Jimei University is one of the key universities among the eight universities in Fujian Province.

Jimei University is a multi-disciplined university which mainly focuses on teaching, undergraduate education and the cultivation of applied senior talents with creative spirit and practical abilities. It serves the local economic construction and social development.

Jimei University enrolls students from all over the country. It presently consists of 19 colleges, offering 19 postgraduate programs, 2 course master degrees, 49 undergraduate programs, and 6 associate undergraduate programs in 8 disciplines: Engineering , Agronomy, Economics, Administration，Pedagogy, Science , Literature, and Law. These 8 disciplines, including postgraduate education, undergraduate education, associate undergraduate education, overseas education and adult education, form a comprehensive school-running system. In addition, Jimei University has successfully established joint programs with universities and academic institutes abroad.

Among the 1526 full-time teachers currently in Jimei University, there are 149 professors and 457 associate professors, 192 Ph. D. degree holders, and 742 master degree holders. To date, one professor has been selected as a member of the national level “Thousands of Talents Program”, while 11 professors have been chosen for the same title at the provincial level and 7 have been chosen for membership of “New Century Talents Supporting Plan of High Education College in Fujian Province”. Jimei University now has one jointly employed academician, and three people have respectively been awarded “Outstanding Worker”, “Outstanding Moral Educator”, “Outstanding Ideological and Political Educator” at the national level. Moreover, there are two teaching teams and 29 people have separately received the honor of “ Star of Moral Teaching”, “Excellent Individual at Moral Teaching”, “Outstanding Teacher”, “May 1st Labor Medal”, “New Long March Pioneer “, “Outstanding Educator” at the provincial level. There are 50 professors who enjoy the Special Subsidies from the State Council as well.

Jimei University currently enrolls 22,688 full-time students .The University has fixed assets of around 1.8 billion RMB, and the teaching facilities have been valued at 260 million RMB. It covers an area of 1,275,800 square meters. The whole university is covered by a highly speedy school net with 10G. It recently has adopted the latest IPv6 net technology and wireless Internet technology. The total collection of the university library reaches 2,119,700 volumes, about 1,700,000 electronic books and nearly 2,900 newspapers and magazines in both Chinese and foreign languages.