Global Engagement
XMUM Signs MOA with Victoria University of Wellington
Prof. Grant Guilford, Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand, and Prof. Wang Ruifang, President of Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM), signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between VUW and XMUM on 1 April 2019.
Global Engagement
University of Cincinnati Shares Postgraduate Opportunities with XMUM Students
Ms. Oxana Prokhorova from College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), University of Cincinnati (UC) met XMUM Engineering students on 28 March 2019 to share information on Master programmes at CEAS. UC will grant XMUM students special privileges, which include:
General
National University of Singapore Vice President Gives a Public Talk at XMUM
On 27 March 2019, Prof. Dr. Andrew Wee, Vice President (University and Global Relations) of National University of Singapore (NUS), visited Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) and delivered a public talk.
Master of Business Administration
XMUM “Wows” Students with the Newly Launched MBA Programme
An MBA Preview session was held at Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) on March 23, 2019 for prospective students to gain a better understanding of the newly launched programme.This MBA programme, which is the first post-graduate programme provided by XMUM, is set to welcome its pioneer batch of students in April 2019.“We want to ‘wow’ you (students) with the university, the courses and the lectures,” said Dr. Tee Keng Kok, the Director of XMUM MBA Centre.
General
Australian National University and XMUM Sign Admission Pathway Agreement
An Admission Pathway Agreement was signed between Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) and Australian National University (ANU) on 13 March 2019, which allows XMUM students to enter Master of International Management (MiM) programme at ANU with a few privileges. Agreements pertaining to programmes in the fields of Finance and Accounting will also be signed in the future.ANU is a national research university located in Canberra, capital of Australia. According to the QS World University Rankings 2019, it ranks #1 in Australia and Oceania, #24 among universities all over the world.
School of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
XMUM Faculty Member Publishes in Tier-1 SCI Journal of Electrochemistry
The Office of Research and Innovation congratulates Prof. Dr. Zheng Jin-Cheng on his role as joint corresponding author of a paper entitled “Porous carbon anchored titanium carbonitride for high-performance supercapacitor.” The paper was published on 1 March 2019 (Page 138-145, Volume 304) in Electrochimica Acta, the official journal of the International Society of Electrochemistry. Prof. Zheng co-authored the paper with 8 other scientists affiliated with Shanghai University, Xiamen University (China), and Xiamen University Malaysia. This project was led by Assoc. Prof. Yan Hao, Assoc.
