Minjiang University | Chinese Universities

Minjiang University is based in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province. In 2002, with the approval from the Ministry of Education, Minjiang University began to offer full-time bachelor’s degree programs. The university is supported by both Fujian Province and Fuzhou Municipality, with the latter playing the major role. Being on the priority list for development of the Fujian Provincial Government, and the provincial program of building “top-level discipline”, Minjiang University is a pilot institution offering professional master’s degree programs that “serve the country's special needs” and a model institution for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

Minjiang University is an amalgamation of Fuzhou Teachers’ College, established in 1958, and Minjiang Vocational College, established in 1984. President Xi, the Party Committee Secretary of Fuzhou, doubled as the president of Minjiang University for 6 years (June 1990 - May 1996). He propounded the philosophy of “Not the biggest, but the best, but to meet the needs of society” and the principles of building a locally-based and market-oriented institution with a focus on quality and practicability of education. President Xi advocates the school running tent of “based on Fuzhou, facing the market, focusing on quality and highlighting application”. For more than 30 years, he has always been concerned about the development of the school. He sent congratulatory letters in his busy schedule for the 50th anniversary of the university in 2008 and the 60th anniversary of the school in 2018. On March 25, 2021, President Xi visited the school and delivered an important speech, pointing out the direction of efforts and providing fundamental guidance for the new development of the school. Minjiang University has grown into a fairly influential, and application-oriented university with a fairly complete range of disciplines and satisfactory education quality.

After more than 60 years of development, the university has become an application-oriented undergraduate university with complete disciplines and certain influence. Minjiang University has 16 colleges that offer 1 MBA degree program and 61 bachelor’s degree programs in all the eight major disciplines, covering economics, law, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, management and art. The university has one provincial first-class discipline (Plateau Discipline), 3 provincial key disciplines, 6 provincial applied disciplines, 2 national specialty programs, 1 national first-class specialty program, 14 provincial first-class specialty programs, 5 provincial specialty programs, 7 specialty programs in service industry, 3 provincial application oriented demonstrative program clusters, 5 provincial experimental specialty programs for innovation and entrepreneurship reform, and 6 provincial pilot areas for innovation in talent training model.

Minjiang University currently enrolls 1,6000 full-time students, with a faculty of more than 1000. 90.5% of the faculty hold master’s or higher degrees, among which 39.6% hold doctorate degrees. The university has 12 provincial level Scientific Innovation Team of Institutions of Higher Learning, 138 faculty members on national level, ministerial level or provincial level talent programs. There are 44 provincial level scientific research innovation platforms, 4 provincial level key laboratories.

Minjiang University covering 542,500㎡floor space.The University owns 430 million yuan’s worth of equipment for teaching and research, 2049000 volumes of paper-based books and 1660000 e-books.

Minjiang University is open to partnership and maintains scientific and technological development cooperation with the districts and counties in Fuzhou, as well as high-caliber universities like Tsinghua University, Peking University, Renmin University of China, University of Science and Technology of China, Wuhan University of Technology, Donghua University, Jiangnan University and Wenzhou University. Besides, Minjiang University and universities in Taiwan, including Fu Jen Catholic University, Chinese Culture University, Shih Chien University and other universities in Taiwan jointly offers application-oriented undergraduate programs. Minjiang University establish friendly and cooperative relations with more than 30 colleges and universities in Japan, the Unites States, Australia, Canada and other countries. The university has cooperated with European University of Cyprus to set up a Sino-foreign cooperative college without independent legal person status at the undergraduate letel-Minjiang University International Digital Economy College (IDEC) and established Fujian’s first Sino-foreign joint venture with an independent legal personality-Fuzhou Melbourne Polytechnic.

Minjiang University has gained support from both the provincial and municipal CPC committees and governments as well as various sectors. The Fujian and the Fuzhou Municipal Government jointly formulated an implementation plan to support the development of Minjiang University. Besides, the municipal Government issued a special document bearing Fuzhou Municipal Government’s suggestions on supporting the comprehensive upgrading of Minjiang University. Social charity funds, entrepreneurs and overseas Chinese leaders also donated generously, among which Fujian Fashu Foundation alone has donated more than 1000 million CNY.

Having a glorious past, Minjiang University is an amalgamation of Fuzhou Teachers’ College, established in 1958, and Minjiang Vocational College, established in 1984 (including Fuzhou Academy of Arts and Design merged in 2001). In 2010, Fujian Conservatory of Music founded by Mr. Cai Jikun, a patriotic oversea Chinese, was also merged into Minjiang University. The General Secretary Xi Jinping once served as the President of Minjiang Vocational University for 6 years (June 1990 - May 1996) when he took the position as the Secretary of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee. During his tenure, he propounded the philosophy of “seeking to be the best instead of the biggest, and to adapt to the needs of society” and the principles of building a locally based and market-oriented institution with a focus on quality and practicability of education, which have now guided Minjiang University to determine orientations, make plans and decisions, overcome difficulties and take practice actions for its reform and development. For more than 30 years, he has always cared about the development of the university. For both the 50th and 60th anniversaries of Minjiang University in 2008 and 2018, he sent a congratulatory letter out of his busy schedule. On March 25, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally visited Minjiang University, communicated with teachers and students, and delivered an important speech to point out the development direction and provide fundamental guidelines for the university.

After more than 60 years of development, Minjiang University has grown into an influential application-oriented university with a complete disciplines and satisfactory education quality. It has 16 colleges that offer MBA program and 61 bachelor’s degree programs in all the eight major disciplines, covering economics, law, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, management and art. The university has 3 provincial key disciplines, 1 provincial first-class discipline (Plateau Discipline), 6 provincial applied disciplines, 2 national specialty programs, 1 national first-class specialty program; 3 provincial application oriented demonstrative program clusters,14 provincial first-class specialty programs, 5 provincial specialty programs, 7 specialty programs in service industry, 5 provincial experimental specialty programs for innovation and entrepreneurship reform, and 6 provincial pilot areas for innovation in talent training model.

Minjiang University currently enrolls 16,000 full-time students, with a faculty of more than 1,000. 90.5% of the faculty members hold a master’s degree or above, among which 39.6% hold a doctorate degree. The university has 12 provincial-level teaching, scientific research and top foreign expert teams, and 138 national, provincial or ministerial-level talents. There are 44 provincial scientific research innovation platforms, including 4 provincial key laboratories.

Minjiang University has a total area of 2,294.6 mu, with 542,500 ㎡ of building area. The University owns 430 million yuan’s worth of equipment for teaching and research, 2.049 million paper-based books and 1.66 million e-books.

Minjiang University insists on running on an open-up way; works with counties (cities) in Fuzhou City to promote science and technology development; conducts cooperates with Tsinghua University, Peking University, Renmin University of China, University of Science and Technology of China, Wuhan University of Technology, Donghua University, Jiangnan University, Wenzhou University and other high-level universities in China; trains applied talents in Fujian and Taiwan universities in Feng Chia University, Chinese Culture University, Shih Chien University and other universities in Taiwan; establishes friendly cooperation with more than 30 universities in Japan, the United States, Australia, Canada and other countries; works with European University Cyprus to establish the International Digital Economy College of Minjiang University, a Sino-foreign cooperative institution with no legal personality at the undergraduate level; and cooperates with Melbourne Polytechnic to run Fuzhou Melbourne Polytechnic, the first Sino-foreign cooperative institution with independent legal personality in Fujian.

The operation and development of Minjiang University are highly valued by the provincial and municipal party committees and governments and strongly supported by the society. The provincial and municipal governments have specifically issued several measures and opinions to support Minjiang University to accelerate its development. Social charity organizations, famous overseas Chinese leaders, entrepreneurs, and alumni both at home and abroad have generously supported the operation of Minjiang University. In particular, the Fashu Foundation of Fujian Province has donated a total of RMB 1 billion to Minjiang University.

Never wavering in the fundamental task of “strengthening moral education”, Minjiang University will adhere to the operation philosophy of “seeking to be the best instead of the biggest”, the position of “application orientation” and the characteristics of “adapting to the needs of the society”. With the strategic determination of drawing a blueprint to the end, Minjiang University will make every effort to build a high-level and characteristic application-oriented university, and strive to return the trust and expectation of General Secretary Xi Jinping with excellent academic performance.