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XMUM 10th Anniversary Special Feature | The Silence That Changed Everything: My 8,000-Kilometer Journey
The first night in my single room at XMUM, sleep refused to come. My body was still running on Nairobi time, but that was not the real problem. It was not simply the excitement of finally being here either. What kept me awake was the silence: the absence of matatu engines at dawn, the missing sounds of my mother in the kitchen, and the sudden awareness that I was now 8,000 kilometers away from everything I knew.
Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA)
Students Tackle Real-World Business Challenges at BCSC 3.0
The Xiamen University Malaysia Business Association (XMBA) organized the Business Case Study Competition (BCSC) 3.0 on 27 and 28 June 2026 at Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM). Centring on real-world industry challenges in Trustee Services and Wealth Advisory, the event required participants to develop strategic solutions to practical issues in estate planning, wealth management, and legacy planning.
School of Computing and Data Science
XMUM Students Win Two Third Prize Awards at Huawei ICT Competition APAC Regional Round
Students from Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) won two Third Prize awards at the Huawei ICT Competition 2025/2026 Asia Pacific Regional Round which was held from 12 to 14 May 2026.
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XMUM Students Win 4 Silver and 1 Bronze at the CICISIC 2025
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre congratulates 5 teams from Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) for bringing back 4 Silver Prizes and 1 Bronze Prize from the 2025 China International College Students' Innovation Competition (CICSIC).
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
Prof. Ong Wee Jun and Team Publish Three High-Impact Reviews in Leading Journals
The Research and Postgraduate Centre congratulates Prof. Dr. Ong Wee Jun, his postgraduate students, and the research team from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering and the Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, on publishing three high-impact review articles in Nano Materials Science (Impact Factor: 20.5), Advanced Functional Materials (Impact Factor: 19.9), and Small Methods (Impact Factor: 8.7).
General
Sanjaya Janson: Why He Chose China Amid Global Opportunities
Ten acceptance letters from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cornell, UPenn, Oxford, Cambridge, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Zhejiang University. Nine job offers from companies including Apple, Google and J.P. Morgan.For many students, such opportunities would make the choice even harder. For Sanjaya Janson, a final-year International Business student at Xiamen University Malaysia, however, the decision was clear. He chose China.
