1.At the end of March, 2023, at the first congress of Xiamen University of Science and Technology, the strategy of "two five-year two-step" was formally put forward, in which the name change plan was explicitly mentioned and the specific time node was mentioned:

"In the next five years, it will be renamed Xiamen University of Technology (2023-2025), and the school will be initially built into a high-level Universities of Applied Sciences with a certain reputation in the country."

In addition, it was proposed at the meeting that during the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school (2026-203 1), the school should be built into a first-class and international domestic high-level Universities of Applied Sciences.

2. As early as June 5438+1October 18, 2023, in the Sixth Session of the 15th Xiamen Municipal People's Congress, Xiamen clearly expressed its support for the renaming of Xiamen Institute of Technology in 2023. According to this news, the direction of the school's name change is basically determined.

In addition, according to the previous renaming of colleges and universities, the renaming of colleges and universities needs to be greatly upgraded on the basis of the original school, which needs to be evaluated and reviewed by provincial and national expert groups, and finally decided by the Ministry of Education.

3. According to the five-year plan of Xiamen Institute of Technology and Xiamen's positioning, the name change is only a preliminary plan at present, and there is still a clear distance between the completion of implementation and the successful application for name change.

Education construction of Xiamen Institute of Technology;

The school covers an area of 1927 mu, with a building area of more than 500,000 square meters, and the total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is 520 million yuan. There are 18 departments, offering 64 undergraduate majors, 4 first-class disciplines and 8 master's authorization points. There are nearly 20,000 full-time students (including graduate students and international students). There are nearly 1200 full-time teachers.

The school has carried out diversified and all-round cooperation with more than 60 high-quality universities, including National University of ohrel, Malaysian University of Science and Technology, university of regina, Newcastle University, Victoria University of Wellington, Ryukyu University and Jeonbuk University.