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College of Humanities College of Humanities School of Life Sciences School of Life Sciences
School of Law School of Law School of Information Science and Technology Information & Technology
School of Public Affairs School of Public Affairs Software School Software School
School of Economics School of Economics College of Architecture and Civil Engineering Architecture & Civil
School of Management School of Management Medical College Medical College
School of Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Sciences Art College Art College
College of Foreign Languages and Cultures College of Foreign Languages and Cultures
College of Oceanography and Environmental Science College of Oceanography & Environmental Science
School of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering School of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Overseas Education College Overseas Education College
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
College of Humanities

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Study of Literature and Art:Aesthetics of Literature and Art; Communication of Literature and Art; Modern Chinese Criticism; Theory of Literature and Art; Study of Modern Chinese Literary Thought, Western Criticism

Chinese Language:Chinese Vernaculars, History of Chinese Phonology, Study and Teaching of Chinese, Chinese Lexicology, Literary Language, Ancient Chinese, Late Chinese, Cultural Linguistics

Theatre and Chinese Operas:Comparative Study of Theatre, History of Foreign Theatre, Theory of Theatre, Movie, and TV, History of Chinese Operas, Culture of Chinese Operas, Communication of Theatre, Movie, and TV, History of Theatre, Local Theatre of Min and Taiwan

Anthropology:Historical Anthropology; Archaeological Anthropology

Archaeology and Study of Museum:Ethnic Archaeology; Culture of Southeastern China; Maritime Archaeology

Historical Philology:Unearthed Documents of Pre-Qin and Han; Study on the Ancient Chinese Characters; Books and Culture of Tang and Song

History of Specialized Field:Social and Economic History of Ming and Qing; Social and Economic History of Ancient China

Ancient Chinese History:History of Eastern Zhou, Qin and Han; History of Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang; Culture of China: second century-fifth century; History of Ming and Qing

History of Modern and Contemporary China:Social and Economic History of Modern and Contemporary China; Regional Social and Economic History of China; Custom History of China; Social and Cultural History of Modern and Contemporary China; Intellectual History of Modern and Contemporary China

World History:Social and Economic History of the United States; American Urban History; History of Southeast Asia; History of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia; Society and Culture of Chinese in Southeast Asia

Historiography of Maritime History:Maritime Social and Economic History; Maritime Social and Cultural History

Chinese Philosophy :1.Studies on ZhouYi,2.Studies on Daoism and Daoism Philosophy,3.Studies on Chinese Buddhism, 4.Studies on Confucianism,5. Studies on Chinese Aesthetics.

Foreign Philosophy:1.Studies of Contemporary Theory of Knowledge, 2.American Philosophy,3.Contemporary Western Political Philosophy,

Science and Technology Philosophy:1.History of Scientific Thought and Philosophy of Science,2.Scientific Epistemology and the Norms of Science,3. Scientific Logic.

Anthropology:Cultural Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, Social Anthropology

Contact Information
Phone Number:+86 (0)592—2181932
Fax:+86 (0)592—2187166
Email:humancol@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://rwxy.xmu.edu.cn

School of Law

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Civil Law
Research Areas: Civil Law, Commercial Law, Marriage & Family Law, Roman Law
Main Courses: Topical Studies in Civil Law, Frontier Problems of Modern Law Science

International Law
Research Areas: Public International Law, Private International Law, International Economic Law, International Human Rights Law, Law of the Sea
Main Courses: English, Politics, International Law Theory, Topical Studies in International Law

Contact Information
Tel:+86 (0)592-2185983,+86 (0)592-2186991
Fax:+86 (0)592-2186154
Email:sppan@xmu.edu.cn,lqy@xmu.edu.cn,fashuo@xmu.edu.cn
Website:http://law.xmu.edu.cn

School of Public Affairs

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Political Theory
Contemporary Western Political Theory
New Political Economics
Theories of the State
Modern Chinese Political Thoughts

Public Administration
Policy Analysis
Government Innovation and Governance
Public Financial Management
Science of Developmental Administration

Economics of Population, Resources and Environment
Economic Analysis of Population and Sustainable Development
Sociological Analysis of Population and Sustainable Development

Anthropology
Social Anthropology

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2182783
Fax: +86 (0)592-2183191
Email: ggsw@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://spa.xmu.edu.cn

School of Economics

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Finance: Financial Theory and Applications,Financial Institutes and Financial Regulations,Financial Theory and Macro-regulations,International Finance Theory and Management,Operation and Management of Financial Institutions,Corporate Finance and Financial Intermediary.

Financial Engineering: Financial Products Designing and Pricing,Exchange Rate Economics, Securities Investment Theory, Financial Economics and Applied Financial Econometrics.

Insurance: Insurance Theory and Policy,Insurance Product Designing and Pricing, Comparative Studies on Insurance Systems.

Investment: Investment Theory,Theories of Securities Investment Management,Investment Banking Theory,Investment Banking and Capital Operating.

International Trade Main Courses: Advanced Microeconomics (II), Advanced Macroeconomics (II), International Economics, International Trade and Taxation, Theory and Practice of Finance and Taxation, etc.

World Economy Main Courses: Advanced Microeconomics (II), Advanced Macroeconomics (II), Theory and Policy of International Investment, Economic Globalization and International Economic Relations, European Economy and Finance, etc.

Service Trade Main Courses: Advanced Microeconomics (II), Advanced Macroeconomics (II), International Economics, Study on Service Trade, Study on International Marketing and Management, etc.

National Economics: the theory and practice of sustainable development

Statistics: National Economy Statistic Accounting and Analysis; Statistical Theories and Methods; Investment Decision-making Analysis; Research on the Large-scale National Accounting Theory and Application; data mining

Quantitative Economics: Applied Econometrics; Experimental Economics; Mathematical Economics; Macro-economic Quantitative Analysis

Economic Information Management: Economic Information and Knowledge Management

Public Finance (including Taxation)
01. Theory and Policy of Public Finance;
02. Study on Comparative Public Finance;
03. International Trade and Taxation;
04. Theory and Policy of Taxation;
05. Investment Theory and Management;

Public Economics
01. Theory and Policy of Public Economics;
02. Public Economics and Administration

Asset Valuation
01. Theory and Method of Asset Valuation

Labor Economics
01. Labor Employment and Social Security

Network Economics
01. Theory of Network Economics

Law and Economics
01. Theory of Law and Economics

Political Economy: Theory of the Firm

History of Economic Thoughts: Marxian Economic Theory and Modern Practice, Theory and Practice of Chinese Economic Reform, History of Foreign Economic Thoughts

Western Economics: Dynamic Theory and Analysis of Macroeconomics

Political Economics:
1. Theory of socialist property right economy;
2. Theory of socialist market economy;
3. Theory of economic policy and policy analysis.

Industrial Economics:
1. Market operations and industrial policies;
2. Theory of industrial structure and practice of industrialization;
3. Theory of industrial organizations and market behavior of enterprises.

Contact Information:
Tel:+86 (0)592-2182027
Fax:+86 (0)592-2186340
Email:xmujjxy@xmu.edu.cn
Website:http://se.xmu.edu.cn

School of Management

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Accounting
(1) Financial Accounting;
(2) Modern Managerial Accounting and Corporate Finance;
(3) Fundamental Accounting;
(4) International Accounting;
(5) Auditing;
(6) Accounting Information Systems;
(7) Public Finance & Governmental Accounting;
(8) Accounting Research on Capital Market

Business Administration
(1) The Stock Market Investment;
(2) Business Administration Theory;
(3) Human Resource Management;
(4) Modern Financial Theory;
(5) Organization Management
(6) Corporate Finance & Corporate Governance.

Tourism Management
(1) Theory of Tourism Management & Tourism Market;
(2) Developing & Planning of Tourism;
(3) Tourism Enterprise Management.

Technological Economics &Management
(1) Technological Economics & Management Theory;
(2) Technological Economic Analysis of E-Commerce;
(3) Technological Economic Analysis of Information Systems;

Contact Information
Tel:+86 (0)592-2182873
Fax:+86 (0)592-2187289
Email:xdmba@jingxiang.xmu.edu.cn
Website:http://sm.xmu.edu.cn

School of Mathematical Sciences

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2580777,+86 (0)592-2580668
Fax: +86 (0)592-2183209
Email: mathky@xmu.edu.cn

College of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

English Language & Literature
1. History of American Fiction
2. English Linguistics.

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2186380
Fax: +86 (0)592-2182476
Email: cflc@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http//cflc.xmu.edu.cn

College of Oceanography and Environmental Science

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Environmental Science:Environmental Oceanography; Marine Biogeochemistry; Environmental Chemistry and Monitoring; Organic Pollution Chemistry; Marine Microbial Ecology; Marine Molecular Ecology; Molecular Biology and Toxicology; Environmental Ecology

Environmental Engineering:Techniques of Ecological Engineering; The technique and Theory of Organic Pollutant Treatment; Water Pollution Control Engineering; Pollutant Treatment and Resuscitation Technique; Clean Production Technique

Marine Biology:Marine Zooplanktology; Marine Ichthyology; Physiology of Marine Animals; Marine Ecology; Zoology of Marine Benthic Invertebrates; Biochemical Genetics of Marine Animals; Marine Microbiology

Marine Chemistry:Isotope Marine Chemistry; Marine Biogeochemistry; Polar Science; Marine Geochemistry; Marine Organic Geochemistry; Marine Resource Chemistry; Marine Environmental Chemistry

Marine Physics:Sound Data Transmission and Detection

Physical Oceanography:Estuarine and Coastal Physical Oceanography; Marine Environmental Dynamics

Marine Geology:Marine Environmental Geology; Marine Mineral Resource; Coastal Engineering Geology

Contact Information
Tel: +86(0)592-2186416
Fax: +86(0)592-2180655
Email: coestd@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://coe.xmu.edu.cn

School of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Theoretical Physics
Modern Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics,
Computational Physics,
Black Hole Astrophysics,
Soft Condensed Matter Physics,
Nano-Structure Materials,
Complexd Systems and Economical Physics

Condensed Matter Physics
Semiconductor Opto-electronical Materials,
Semiconductor Device Physics,
Low Dimensional Structure and Device,
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Optics
Optical Holography and Information Processing,
Informational Opto-electronics

Radio Physics
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Theory and Applications,
Neural Network Theory and Applications

Measuring Technology and Instrument
Photoelectron Technology and Instrument
Minuteness Manufacturing and Detection Technology
MEMS
Sensor and Test Technology

Contact Information
Tel: 0086(0)592-2184577
Fax: 0086(0)592-2189426
Email: phys@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://pmee.xmu.edu.cn

Overseas Education College

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Art Studies (Chinese Culture and Communication): History of Chinese Communication, Theories of Art Communication, Media and Film and Visual Art, Digital Media and Art Development, Art and Socialization, etc.

Contact Information
Tel:+86 (0)592-2186211 0086-592-2086139
Fax:+86 (0)592-2093346
Email: oec@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://oec.xmu.edu.cn

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Department of Chemistry
* Organic Chemistry
* Inorganic chemistry
* Chemical Biology
* Analytical Chemistry
* Physical Chemistry
# Applied Chemistry

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
* Polymer Chemistry and Physics
# Materials Science
# Materials Physics and Chemistry

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
# Chemical Engineering
# Biochemical Engineering
* Industrial Catalysis

Note: "*" denotes those disciplines with both master's and doctoral programmes and "#" denotes those with master's programmes.

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592 218 2240/3050
Fax: +86 (0)592 218 6400
E-mail: pqhuang@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://chemistry.xmu.edu.cn

School of Life Sciences

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Botany: Foreland of Life Sciences, Advances of Ecologic system, Plant Reproductive Biology.

Zoology: Advances in Animal Molecular Biology, Advances in Animal Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Advances in Cestodology, Advances in Trematology, Advances in Protozoology,

Ecology: Special topic of Modern Ecology, Research Methods of Plant Ecology, Life Sciences in Advance.

Cell Biology: Gene Expression Regulation, Life Science Front, Progression in Cell and Molecular Biology, Cell Proliferation and Differentiation Regulation.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: Proteomics, Genetic Expression and Regulation, Advances of Life Science, Advanced Molecular Virology.

Microbiology: Frontier in Life Science、Advances in Environmental Microbiology、Microbial Molecular Biology、Advances in Microbial Pharmacy.

Hydrobiology: Progress of Life Sciences, Advanced in Ecological System, Advanced in Algal Research, Marine Diatomology.

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2182929
Fax: +86 (0)592-2181015
Email: biology@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://life.xmu.edu.cn

School of Information Science and Technology

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Control Theory and Control Engineering
Management Control and Decision-Making of Information Systems
Modern Integrated Manufacture System
Integrated Control Methods of Dynamic Carrier
Control Theory & Its Application
View & Image Processing
Robot Theory
Computer Science

Computer Science
Modern Computer Architecture and Parallel Computing
Computer Network and Information Security
Computer Automation and Application
Theoretical Computer Science and Application
Database System and Application
Software Engineering and Software Development Environment
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Image Processing
Chinese Information Processing

Communication and Information Systems
① Underwater Acoustic Communications
② Optical Communications
③ Wideband Communication Networks and Network Security
④ Real-Time Information Systems

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2580188
Fax: +86 (0)592-2580258
E-mail: cies@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://ist.xmu.edu.cn

Software School

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Contact Information
Tel:+86 (0)592-2580600
Fax:+86 (0)592-2580500
E-mail: software@xmu.edu.cn
Website:http://software.xmu.edu.cn

College of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Contact Information
Tel:+86 (0)592-2183505
Fax:+86 (0)592-2186421
Email:archt@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn
Website:http://archt.xmu.edu.cn

Medical College of Xiamen University

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2182736
Fax: +86 (0)592-2188683
Email: xmumc@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http://med.xmu.edu.cn

Art College

Research Areas of Doctoral Programmes

Contact Information
Tel: +86 (0)592-2182404
Fax: +86 (0)592-2181499
E-mail:ysxy@xmu.edu.cn
Website: http//:art.xmu.edu.cn

Admissions Office of Xiamen University, 361005 Fujian Province, P. R. China
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