Design is taught in English and lasts 4 years.
RMB 90,000 · about USD 13,363
RMB per student per academic year
Campus: Zhangzhou. Hostel at Zhangzhou: RMB 1,100-1,200 per person per academic year; different from the Xiang'an MBBS hostel tariff.
Visual Communication Design is taught in English and lasts 4 years.
RMB 90,000 · about USD 13,363
RMB per student per academic year
Campus: Zhangzhou. Hostel at Zhangzhou: RMB 1,100-1,200 per person per academic year; different from the Xiang'an MBBS hostel tariff.
Digital Media Art is taught in English and lasts 4 years.
RMB 90,000 · about USD 13,363
RMB per student per academic year
Campus: Zhangzhou. Hostel at Zhangzhou: RMB 1,100-1,200 per person per academic year; different from the Xiang'an MBBS hostel tariff.
Medical degree award: Bachelor’s degree upon satisfying degree requirements; graduation certificate on programme completion.
The main eligibility and document checklist covers Clinical Medicine / MBBS. FirstLiners confirms the separate requirements for another degree.
The fee plans below cover Clinical Medicine / MBBS. Tuition for the other listed degrees is shown with each programme; their accommodation and additional charges need a separate FirstLiners payment plan.
Accommodation is included in this subtotal.
| Item | RMB | USD ≈ |
|---|---|---|
| Tuitionper academic year | 38,000 | 5,642 |
| Accommodationper person / academic year | 1,600–4,000 | 238–594 |
| Health insuranceper study year | 800 | 119 |
| FirstLiners application and registration packageonce | 2,000 | 297 |
| FirstLiners Admission Conciergeonce | 15,000 | 2,227 |
Accommodation is included in this subtotal.
| Item | RMB | USD ≈ |
|---|---|---|
| Tuitionper academic year | 38,000 | 5,642 |
| Accommodationper person / academic year | 1,600–4,000 | 238–594 |
| Health insuranceper study year | 800 | 119 |
The subtotal covers the priced items in the table. Add accommodation where marked separately and the extra payments that apply to you. Meals, flights and personal spending are separate.
FirstLiners application and Admission Concierge charges are paid once in the first year; they do not repeat.
USD amounts are rounded estimates at USD 1 = RMB 6.7351 (30 September 2026). Payments are billed in RMB.
Choose the room option that applies to your allocation. Room prices are alternatives; they are not added together.
RMB 1,600–4,000
About USD 238–594
| Item / payment timing | RMB | USD ≈ |
|---|---|---|
| Food budgetper month · Per month | 1,000–1,500 | 148–223 |
These amounts are a study planning guide. Follow your FirstLiners written payment plan and issued university invoice.
Ask FirstLiners for my payment planSelected undergraduates receive RMB 30,000 for one academic year. Applicants need HSK 3 or above, a high-school qualification, foreign nationality and good health, and must be under 30.
School and college freshman scholarships use merit selection after admission review. Fujian support in later years requires a successful review and fresh selection. Apply with FirstLiners; the study fee subtotal is shown before scholarship awards.
Scholarships depend on eligibility, selection and any required review. Plan for the full fees until an award is granted; fee subtotals do not include scholarship deductions.
MBBS applicants must be aged 18–25 by 1 September 2026. Final-year high-school students or graduates need a satisfactory academic record. Under-18 applicants submit the specified guarantee statement.
Applicants must be non-Chinese ordinary-passport holders in good physical and mental health. Relevant Chinese-origin applicants undergo citizenship review and document four years of foreign nationality and two years abroad in the preceding four years ending 30 April 2026.
IELTS Academic 6.0, TOEFL iBT 80, a high-school English-medium certificate, or an accepted equivalent. Applicants from countries where English is an official language are exempt from this evidence requirement.
Medicine requires Mathematics plus Physics, Chemistry or both, tested in English. The MBBS programme requires HSK Level 4 before clinical practice.
Prepare this checklist with FirstLiners for the named medical programme. Keep originals and any required translations or certification ready for registration.
Provide the ordinary-passport photograph page, valid through at least 31 October 2026.
Provide your birth certificate as part of the identity and nationality review.
Provide your parents’ identity documents for the university’s citizenship review.
Provide the high-school diploma and full transcripts. Final-year students may initially use expected-graduation proof, but the final diploma is required before registration. Originals are checked on arrival.
Provide evidence for an accepted English-test, English-medium-schooling or official-language exemption route.
Provide CSCA Mathematics plus Physics, Chemistry or both, taken in English for the medical programme.
Provide one recommendation signed by the writer or stamped by the organisation, with the recommender’s name, employer, position and contact details.
Write at least 800 words in English covering your background, education, motivation, study plan and career goals.
A college-stamped pre-acceptance letter is optional and gives priority in selection. It does not replace the admission assessment.
Provide the Inbound Traveller examination record, chest X-ray, ECG, laboratory results and required data sheets. The hospital stamp must overlap the lower photograph. Results are valid for six months.
Provide the Financial Support Guarantee Statement and supporting evidence. Scholarship applicants must also provide it to FirstLiners for the university file.
Provide a valid police-clearance certificate issued within six months before application submission.
Applicants under 18 provide FirstLiners with the specified guarantee statement. FirstLiners handles the eligibility review and checks the completed document.
Documents outside Chinese or English require notarised Chinese or English translations.
Provide the additional citizenship, nationality and overseas-residence evidence requested for your circumstances. Passing the nationality review is required for admission.
Relevant awards, merit certificates, community-service records and special-skills evidence may be submitted as supporting materials. These do not replace the required application documents.
Send FirstLiners your complete file and follow the non-refundable application-payment instructions. Check all entries before submission; submitted information and documents cannot be changed.
Complete citizenship, qualification, language and health review, followed by a remote interview or written assessment if requested.
Follow the admission, payment, visa and insurance instructions from FirstLiners. Bring original qualifications for verification and register at your assigned Xiang’an or Zhangzhou campus.
Three pages covering the programme, fees, scholarships and application documents.
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