About Xiamen University:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World University Rankings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 278 | 240 | 231 | 204 | 196 | 266 | 189 | 158 | 177 |
| Field | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 253 | 247 | 226 |
| Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | 149 | 129 | 120 | 105 | 84 | 81 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 51 |
| Life Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 301-350 | 256 | 261 | 210 | 219 | 195 | 184 |
| Medicine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 451-500 | 451-500 | 401-450 | 351-400 |
| Natural Sciences | - | - | - | 240 | 223 | 222 | 207 | 176 | 164 | 130 | 116 | 111 | 85 | 78 | 70 | 105 | 140 | 117 |
| Social Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 231 | 209 | 137 | 99 | 80 |
| Subject | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Biology & Biochemistry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 215 | 201 | 217 | 171 | 159 |
| Chemistry | 74 | 66 | 56 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 33 |
| Chemical Engineering | 165 | 152 | 133 | 122 | 85 | 77 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 46 | 52 | 70 | 107 | 177 | 157 |
| Civil Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clinical Medicine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 401-450 | 451-500 | 401-450 | 351-400 |
| Computer Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | 107 | 92 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 170 | 217 | 185 |
| Economics & Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 66 | 56 | 41 | 21 | 12 |
| Electrical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | 182 | 147 | 135 | 102 | 101 | 94 | 220 | 351-400 | 301-350 |
| Environment / Ecology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 77 | 69 |
| Geosciences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 288 | 300 | 284 | 279 | 245 | - | 167 | 160 |
| Immunology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Materials Science | 190 | 194 | 136 | 98 | 87 | 90 | 73 | 65 | 71 | 59 | 54 | 55 | 83 | 100 | 87 |
| Mathematics | 131 | 118 | 97 | 80 | 95 | 87 | 67 | 70 | 60 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 68 | 107 | 96 |
| Mechanical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 147 |
| Microbiology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 216 | 163 | 155 | 95 | 133 | 118 | 115 |
| Molecular Biology & Genetics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 271 | 256 | 246 | 215 | 188 | 178 |
| Neuroscience & Behavior | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pharmacology & Toxicolog | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 301-350 | 273 | 276 | 227 | 214 |
| Physics | - | - | - | - | - | - | 286 | 258 | 240 | 168 | 141 | 102 | 87 | 72 | 80 |
| Plant & Animal Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 209 | 203 | 213 |
| Psychiatry / Psychology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 241 | 267 | 169 | 159 | 120 |
| Space Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Energy Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 38 | 55 | 49 | 42 |
| Environmental Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | 94 | 138 | 171 | 155 |
| Biomedical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 74 |