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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).
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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.
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Alumni Couple Returns to XMUM for Wedding Photoshoot
Image Xiamen University Malaysia was met with light evening rain on Tuesday as an alumni couple returned to campus for a wedding photoshoot, revisiting the site where their relationship first began.
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Xiamen University Malaysia Ranked Among World's Top 1% in Six ESI Fields
Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) has been ranked among the world's top 1% in six fields, according to the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) rankings released in May 2026.The recognised fields are Clinical Medicine, Neuroscience & Behaviour, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Social Sciences (General). Notably, this marks the first time the University's Materials Science field has entered the ESI global top 1%.
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Wang Haocheng: "Not Good at Math", Yet Pursuing a PhD
"I'm not very good at math."Wang Haocheng repeats this line when reflecting on his journey. What sounds like self-deprecation is also a clear recognition of his limitations—one that pushed him to explore beyond conventional paths and eventually find his direction.
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Dr. Thomas Boryniec: From Finance to Classrooms, Finding Home in Malaysia
Over the past years, Xiamen University Malaysia has welcomed scholars from around the world whose diverse experiences enrich both the classroom and campus life. Among them is Dr. Thomas Boryniec, Assistant Professor at the School of Economics and Management.
