XIAMEN University Malaysia (XMUM) held the first ceremony of its eighth convocation on the morning of Oct 10.
Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing and Malaysian Qualifications Agency chief executive officer Datuk Dr Mohammad Shatar Sabran attended the ceremony as guests of honour and gave inspiring speeches to the graduands.
Xiamen University president and Chinese Academy of Sciences academician Prof Hu Wenping came all the way from China to award degrees to the graduands. Xiamen University Malaysia president Prof Wang Ruifang also joined this joyous celebration.
Six ceremonies of XMUM’s Eighth Convocation were held on Oct 10-11 for the graduating class of 2026.
A total of 1,677 students from 23 undergraduate and seven postgraduate programmes are graduating at this convocation, including 978 local Malaysian students and 699 international students.
Graduands, their family members and friends, university staff, and distinguished guests who attended the convocation ceremony last weekend brought the total number of attendees to more than 4,000.
The year 2026 marks a significant milestone for Xiamen University Malaysia.
Ten years ago, the university welcomed its first batch of students. Over the past decade, with strong support from the governments and people of Malaysia and China, it has made remarkable progress.
Today, the university is home to more than 10,800 students from 53 countries and regions. After this convocation, XMUM’s global alumni community will grow to 9,419 members.
XMUM graduates are highly valued in the job market, favoured not only by Chinese companies and their overseas branches, but also by international companies seeking to expand in the Asian market.
Many of this year’s graduates have joined industry-leading companies, such as Deloitte, KPMG, OCBC, Citic Securities, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Lenovo, iFlytek, Mai Storage, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), Chery Automobile, AirAsia, China Mobile and China Telecom.
For those seeking to pursue further studies after completing undergraduate programmes at XMUM, the university can serve as a stepping stone to some of the best universities in the world.
Many of the university’s Class of 2026 graduates have received offers for postgraduate study from world-renowned universities, such as the University of Cambridge and the University College London in the United Kingdom; Yale University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon University and Johns Hopkins University in the United States; the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore; the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in Australia; the University of Tokyo in Japan; as well as Peking University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University and the University of Hong Kong, among many others.
