Wuyi University

Wuyi University is located in Wuyishan, a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site. It is a public, full-time regular undergraduate institution approved by the Ministry of Education. Its predecessor was Nanping Teachers College, founded in 1958, and it also carries on the heritage of Wuyi Academy, personally established by Zhu Xi more than 800 years ago. It covers 3000 mu amid picturesque hills and water, with 419300 square meters of buildings and equipment worth RMB 408 million. The library holds 2.8256 million volumes. As a host institution for Chinese Government Scholarship international students, it provides the Chinese Government Scholarship, Fujian Provincial Government Scholarship and Wuyi University scholarships. It is also a Fujian Overseas Chinese Language Education Base and a Traditional Chinese Culture Experience and Promotion Center, recruiting overseas students for degree and non-degree courses. Its international students come from 50 countries, including the United States, Russia, Canada, France, Ukraine, Moldova and Vietnam. It has approximately 15000 full-time students, 42 undergraduate admission programs, 3 professional master’s degree authorizations, 8 provincial key applied disciplines, 25 national or provincial distinctive or first-class programs, 59 national or provincial first-class courses, 11 provincial teaching teams, 16 provincial experimental teaching demonstration and virtual simulation experimental teaching centers, 24 provincial practical teaching and employment internship demonstration bases, and 3 provincial modern industry schools.

Guided by regional industries, the university advances innovation and entrepreneurship education through diverse partnerships. Students have received many awards in national and provincial subject skills and innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, including the China International College Student Innovation Competition, Challenge Cup National University Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, Challenge Cup Chinese University Student Business Plan Competition, Creating Youth National University Student Entrepreneurship Competition, National University Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, Fujian Architectural Structure Competition and Fujian Mechanical Innovation Competition. Its University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center has been designated a National Women’s Civilized Post.

As a Traditional Chinese Culture Experience Center and Fujian Overseas Chinese Language Education Base, Wuyi University provides international students with strong educational resources and conditions. It pioneered a “4+0” Fujian-Taiwan cooperative model for applied talent development and works with more than 20 Taiwan universities, drawing on quality educational resources to educate applied professionals together.